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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
4
The Bancroft community shares Christmas greetings with visits from Bert Green Armstrong relatives Ole O Meir Germania and many Algona Burt and Swea City friends. Special music at St Johns church and a big Christmas tree at the Methodist and Lutheran services mark the holiday. Substantial farming notes include mink and muskrat pelts, Plymouth elevator sale, and local creamery plans.
County news notes cover Whittemore events and locals. Donations at the Catholic fair exceeded 450 dollars. Marriages include Robert Braatz and Ida Huellen in Whittemore. Germania Presbyterian bazar raised 72.62. Hogs weighed 1,005 pounds sold by Jacob Hengel. Various items list residents’ activities, travel, incidents, and local notes across Whittemore, Ledyard, Wesley, Fenton, Swea City, and surrounding communities.
An 80 year old woman died last week at her daughter Mrs. Fred Meyer's home. Funeral was Thursday at Lotte Creek Lutheran church. Her husband died 45 years ago. He immigrated to the country in 1872. Surviving children include Mrs Leganhausen Mrs Ram bath Mrs Fred Meyer Mrs Radig and H W Dreyer.
Ella Cooper and Mr. Martinek spent Sunday evening at the Stott home. Geo Fox of Surrey North Dakota arrived in Burt to spend several weeks with friends and relatives. Leonard Daniels left Saturday night for an extended visit in Indiana. Jesse Davison, who has been working in the area, left Friday to spend the holidays in Clark County. Mr. and Mrs. Will Stahl smile proud grandparents of a ten pound boy born at the Frank Mano home last week. George Bradley is here visiting his mother.
Farm loans at five percent with optional payments promoted by B I Crose. Advertisements tout Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup, Taylor's Nutty Kiss, Liti Butter Scotch, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claimed to improve health and vigor. Jenkins & Co. E E Conner & Co. offer products. R H Miller markets tea and tablets. Honest, brisk old time sale language targets families and households.
Marty Colson of Masonville Iowa claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve provides the best cure for blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles. The ad also notes its usefulness for cuts, burns and injuries and lists RB A. Miller’s drug store as a retailer at 250 cents.
An old fashioned cough syrup promotes Kennedy's Laxative Booey and TVar as the original liquid cold cure. It claims to expel all cold from the system and strengthen the throat lungs and bronchial tubes. Sold by R. A. Miller.
The Harpersville New York pastor Key. D. Moore recounts suffering from a persistent cough after a grip and sleeping upright. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing his cough and preventing consumption, praising the remedy as a grand cure for throat and lung ailments at Br. H. Miller’s drug store with trial bottles free.
Thousands of infants suffer yearly from ailments that Foley's Honey and Tar could curb. Safe and non narcotic, it offers quick relief for croup as Mrs. Geo. A. Picket of San Francisco testifies. Her baby’s danger eased after one dose where other remedies failed. the family keeps it on hand. Sold by E. E B. Conner & Co.
I R H Miller promotes Vinol, a cod liver preparation without oil, as a reliable medicine in Algona. He claims it strengthens the weak and cures hacking coughs and pulmonary troubles, with a money back guarantee if it fails.
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