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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
8
A long passage advertises Peruna for hay fever and catarrh with user testimonial from Miss Mayme Smith. It discusses hay fever causes and remedies, then shifts to a Lincoln anecdote about a will and a paper watermark. The piece blends medical ad copy with a joke about a 19th century lawyer.
A reader describes intestinal troubles and heat flashes before adopting Grape-Nuts with cream for breakfast. She reports rapid health improvements, increased strength, and steadier balance of mind, noting relief from earlier indigestion except after heavy greasy meals. The testimonial cites Postum Co. as the source.
A dialog recounts Holister’s return to Wilk brook with a bustling family scene, detailing his cheerfulness, worn clothes, and the suburban visit. The narrative blends reminiscence of the old era with a broader aside on lead’s industrial importance and Brazil’s state division, contrasting everyday life with material history.
A vicar tours a Scottish parish with a warden. The sexton, an odd yet amiable figure, is found tolling the church bell. He jokes he has tolled for five vicars and plans retirement after making up the full dozen, revealing quiet endurance and local humor.
An 1905 letter from Emma FE of Liscomb Iowa credits Caticura Remedies with curing a long lasting skin eruption after repeated attacks. The account claims five years without recurrence and high faith in the treatment. A second excerpt describes a scene of a tense mood and social flirtation. Parasol fashion in Parisian horse society is noted as a humorous aside.
An uneasy notice describes a group calling itself the Ansag Anti-Tiquor R Society claiming to distribute free recipes to cure liquor and tobacco habits. Recipes allegedly mix into coffee or food and are to be shared freely, not sold, with a Kansas City address. It laments fading memories and includes a stray tip about Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, ending with a proverb on friendship and enemies.
A man devises a ruse to bring his wife home by clipping a local paper item and withholding its reveal, a plan that succeeds as she returns quickly. The piece closes with a humorous exchange where Mrs Slap-iush laments losing an earring and her husband mocks her forgetfulness about his lectures.
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