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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
8
Mrs R G C of Richmond Northwood endured backache, dizzies, kidney trouble, and hearing pain until using Dan’s Kidney Pills. After three boxes the backache ceased and health fully restored. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A clergyman in an interior town marries a wealthy widow and later omits the hymn’s fifth verse from the pulpit prompting amused parishioners. A Linguist recalls Mrs. Ruth McEnery Stuart’s dialect readings and a boy’s boast of speaking two languages. Uncle Zebulon visits the city and jokes about cerebro-spinal meningitis over dinner.
A woman recounts recovery from indigestion after a year of illness. After two months on Grape-Nuts her appetite returns, stomach troubles vanish, nerves steady, and she again wishes to work. The ad cites Postum Co. and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
Ezekiel the prophet enters a defining mission after a vision by the Chebar River. He is taken to Babylon with other Jews during Nebuchadnezzar’s siege, gains inner resolve, and undergoes a seven day waiting test before delivering God’s message. He contrasts with Jeremiah and reflects on loss, faith, and readiness for divine assignment.
A sermon on how God’s specific call comes to individual souls. It argues that hearing Scripture is not enough. the Word must strike personally, with vision, voice, and touch. The piece urges readers to seek transformation by beholding God’s glory and receiving his power to act.
The text portrays a young heir of Buzi, a devout Jerusalem priest, captured by Nebuchadnezzar and brought to Babylon. He remains steadfast against idolatry, endures persecution, and gains instruction from his father and prophet Jeremiah, shaping his deep faith and pursuit of God’s truths.
Longtime Royal Opera House Berlin dancer Miss Charlotte Braun celebrated her eightieth birthday marking sixty-five years with the ballet company. She served as solo dancer, then ballet school instructor, and in later years was a retiree who still occasionally taught and performed, enduring a fatal injury in a cited incident.
The Well Informed favor Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Syrup Co as a known valuable laxative. It is described as ethical, wholesome, gentle yet prompt, and suitable for family use. Sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
A Cape Cod man and a Londoner share train travel from Liverpool to London. They joke about fog thick enough to ladle or use as fuel while contrasting American whipped cream with London soot filled fog. The Yankee tucks away his flag after the exchange.
A Newark mother recounts her six week old son’s severe facial eczema, crusting and itching. After consulting multiple skin specialists with little relief, she used Cuticura Remedies and saw gradual healing. By age seven the condition had not returned.
In a letter quoted by the Houston Post, a suitor says he wrote to the father for permission to wed. The response is odd and affectionate, with family dynamics described as perplexing as one character notes the father’s unusual happiness despite apparent disapproval.
The fragment lists patent medicine claims and child care ads including Hall's Catarrh Cure F J Cheney Co Walding Brownin Marvin wholesale druggists Wakefield Emily Pilla for constipation PETNT'S EYE SALVE Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Teething remedies, plus a general note about corporal punishment and a proverb about a short man with a long face.
A Winn ihem Free Press correspondent extols Southern Alberta’s Pincher Creek district as the old home of fall wheat grown without tillage amid varied weather. Yields reach 40 to 60 bushels per acre with many No 1 Northern, plus strong profits and diverse crops. The piece cites large markets, nearby coal, and railway plans, and notes land regs offering 160 acres for $3 per acre. It also references favorable commentary from the Marshall Minnesota editor after a 1908 tour of Western Canada.
An selection bolds a Minnesota fur and hide catalog request from N. W. Hide and Fur Co. Minneapolis. A reclined quip about reform and a claim of sale of guns appears among garbled lines. The fragmentary text includes “WE SELL GUNS AND TRAVIS CUBAS” and a generic moral remark.
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