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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
8
The General Demand for an efficient laxative is met by Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Syrup Co. The ad touts its gentle yet prompt action, notes physicians’ approval, and urges purchasing the genuine product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
A dialogue shows a weary person contemplating action about disturbing sounds. The janitor urges restraint and suggests leaving the issue to fate, advising against involving the police and offering a calm, evasive response.
A 100 reward claim accompanies an advertisement for Halls Catarrh Cure asserting it is the only proven remedy to cure catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents promise testimonials and urge readers to send for a list of proof while noting the product is sold by druggists and that the firm guarantees results.
A playful remark from Herlock Shames in a Boston Transcript panel notes that the farmer who raised the spring chicken showed tenderness by hesitating before the fatal blow. Potson asks how this is known, and Shames explains the hesitation signals compassion.
A London Standard note describes a notable wedding at Craigenputtock where Mary Carlyle of Craigenputtock, a grandniece of Thomas Carlyle, wed a farmer named Pingle near Scofflechan, Carlyle birthplace and the fictional Kaiuphi of Sartor Resartus. The piece links Carlyle’s circle to the locality. It also cites population estimates for China from Almanach de Gotha 1906 at about 400 million, with a quip about one in four humans.
A reader letter from Battle Creek Michigan describes how prolonged indigestion and overwork left a young girl nearly wrecked. She credits Grape Nuts with restoring appetite, health, and strength, noting she can now eat anything and that the cereal remains part of her diet.
Des Moines hosts a tour by fifty business men of the Enamel Concrete Co. the new 70,000 pound brick making machine capable of 40 000 bricks daily with enamel finish. I H Bouton says subs face sales and profits shown by two machines sold at Seattle and Vancouver. Oren Ruffeorn and Frank Stelim lead the Des Moines invention effort with a plan to sell to big centers. Rev Wm Williamson to fund church building with lecture receipts.
Fragmentary advert style clipping details the Rosebud Indian Lands opening from October 5 to 17 with homes for 10,000 and requests Willy cents for information, maps, circulars, and blanks for Soldier's Declaratory. Also includes assorted quotes and ad lines about firearms, furs, soothing syrup, and various sayings.
A period ad endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. It invites letters to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts and cites a decade long correspondence with patients. A testimonial from Mrs Norman R Barnett of Allentown Pennsylvania describes relief from organic disorder and severe headaches after following guidance.
For thirty years Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. It has allegedly cured thousands of women troubled with displacements inflammation seizures fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache that worn-out feeling fullness indigestion dizziness or nervous prostration.
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