Nervous Women and the Pinkham Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous prostration insomnia and related female complaints. It cites Mrs. M. B. Shotwell of Brooklyn as a testimonial noting relief after doctors failed and claiming improved vitality and youthfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
M. B. Shotwell
Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia J. Pinkhum
Frighttung Burned Falls Silent Amid Stated Details
Fragmentary OCR note references a fire incident in Ford City Pennsylvania involving a machinist named W Moore. Mentions burned belongings, a bale, and a price of 9 cents for a 1940 pile. Details are garbled but imply a local event with scarce verifiable facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Moore
Machiniat
Ford Rity
Honeymoon trip for Longworths from Alexandria to Tampa and Havana
Washington reports Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth began honeymoons by train from Alexandria Virginia at 11 18 am on Monday bound for Tampa and then Havana Cuba aboard the private car Elysian. They traveled in an open auto from Friendship to the station and autographed a railway worker's daughter Alice Lee Longworth. The party faced reporters but escaped a crowd as they boarded the private car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Alexandria
Vua
Southern Railway
Tampa
Havana
John R. McLean
Thomas Stone
White House
Mr. Longworth
McLean Estate
Jon Leiter
Longworth
Notable Female Friends Across Time and Authors
The piece notes deep, nonromantic ties among writers and thinkers. It cites Mme de Stael and Mme Recamier, Elizabeth Foster, Margaret Fuller, Petrarch and Laura, Dante and Beatrice, Joanna Baillie and Sir Walter Scott, Mme Holand, John Stuart Mill and his wife, Elizabeth and Robert Browning, Goethe and his sister Cornelia, Byron and his sister Mrs Leigh. It argues time’s fever dulls passions and strengthens lasting friendship, calling out Byron’s devotion to his sister and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. de Stael
Mme. Recamier
Elizabeth Foster
Duchess of
Devonshire
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Margaret Fuller
Goethe
Cornelia
Byron
Leigh
England
Christmas Tree Gamble in a Ramble Says Old Market Wisdom
Country Life in America notes a volatile Christmas tree trade in New York with famed shippers who never lose. Prices vary from 65 to 150 dollars per carload, averaging 60 cents per bundle of five trees. Shippers differ: some move many carloads, others curate select stock to fetch higher per-tree prices, including giant trees valued for hospital or Sunday school gifts, highlighting profit variability and seasonal demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Country Life
America
Jess Yish
Wood in Bowling Balls and Old Shipping Tales
A compact glimpse covers bowling ball woods from sappacite Cuba rosewood and mahogany to two finger holes and slot balls. It notes rubber coated balls and noise reduction in pins, plus a hard rubber ball claim and price points around four dollars for a signumyital ball and twenty dollars for a regulation size ball. The passage includes comic exchanges about trust versus ring and a joke about exclusive parties amid a doctor’s caution in a Chicago Daily News style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Relief After Meals
Advertising text claims Kodol Digests what you eat to relieve fullness belching gas and other symptoms of indigestion. It asserts the product supports stomach and digestive organ function and offers relief from disorders due to imperfect digestion or mal assimilation. Sold by R A Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A. Miller
Methusala Admires Rocky Mountain Tea Ad
An old time advertiser notes Methusala would be living if he had taken Rocky Mountain Tea offered by R. H. Miller for 36 cents. The item reads as a compact promotional line from a historical newspaper snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methusala
R. H. Miller
Dr King’s New Life Pills Offer Quick Aid
The yellow fever germ is said to resemble the malaria germ and Dr King’s New Life Pills are promoted as the fastest remedy to clear disease germs. Sold at R A Miller’s drug store for 26 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
R. A. Miller
Pirating Foley’s Honey and Tar notice
Ad warns that Foley and Co Chicago originated Honey and Tar remedy and condemns imitations. It promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar as the safe, mildly laxative throat and lung remedy without opiates, sold by Conner & Co. It also advertises Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea for health and bright appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Chicago
Doaley
Poley
Conner & Lo
Hollister
R. H. Miller
A New Idea In Cough Syrups From Kennedy Family
An old time cough syrup is criticized for causing bowel issues. A remedy advertised two years ago in Kennedy's Gasative Honey and Tar claims to act on throat and lungs while loosening bowels. It purports to expel colds and relieve throat irritation, croup, and whooping cough. Sold by BR Fl Mil- Or.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
BR. Fl
Mil- Or
Kidney Cure Promises Health By Foley’s Remedy
An old classified style note extols Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney trouble urging early use. It claims the product strengthens and rebuilds kidneys, with E. Er. Conner selling the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
E. EB. Conner
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E. 0. Dewitt & CO
Bughs
Algona Brick and ‘Tile Works
Altona
Kossuth County
Re Corporation
Board of Vectors
Phis Corporation
Ball
Drokimson
Os Naa F. BR
Bride
Joseph Leiter
Lester
Grand Rapids, Mich
Stuart
Ward
Lake Michigan
Ve. Bip
Chicago Daily News
Dre. Lapsling
Chicago Tribune
Anna Held
MOOS
Chicago, Ill
Anna
R. H. Milier
Algona
Rofessional & Business Directory
U. P. Haggard G. F. Peek
Haggard & Peek
Iowa
Éadtornests
GEO
Clarke Clarke & VaUghan
B. Tt
Vaughan
E. V. Swetting
LAP
Honey To Loan
W. Sullivan
McMaron SuLlivan & McMahon
Attorneys-At-Law
Algona - Twa
Sarlington L. Dickinson Harrington & Dickinson Attorneys
Ofice Over County Savings Bank
Algona, Loowa
J. L. Bonar
Attorney AT Law
Algona State Bank
Wm. M. Galbraith
Algona, Iowa
Jove Galbraith Brook
Chas. TF
Cotant
Kossuth Oo
Coltestians
M. J. Kenefick
Taylor’s
Dodge Street
E. J. Gay
S. D. Patterson
Call Street
C. D. Fellows
Oma de Mime Cowe
H.C. Devereaux
D. D
Hoxie
Glasier, D. D
Algons State Bank
IO WA
W, Fe, Kain
John Galbraith
EB. E. Sayers
Brown's Livery
Algona, Ip
C. Shelley
Cc. H. Cretzmeyer
Ginases A
J. G. Bertrand
Poland
J. FR. Lillie
Chichester
Alvierelabie
Ieee
Manntieasuanaine
Chichester Chemical
Perera Senaney
Bouss
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