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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
12
A noted analysis argues that city professionals adopting farming can renew health and gain income. It recounts Howel’s tenacre apple orchard plan, detailing land prep, tree types, spacing, irrigation, and yields. The piece emphasizes expert involvement and future orchard profitability in the western irrigated districts.
An Orange County New York census suggests optimal peach tree life is four to eight years. Emphasis is on thorough cultivation over pruning or spraying, with shallow cultivation around plums and cherries to avoid root damage. Recommendations include winter pruning with painted wounds, removing diseased wood, whitewashing trunks to deter pests, and careful use of a pick to loosen hard soil without uprooting roots.
A reflective piece contrasts two attitudes toward prayer, one man never feeling the need while another prays amid illness. It cites Dr. Hyslop on sleep and mood, notes science has softened objections, and tells how great discoveries and needs push toward God. Prayer deepens fellowship with the divine and offers solace amid life’s trials.
Walter Jubb argues for divine visibility of chariots and chariots and horses on the mountains and the mighty power of the everlasting Father to reassure the faithful. He urges continual prayer to open eyes that they may see God's protection and the truth that those with us are greater than those against us.
Henry Drummond states that by mirroring Christ we transform gradually toward perfection. The process follows progressive improvement in character until the final, complete image of Christ is reached.
A Portland physician treated five generations of a single family in under three months. An elderly centenarian with senile gangrene died after his care and prescriptions for her daughter, then the daughter's son, a florist, then another son, a clerk, and finally the clerk's wife gave birth to a son who needed the doctor's assistance at birth.
The piece urges self-dissatisfaction as a tonic for enterprise. It argues that feeling unsettled with one’s performance spurs improvement and prevents complacency. It compares ambition and dissatisfaction as kin and warns against excessive gloom over self-trust while urging steady pursuit of better sales, management, and leadership.
Miss Mildred Dennis of North Dakota describes eczema starting on the scalp spreading to back and chest with itching and discharge. After about a year and a half she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment daily for two months and was cured. Samples free with $2 skin book.
Five year old Paul Porpara of Wyckoff Avenue tickled a mule near a stable at Cypress Avenue and Troutman Street. The mule kicked striking the boy, who was rushed to the German Hospital. Surgeons bandaged his face and hands before his mother took him home.
Parents urged to inspect every bottle of Castoria for safety and authenticity as a trusted remedy used for over 30 years. The notice emphasizes Castoria’s signature and assures it meets caregivers expectations. it targets mothers seeking a dependable pediatric product.
In Plunkville a constable explains that jail barriers stay strong to deter entrants while wholesale patent medicines are allegedly pushed by the Chingsa group. The dialogue hints at ongoing relaxations and illicit trafficking within the town.
Correspondence from the London Observer notes a laborer treats the ballot as sacred. Asked how he voted he says he does not know and explains he prays before making his mark, trusting God to decide where it goes. The vignette underscores belief in divine oversight of the ballot.
Modern Agent reports in Chicago News that Hall is visiting residences to learn why shoppers avoid purchasing a patent clothes wringer. The note suggests a house to house canvass aimed at gauging consumer interest and resistance.
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