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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1910
Page
3
A long jumble of humor, anecdotes, and an early health ad reveals then current print style. It includes a coffee to Postum testimony about digestive relief and a promotional line for The Road to Wellville. The letters claim Postum aids stomach health and questions coffee’s dangers.
Iowa farmers and creameries produced 101,907,316 pounds of butter in 1909 while using 413,797,149 pounds of milk and 279,436,149 pounds of cream. Exports fell from 1908 with 87,773,885 pounds shipped by railroads in 1908 versus lower totals. The report notes 887,740 dairy cows and 116,750 creamery patrons, warns of oleomargarine push, and covers city milk inspection limits and legislative gaps.
George Channon, a plasterer, attacked his wife at her parents home in Des Moines, slashing her throat with a razor and fleeing. She lies near death at Mercy hospital while Channon was captured within an hour, confessed at the police station, and the couple had separated two weeks earlier before a supposed reconciliation.
Des Moines judge clears Des Moines Union of fraud charges in a $1,000,000 suit filed by Milwaukee road. Court declares the Union owner of the disputed mile of track, affirming Hubbell’s claim the eastern terminus lies at West Twenty eighth Street, not Farnham Street. Milwaukee failed to prove fraud and must accept the decree in favor of the defendant.
Des Moines closes its first automobile show in the Coliseum after five days and 16 000 paid admissions. President W W Moyer of the Des Moines Automobile Dealers association calls it the most successful midwest show, though not as large as Chicago or St Louis.
If you are sensitive about shoe size try Allen's Foot-Kansa powder to shake into shoes. It cures tired swollen aching feet and brings rest and comfort, especially for breaking in new shoes. Sold everywhere, 50 cents. Bemrle Sent Tree, Address, Allen 8, Olmsted, C yx, N.
A fragmentary clipping surveys literary chatter and medical ads, citing Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes about Browning and Henry James. It touts Dr Detchon's Rheumatism Cure claiming rapid relief in 1 to 3 days and promotes Bromo Quinine as a laxative remedy. It ends with assorted ad-like snippets and aphorisms about calm presence and optimism.
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