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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1903
Page
8
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as cures for obstinate humours of the skin scalp and blood including scrofula bad blood and infantile eruptions. It asserts successful treatment of infant and child skin diseases and offers Cuticura Resolvant Torin Syrup and related products with prices and distributor notices.
Dealers say once a customer tries Defiance Starch it is impossible to sell them any other cold water starch. It can be used cold or boiled.
Mrs Josie Irwin of Nashville Tennessee touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female diseases. The ad claims unprecedented demand from coast to coast with thousands of letters praising relief from various complaints. Mrs Pinkham invites women to write for free health advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
A collage of anecdotes spans Shakespearean relics in Stratford to Roosevelt visits and a gossiping press, with jokes about librettists and a dentist in Vallejo. Other items note Gorillas in London, paper floors in Germany, and warnings about tea and coffee for youths. A testimonial praises Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for dropsy.
Boston single fares for June departures with return by August 1 1903. July trips to Boston from 1 to 5 with return by September 1 1903. Toronto single fare plus 2 dollars for June 29 30, return by July 8 1903. Saratoga single fare for July 5 6 with return by July 20 1908. Detroit single fare for July 16 with return by August 16 1903. Details via Gee W Vaux T A Excursion Dept Chicago Illinois.
June 22 1903 readers in Des Moines report anxious townsfolk about a 310000 brokerage collapse linked to Geo T Sullivan Srain. Century block owners and employees face unpaid dues as investigations probe local reps Talcott and Giles.
Benelble Housekeepers will choose Defiance Starch for better value and quality, getting one third more product for the same money as rivals claim.
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