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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
9
A modern newspaper reprints a dramatic tale from Lessing’s Nathan the Wise. Saladin questions three faiths and Nathan answers with a ring parable about equality, urging mutual respect, shared virtue, and the judge within. The piece praises Lessing as a major literary philosopher.
A garbled OCR fragment reports a violent incident mentioning an attack and blast. It alludes to locations in a region resembling Mississippi and Alabama and references authorities and observers attempting to identify perpetrators. The legible elements point to a serious incident with inquiries continuing.
Reports from Amsterdam and Berlin describe diplomatic strains between the United States and Austria Hungary over submarine warfare. American consular staff relocate from Munich, tensions rise about Vienna’s stance, and British and German actions affect overseas relations. News notes U-boat activity and German naval statements amid calls for restraint.
The narrator recalls a pioneer custom in Africa where a white man’s letter moves from settlement to settlement via local carriers. He laments delayed mail, the gossiping headmen, and a vision of two bearers halting the mail under a moonlit night, as described by Sean Kenyon Mackengle in the Atlantic.
In Pondoland a Pondo baby who survives the first year is considered safe aside from rare disasters. Mothers feed by placing the infant on the lap, funneling thick sour milk from a gourd into the mouth, while the child struggles and squirms. If convulsions follow, the mother sends a messenger to fetch a local medicine man who administers a large water dish and a mix of roots and other items. The doctor then leaves for distant places, supplying his address A. M. Anderson in World Outlook.
A boy returns home with a garbled story about dire events. His mother asks if someone is dead, and the child clumsily claims a mix of words that hint at a misheard or distorted message, leaving the household unsettled by confusion.
The French steamer Athos involved in the torpedoing that killed American missionary Robert Allen Ha den carried many Senegalese troops and colonial laborers. Paris announced 1,450 passengers and crew saved. London Gazette reports February 16 blockade tightening orders amid German actions. Small raids and artillery duels continue on multiple fronts without any major battle starting.
Domestic passengers on the Philadelphia arrived in New York with word that the 20000 ton White Starter Celtic, bound for passengers on this voyage, has been damaged by a torpedo or mine just off Liverpool. A separate report says four teen year old Bonnell Edwards was found murdered in a Mitchell Indiana thicket, his stepfather EB Lynn in custody. A San Diego gun fight occurred at Point Loma radio station when an intruder fired on a marine sentry. the man fled. In Minnesota, two representatives backed the A M Peterson bill granting full woman suffrage by constitutional amendment, needing senate passage and voter approval.
Washington discussion in Congress and the war department focus on universal military service draft provisions and training. Wilson signs Smith Hughes bill on federal education aid while foreign commerce shows declines. food imports and prices prompt measures for food transport and price stabilization. Senate pact on a treaty with Colombia for Panama partition is rejected for this session.
The piece discusses choosing between evils, noting every option carries costs. It evokes Hebrew wisdom, Greek myth, and Biblical imagery to argue life as a chiselable marble where circumstance can be shaped. It urges choosing purity over dishonor, and living rightly even at cost.
Miss dna Cole describes a Sunday in Tap Teang Siam showing a palm leaf church with earthen floor. The church hosts a quarter’s Sunday school lessons led by long-time non Christians, many members active in outside services. Women meet for prayer in afternoon, men for prayer in evening. A missionary runs a training class where six men study and then preach in their districts.
A garbled excerpt shows farmers and a squire discussing an unclear issue. Names like Gorntassel and Corntiss appear distorted amid jumbled phrases about a popular model and a question about a tooth or device. Context and specifics remain unreadable.
A Cincinnati authority touts freezone as a painless cure for corns and calluses. A few drops applied to the tender area instantly relieves soreness, loosens the corn from root to tip, dries quickly, and shrivels the affected skin. A small bottle costs little and should remove all corns from the feet. If not stocked, ask your druggist to obtain it.
A quirky preservationist note mocks sensationalism while praising natural remedies. It references Garfield Tra and Emperor Charles of Astrid as playful, fictional figures in a period-tinged Boston Transcript tone.
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