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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1909
Page
8
A period article offers simple holiday craft ideas. It covers applique pillow designs with green linen and black couching cord, a leather wallet case with white silk facing, a service cable glove case, a brown crash laundry bag with green linen applique, and embroidered wash ribbon cases in circular forms.
Instructions for making fondant from granulated sugar and water with cream of tartar, plus multiple candy ideas. Includes figs, dates, walnuts, fruit layers, and chocolate creams and almonds. Provides steps for testing consistency, cooling, and storage. Mentions flavoring with vanilla and dipping in melted chocolate.
A cut leather pen wiper features golden brown ooze leather with satin underlay. The satin is cut to cover openings, and a channel shaped piece of leather is pasted over the path to complete the item.
An ad extols Quaker Oats as a source of strength and vitality, noting scientific tests and family use prove its unmatched quality. It claims muscles and brains build without taxing digestion, emphasizes low cost, purity, and the availability of regular and large family packages.
In Queens a substitute teacher caused a loud disturbance. The principal investigated, discovering two unnamed children were involved, one the teacher’s pupil and the other his son, prompting a tense confrontation with a grain of disapproval from the staff.
A historic remedy claims blood as the key to treating catarrh. A simple mix from hospital practice combines Que ounce compound syrup of sarsaparillaTor is compound and half pint first-class whiskey. Taken before meals and at night, in tablespoon doses, the concoction is touted as easily prepared and available through druggists or wholesalers. Separately, a presidential campaign note touches on woman suffrage during a tea, with a witty exchange about support and husbands.
A legal notice from Lucas County highlights Frank J Cheney as senior partner of F J Cheney & Con, promising one hundred dollars for each uncured case using Haw s Caran Cuny. The oath, dated December 6 1886, certifies this claim and mentions Toledo Ohio. The document references a notary and public sale ads.
A nurse in J B An darko Oklahoma credits Dean's Kidney Pills with quick relief from backache swollen limbs and kidney pains. Mrs Minnie Turner says five boxes vastly improved her health after a rundown condition. She urges others to remember the name Dean's, sold by all dealers at fifty cents a box.
A neighbor’s dog howls persistently drawing attention from the man watching from a window. He yells to quiet it, throws shoes, and the dog keeps howling. The next day the wife searches in bare feet for her shoes as the neighborhood noise continues. The piece also references exaggerated wartime imagery and dubious patent remedies with outdated ads for tonics and laxatives.
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