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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
8
In a classroom Miss Green, delivering a mythology lesson, eyes a distractible pupil and asks Brownman to name a virtue of Diana. He answers, in a blunt joke, that she was famous for taking baths, prompting a snap of laughter and a lesson in composure.
An old advertisement extols Allen’s Foot Age powder claiming over five million free samples yearly. It touts shoe use for tired feet and references a free sample offer with a U.S. address in Olmsted Le Roy New York. It also includes unrelated quotes about women and a Garfield Tea note on digestion.
A Kentucky woman credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with ending two years of backache and female disorders. She urges others to seek root causes and share testimony, while the ad notes confidential medical advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Mass.
Instructional feature on paper bag dinners by M Soyer, chef, detailing a week of bag cooked meals for a working family. Recipes cover beef, dumplings, potatoes, leftovers, puddings, and a weekly fish option, with steps for oven timing and bag preparation. Includes notes on portions, substitutions, and a 1911 copyright.
A fragment notes 3000 corporations operating factories across the country, totaling 12,647,949 tons in 1909. The text references numerous factories but is incomplete, listing “taptories” and similar garbled terms as it trails off.
A Yonkers physician prescribes dubious home remedy to a black cook who warns against drinking tainted medicine. The tale, drawn from Revenge Is Sweet, contrasts ignorance and stubbornness with a moral twist about trust and health. A second anecdote depicts a man at a bar boasting about celebrations after taking his wife to the river, the wife speechless as the echo rocks mockingly.
To the head of every family the health of its members is most important. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a popular laxative with pepsin, mild yet effective. A night dose brings morning relief and strengthens stomach, liver, and bowels for natural function. Available in 50c and $1.00 bottles from druggists. sample offered by mail from Dr. W B Caldwell, Monticello, Th.
An OCR readable fragment shows a humorous line about Jinks and an onslaught of assorted items and dubious products. It lists a dairy fly killer, a Brooklyn address at 180 De Kalb Ave, and references to Wigslow’s Boothing Byrep for children and other oddities.
Editor notes a chestnut blight presence while joking about mall chestnut supplies. A border exchange captures excitement over a rumor of a leak and a dramatic call to action about water shutoff in room 4. The Paxton Toilet Co promotes Paxtine toothpaste in Boston with 25 cent boxes.
A judge notes humorous remarks about G W Smith who loves winter life in the auburba and being born on Washingtons birthday named after him. A playful warning suggests Garfield Tea can cure indignation, advising health preservation.
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