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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1906
Page
4
This fragment list documents numerous local movements and events. It notes illnesses including a sick individual named Gus, visits by residents to cities like Minneapolis and St Paul, and various family trips. It mentions church events, harvest help in the Dakotas, a birth at Willey Richardson’s home, property sales, surgeries, and community occurrences across Armstrong and surrounding towns.
A celebrated beauty, famed for attracting many suitors, chatted with a fashionable hostess and revealed a knot in the corner of her handkerchief. She joked she kept it to remind her of something, prompting the hostess to quip that she is married.
An editor interviewed 80 successful men who were raised strictly by fathers and thrased, and 80 others raised by mothers or grandmothers. The piece concldes that harsh paternal discipline shaped success, implying fathers should disciplin e their sons severely.
A child asks which form is proper for hair color and age in a humorous exchange. The father dismisses the concern, noting youth and beauty lift the phrase to richest auburn. The blurb ends with a branding line, Taylor's Candy.
A fire started in a closet and badly burnt much clothing before it was extinguished. Mrs. Jenks suffered a bad burn on the hand but is now recovering well.
The community notes a near completion of the coral telephone line known as the Blake line and reports farmers threshing damp grain. Rev Bode accepts a church call near Wesley. Residents plan visits and travels to Minneapolis for the G A R reunion. memories of 1862 3 and Cold Harbor live on as veterans gather. Advertisements offer local loans and a new Dakota book by the railroad agent in Chicago.
The McChane family spent several days at the lake last week while Miss Hawks of Wisconsin visited at B. J. Hodges. A large turnout attended a sociable hosted by the Methodist L. A. Society Saturday night. Our ball team travelled to Lone Rock Sunday and lost to Lone Rock with a rough scoring game marked by errors, though Lone Rock played solidly as sportsmen.
A historical ad offers Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back guarantee and testimonials from Alding, Kinnan & Marvin. It claims the medicine treats catarrh internally by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Side note promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists price and distribution details.
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