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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1906
Page
3
E. Scott of Vergennes Vermont, unit commander, claims a severe kidney ailment improved after a month's Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports restored health and weight gain of 22 pounds. Advert says pills sold at 60 cents by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. The piece finishes with a dated ad tone and a closing quip.
A court ruled in favor of Dr. R. Pierce’s World’s Dispensary Medical Association in a libel action against Curtis Publishing and Ladies' Home Journal over alleged defamatory claims in May 1964. Ed ward Bok claimed Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription contained alcohol, which the defense denied, noting herbal ingredients and debunking the allegation after post trial retractions.
The article touts a natural cure using herbal ingredients such as Golden root Queen's riot Brave root Blood fort Madrake and Black Cherry bark. It promotes Dr Pierce's Medical Discovery as a solvent free tonic that cleanses and invigorates the stomach liver and nerves, claiming safe, non habit forming relief for nervous digestion and malnutrition.
Fragmented OCR style verse notes a mother, a city, and a doomed heart. It speaks of death and deception, with repeated imagery of green fire and ridicule as the speaker laments unfaithful lovers and mourns a lost beloved. The piece is attributed as a Spanish origin and a rough translation.
Richard Sherry, a recluse and woman hater, confronts his past with Florence Raymond at the Skythe drawing room. Mrs. Smythe arranges a palm reading by Florence, hinting at Sherry's deep, unfulfilled passion and a possible future union as Florence resists.
A mangled, unclear text fragment references Mank and Smythe with lines about tasting wine and light in eyes. The readable portion suggests a discussion or remark about an arty or social scene, but the source is garbled and offers no concrete events, dates, or identifications to establish a clear news item.
The Boston writer portrays Charles H. W. Thhadion a keen, Shakespearean minded lawyer who clashes with Justice Todd in Cambridge police court. He mocks the court’s rules, prompting the judge to threaten contempt. Hudson bets five dollars the papers cannot be prepared in three weeks.
A New York Press note recalls a springlike afternoon as a mourner in crepe black walks down a muddy avenue. At a crossing her skirt lifts and a friend notices gray-green silk stockings peeking out, the wearer noting the sunny day demanded a springlike touch even at crossings.
A notable elm in Independence Square has fallen to age and rot. It was among the 100 trees planted in 1785 by George Morgan on the suggestion of Samuel Vaughan. The square’s elms have dwindled from late deaths, decay and storms. the felled tree stood about three feet in diameter and sixty to seventy feet tall.
Luther Burbank, famed California naturalist, has been overwhelmed by visitors over the past year, hindering his experiments. A circular from relatives urges the public to stop visiting. In 1905 over 1,000 visitors toured the Santa Rosa grounds, leaving him little time to rest, and warning signs now mark the residence gates announcing possible prosecution for trespass.
Ex Gov George N Dale of Island Pond Vi held an account against a Frenchman Felix for legal work. The debtor spoke in broken speech promising payment when potatoes are dug next fall. Later near Felix’s home the governor halted his horse and asked about the potatoes, Felix replied the spuds won’t turn out as expected.
The verse celebrates spring returning in a rural dialect. Animals sound the season as women and men settle back, birds cry across the fields, and villagers awaken from slumber to welcome springtime once more. The fragment ends with a colloquial exclamation calling springtime anew.
Emma White of 644 Cherrier Place Camden New Jersey praises Cuticura as a complete remedy for eczema after six months of ailment and unsuccessful visits to three doctors. The notice also mentions Garfield Tea as a claimed liver and general health aid and reports a Pennsylvania hot water main incident linked to a nearby slag pile heating water.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Hall's Cough Cure as a universal cure for a range of diseases, claiming a $100 reward for proof of failure and urging readers to buy the product from F. Gluex & Co. Toledo Ohio. The text emphasizes claims of positive cure and bodily restoration for the reader.
Wu Ting-fang, once Chinese minister to the U S, was hosted at a leading club where several younger members tried to intoxicate him with champagne and highballs. He calmly remarked that if he did not know the club’s gentleness he would think they aimed to get him drunk. The session ended soon after. Georgia Representative Hardwick, noted as the smallest man in the House, objected to a Black passenger in a dining car, warning he would wind up the car if the man remained near him. The porter identified the passenger as Joe Gans, the pugilist.
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