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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1905
Page
3
A nostalgic poem in broad Irish dialect evokes sitting with a pipe while hearing Tiv songs sung by children. The speaker recalls Terry, Con, Rose, and the vision of a homeland, the land where the shamrock grows, lost and longed for, with vivid rural imagery of dew, grass, and the cabing.
A curious medieval style tale recounts Ossian meeting Saint Patrick in Erin. They clash over faith and fate with battles, enchanted horses, and a final conversion after a glimpse of hell, ending the legend with Ossian’s shift toward Christianity.
A vivid portrait of Saint Patrick enduring hunger danger and opposition from idolaters as he labored to spread Christianity. His unwavering will and mighty faith are shown through his own words describing relentless prayer in snow frost and rain and a heart warmed by the Spirit of God.
A Cel tic collection of about 300000 manuscripts is dispersed mainly in monasteries across Europe. Key holdings include Vatican libraries, French and Swiss monasteries, Trinity College and Maynooth in Ireland, and archives of historical societies in Iceland, Scotland, and Wales.
A historical article examines the economic impact of tuberculosis in New York, estimating losses from deaths and care costs totaling hundreds of millions, and endorses oil rubbing as a suggested remedy for cold weather and malnutrition. It argues care costs equal or exceed death losses and notes a long term decrease in tuberculosis deaths despite population growth.
The piece warns of cocaine as a major stimulant and addiction starter after a professor praised its effects. It also reports Philadelphia Health Department classifying tuberculosis with contagious diseases and requiring physician reporting for disinfection and education to curb spread. A brief note on simple living and longevity cites a Brazilian life claim.
At the second annual American Congress on Tuberculosis held in New York in 102, Dr. Pryor stated that 14 000 persons die annually in New York State from this disease. One sixth of world deaths are from tuberculosis. France, Germany, the United States, Paris, London, New York City show high mortality. Deaths ages fifteen to forty claim a third to one half of cases. Tuberculosis mortality exceeds that of war and plague. Plato linked bodily suffering to mental expression.
A compact guide offers fruit based dishes and savory ideas. It covers Concord grapes and berries stewed with water then strained and bottled, macaroni with cottage cheese and crackers baked in a dish, grape fruit served in cups with cherries, vegetable bouillon from bran sprouts with mint, coconut butter with nut cheese straws, and a Golden Salad with bound yolkless whites forming decorative ready to serve halves on a lettuce leaf.
Connecticut high court rules the sealed letter leaving 50000 to William J. Bryan is inoperative as part of the will. The decision upholds the superior court that the clause is not testamentary property and the fund remains part of the residuary estate.
Passengers aboard the Green Bay and Western railway report an exciting chase as a herd of deer ran ahead of the high speed train for over two miles east of Dexterville. The deer, later killed for meat, were found by Warren Brown of Pittsfield with all four legs broken.
Windlay Ohio March 10 Mr and Mrs Joe Farthing receive a letter from President Roosevelt praising them for twelve healthy children and enclosing the deed for 160 acres of government land.
New York on March 10 reports that the brokerage firm O. T. Simpson & Co., member of the Consolidated Stock Exchange, has suspended operations. Liabilities run about 110000 dollars with nominal assets, and most customers were women investors.
By the will of former Mayor Edward Cooper Cooper Union receives 100000 dollars for the advancement of arts and sciences. The residue of the estate goes to his daughter Edith Cooper Bryce.
George W. Brownley, a stern agent for Knowles Taylor Knowles pottery, is missing from Liverpool New York since March 1.
In Minneapolis on March 10 a fire drill enabled 800 pupils to evacuate safely from a burning school building that was destroyed, with an estimated loss of 6000 dollars.
A newspaper sketch recounts how nervous headaches disrupt life and explains relief through Dr Williams Pink Pills. Miss Ellen McKenna, a Roxbury woman, reports seven years of severe headaches and dizziness ending after five months of treatment. The piece cites blood and nerve improvement and cites the pills as widely effective.
J D Benedict describes a grave young Indian girl named Caroline who cared for children and told a mistress that during her absence the kids behaved beautifully but fought to determine who behaved the best, revealing a humorous yet pointed moment about expectations in a friend's household.
After twenty years of rheumatism and kidney troubles Mr James Culet of this place reports a complete cure from Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says his ailments vanished and he feels like a new man after using the remedy, and he recommends it to others suffering from rheumatism or kidney trouble.
A fragment quotes Chesterfield on true penitence as perfect ease and freedom. It states that penitence consists in treating others as you wish to be treated yourself. The line reflects a moral maxim about reciprocal kindness.
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