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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1914
Page
12
Mr Otis returns home to a joyous scene as his wife shares a letter from her father praising the birth of their baby and a generous $1000 check to the Fresh Heir fund. The dialogue reveals humor about babies costing more and the auntly support from the paternal grandfather.
In a terse exchange an autoist claims to have cut out a muffler while a wife names James describes leaving with none. Separately the text notes a full grown elephant yields 120 pounds of ivory valued at 300 dollars.
Prepared by the U S Department of Agriculture the article notes fourteen states under federal quarantine for foot and mouth disease detailing symptoms transmission and methods to stamp out the outbreak. It covers contagiousness milk impact on cattle and the slaughter policy plus the role of inspectors and the need for farmer cooperation.
In a domestic scene a four year old girl Marjorie uses scissors on a polished table while her father supervises dinner prep. He urges her to tell her mother what she has done but she resists, questioning if she is a tattletale as the family navigates a moment of mischief.
The toy industry is one of the oldest in the world. The British Museum displays a mud bead hair doll and other jointed dolls from ancient Egypt Greece and Rome. Ancient children played with movable dolls balls tops and toy animals in earlier ages on the Nile banks.
Practical notes on free range hog care for spring pastures, urging skim milk as top small pig feed and alfalfa as valuable forage. Recommends copperas for hog health, slop with shorts and hot water for bred sows, and better shelter to avoid losses. Encourages neighbor milk access and careful winter conditioning of brood sows.
A guidance piece explains that a woman keeping poultry offers amusement and real work value. Time outdoors with birds can be more engaging and tiring less than city walking, and spending on nonessential items may shift to productive gains through poultry keeping.
The passage notes 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 people linked to the River Humber by canals, mainly in manufacturing and mining and exporting to foreign lands while receiving raw materials and food from abroad. Hull's special industries include lead crushing flour milling oil refining and paint production using these oils.
A Chicago test by the Chicago Automobile Club shows a 1915 big six achieving 28.7 miles per gallon on Red Crown gasoline. The economy run kept the fan on, no clutch slips, and carburetor tweaks noted. Acceleration timed to 30 mph in 12.45 seconds and four to forty four mph flexibility observed to gauge performance.
The University of Pennsylvania museum reveals Egyptian relics showing ancient coin forgery. Three counterfeit outfits use brick molds to press both sides of a coin in soft clay, then bake and pour molten metal. Rogues operated under Roman emperors Maxim us, Licinius, and Constantius from 18 to 307 A D.
Suffered for four years with back strain and kidney weakness the man from Olfivehill Tenn. found relief after Dodds Kidney Pills cured his diabetes and bladder inflammation. The testimonial mentions Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo N Y and encourages sending for Household Hints music and recipes.
A wry dialogue contrasts heartache with financial woes. A speaker moans about heart failure while another dismisses it, noting a woman’s claim of unwavering love failed him. The line about debt implies choosing proactive money management over being pushed into debt.
An advertisement promotes Weeks Break Up A Cold Tablets as a guaranteed remedy for colds and la grippe priced at 25 cents. The ad urges buying from your druggist and taking no other remedy, claiming effectiveness.
In a clipped exchange two speakers discuss a man who listened with deferential attention. The listener’s probing follows, revealing a developed tension as one recounts how the man pressed for money after hearing the last advice. The dialogue hints at manipulation and coercion in a tense social moment.
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