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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
12
Taylor Holmes notes that a pickpocket’s case shows the common saying about will and way. The convict is fined twenty five dollars and the lawyer protests the amount, insisting the defendant cannot raise $257. The judge remains silent as the prisoner jokes about a short escape to demonstrate the point.
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Wre ton Pa suffered dropsy for a year with swelling heart fluttering dizziness and exhaustion. After using Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling disappeared and he felt well again. He wrote months later that his faith in the remedy remains. Advert presents contact details and free literature. Also notes a Red Bank butterfly farm planned by New York businessmen to supply decorative butterflies to society women.
A Haverhill Mass shoe maker has patent rights to make shoe vamp and tops from vegetable fiber. He has produced some shoes using the material which may substitute leather. The woven fiber allows air to pass for warm weather wear and the inventor claims the shoes are waterproof.
Two hundred teachers judged and awarded to the wife of a moderate farmer the title of greatest woman for her role cooking washing sewing raising a family and finding time for intellectual growth. A separate New Stage anecdote recalls a Scottish pair and a dry district whisky joke from London Mail.
Sailing vessels command higher values as outlook improves with a four masted ship of 2750 tons recently bought for 32600 and attracting offers around 45000, owners seeking 50000. Notes a youthful woman pastor Ina L. Morgan in Georgetown Me youngest in New England, licensed 1908 by Bishop Hamilton. Also advertises Grape-Nuts testimonial claiming relief from nervous indigestion and weight gain after switching from heavy breakfasts to cereal.
Washington reports that the thirteenth annual fisheries review warns that reckless waste may drive whale stocks toward extinction. It notes rapid declines in Basque and Greenland fisheries after explosive harpoon adoption and predicts international controls may be needed as whaling expands in Alaska, Australasia, and other waters.
A wild man labeled alias Gingerbread from Borneo fled Rockville and wandered to Washington. He was nabbed on disorderly conduct after a Pennsylvanian Avenue incident, escorted to the Fifth Precinct, and later taken to Washington Asylum for observation amid a curious public stir.
Onlookers described a daylong mock battle between sparrows and army worms on the State War and Navy building lawn area near Pennsylvan ia avenue. The 600-strong sparrow battalion advanced in two narrow columns, overcoming worm fortifications as the “battle” persisted into night with several sparrows and many worms reported killed.
A quarterly review by the Bureau of Public Works asserts motor vehicles raise dust that enters homes on narrow streets, worsening tuberculosis among Filipinos and even livestock. The government is testing native oil on roads to curb the spread.
The Westminster Gazette lists humorous schoolboy misstatements such as confusing law with grain of salt, Julius Caesar’s strength and Rhine bridge crossing, zodiac misdefinitions, Pharisees as praying to synonyms, abstract nouns you can’t see, and algebraic symbols for unknowns, illustrating quirky language misunderstandings.
The remark notes a spouse described as a self-made man and hints at disagreements in plans or changes. It suggests a social or domestic context with emphasis on personal dynamics and possible alterations discussed by the couple.
A health advertisement describes the change of life as critical for women and urges Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to support the nervous system during this period. It includes a testimonial from Bernicia Annette en No. 4 Box 34 St Anne Missouri detailing prior suffering and claimed relief after two months of use.
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