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Newspaper
Algona Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1885
Page
3
An elegiac poem fragment reflects a speaker mourning lost children whose absent touch haunts day and night. The lines describe cold white snow, longing, sleeplessness, and hopeful faith that the little hands will clasp again in a heavenly afterlife. The piece ends with a devotional glimpse of angels in a radiant city.
Col Polands long quest for Rupert ends when a dollhouse toy prompts a nurse to reveal a Shoreditch foundling. In a emotion filled ward, Mrs Poland recognizes her lost son, raising a joyous cry as the couple reunites with their child after years apart.
The text explains ergot, a fungus Claviceps purpurea infecting rye. It describes ergot’s life cycle, surface spores, and winter state. It notes ergotism’s serious outcomes, including gangrene and death, and its historical epidemics in humans and livestock, citing Dr Halsted in American Agriculturist.
The article discusses ergot in grasses, its seasonal abundance, and methods to reduce risk. It notes that drainage and cutting hay at flowering lessen ergot levels and advises proper stable care, water, and sudden dietary changes if poisoning is suspected. Severe cases may require culling.
An old advertisement fragment praises Brown's Iron Bitters as a cure for indigestion and its claimed benefits for women. It quotes testimonials from Mrs Heuglin and Mrs Harding and asserts the product improves bodily vitality and temper, urging readers to trust the remedy for health and longevity.
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