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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1897
Page
5
Rural Life notes critique of Baumgartner and Bennett hog cholera theories. Debate centers on contagion versus cure, feeding methods, and sanitation. Iowa Homestead cites mixed experiences across farms, Minnesota claims of diphtheria link dismissed by others as coincidence.
An early William McKinley case pits him against John McSweeney in a malpractice suit over a surgeon who set a leg badly. McKinley steers the court to reveal the other leg, arguing the surgeon’s outcome was better than nature. The plan leads to dismissal with a quip about breaking the other leg. The second item praises the Mutual hail Insurance Co of Iowa and J C Baker for handling large losses and promoting mutual insurance as a solution to insurance monopolies.
A nostalgic health advertisement extols Love, Health and Beauty as natural twins for the healthy woman. It credits Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription with strengthening female organs, easing inflammation, healing ulcers, and easing childbirth. Prominent testimonial notes improved health, plus promotion of a medical adviser book and free new edition offer.
Whittemore Champion reports Chas Bleck wen of Fairville suffered a severe fire Sunday evening. A blaze in the barn at 4:30 pm killed five cows and seven calves near the flames. The windmill, granary, hog house, corn, oats, hay and machinery burned. origin unknown. Insurance partial. overall loss heavy.
A young man named Jip Calleson from the Tanck farm near Renwick died after a rabbit hunting trip when a gun discharged near a river bridge. He was left unconscious and died four hours later after his companion and father failed to get him early help in freezing conditions. He was well known in Lu Verne.
A report warns of a raging disease in India described as deadly as the Bubonic Plague. The text notes fearsome impact on communities as authorities scramble for containment and medical response amid mounting casualties.
A Chicago specialist, Dr. Perkins, cites a worldwide chronic nervous illness that drains vitality and may be misdiagnosed as stomach or heart ailments. He offers free consultation and examination, with guaranteed cures, at Hotel Tennant in Algona next Tuesday February 9.
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