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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
8
Purporting to cure kidney and urinary complaints the ad claims kidneys purify blood and neglect causes aches and heart trouble. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a top remedy with mail order availability from Binghamton New York and Champaign New York address.
In Tennessee a widow, whose husband’s body petrified after five years in the ground, sold him for 50 dollars to a showman. She reflects that the act may not have been right, yet the community’s silence weighs on the decision.
A narrative from Judge recounts Ed, a hardworking Black man in Columbia Tennessee. He saved and invested, earning his master's trust, but asks for a mortgage to secure a five dollar loan to cover a debt with Aunt Une and a cow and calf, showing the era's racial and economic dynamics through a sharp, ironic exchange.
Italian sensation Signorina Fatima Mirla will soon appear in London after astonishing crowds in Bologna with La Grande Via. She plays 15 principal parts and changes costumes 175 times in a three hour show, never off stage more than ten seconds. Critics liken her to Siddons and Nellie Farren. Also noted: advice on cleaning window shades using hot corn meal to lift dust without residue.
Three Milltown youths out for a day in Calais area witnessed a bull moose defend its domain against a horse tied under pines. The horse reared on its hind legs and struck the moose with both forefeet, sending the moose retreating. The pair of animals reacted to the surprise as the onlookers cheered and shouted.
A short, humorous look at children on their first country visit with questions about thrashing machines aunties plucking feathers and cows. Lottie eight asks to milk a calf and wonders about buying gum for cows and the milk from separators versus cows. The piece captures city kids comparing country life and poultry habits in a playful tone.
A famed visitor to New Orleans praised the quaint town beauty and a house near the French Market with second and third story pale yellow bamboo curtains. The observer misread the scene, believing it decorative art, only to learn the “bamboo” were drying spaghetti and the place housed a factory, not artistes.
A brief report notes twin brothers Johnny and Tommy almost identical in appearance and weight. They visit a grocery store scale to settle who is heavier. Tommy weighs 68 pounds 2 ounces and Johnny 69 pounds. Tommy protests, claiming a boil on Johnny's arm changes the result.
The piece discusses how truth can be misused and how divergent religious thoughts can coexist within the church. It cites Port Royal and Jesuit and Port Royalist tensions, noting seventeenth century intolerance and the clash of unworldly and worldly tendencies. The excerpt references Ethel Romances’s The Story of Port Royal.
BH Tunnel Doey, departing Philadelphia for Point Barrow Alaska, carries six hundred forty silver plated forks weighing a pound each. The two sets of 82 packages total nearly a ton, to gift Makime chiefs and tribes as promised two years ago. Natives admired the forks though a walrus harpoon eclipsed them in value, with Doey aiming to return with walrus ivory and hoping for better water routes in 1908.
A unique charm called Fu Ju has long been worn by the Chinese for nearly four millennia to invite longevity happiness and success. Men wear pins on caps while women use brooches pendants and hatpins with wide appeal for American importers.
The exchange shows two people focused on themselves. He accuses her of snubbing him on Main Street. She denies intent, saying she didn’t see him, while he insists she looked at him and jokes she should seek eye care.
A city boarder asks if many endurance race cars pass, an old farmer answers in jest that they are all endurance racers to them. The exchange frames tension over road use and patience as vehicles speed past livestock.
A playful exchange centers on a photo. A compliment shifts to a challenge as one party offers a trade for a more likeness to the other. The response resists, preferring the current image and hinting at personal humor.
Frau von Papp, wife of a lawyer, became a Bedag electro droschke chauffeur after her husband died leaving their family penniless. She operates for the Kaiserhof hotel, proving skillful and independent to support her three children. The anecdote shifts to a schoolroom scene where a teacher’s question on footwear reveals a boy’s mistaken answer, ending with a triumphant shout of "Carns!"
Charles Dudley Warner notes that relentless business effort is the price of success yet questions what true success means. He cites a man who built a million dollar house and furnished it lavishly yet knows little of architecture or culture, highlighting a critique of wealth without deeper insight.
A humorous breakfast mischief unfolds as a grandpa, singing all morning, accidentally uses a package of birds to make porridge, confusing it with oats. The family laughs at the silly blunder and the old gentleman’s birdlike breakfast.
The Cheyanne and Arapahoes hold their annual squaw dance at city park with over 5,000 Indians encamped for a day and night extended festival. Participants include backs and squawes, with war dances echoing elders as tomtom drums pound. Warprints adorned with feathers beads and ornaments captivate watchers as dances continue for days.
A western town man loses his wife and follows her last wish by cremating the remains. Bridget Flannigan, a former servant, consoles him with an Irish lament and questions the cremation. The exchange ends with a humorous exclamation about divine care.
In the absence of the information editor on vacation, the question about who wrote How Big Was Alexander, Pa? was referred to the country circulation department manager. He laughed that the author was way off in geography, noting Alexander places in multiple states and regions, yet no Pennsylvania entry matches the post office directory.
The Tribune summary notes light to moderate breezes and varying wind directions with alternating close and thundery and fine periods. It mentions sharp total storms and its forecasting style mirrors period newspaper tone for a London weather outlook.
The Louisiana frog industry generates just over $100,000 annually. Frogs are shipped alive in barrels packed with moss, with more than 1,009,000 barrels exported yearly. They are fattened by feeding on bread, meal and cracklings and some reach California.
In a fragmentary exchange, Mildred asserts care for true love over wealth, while Ciotilde agrees. The dialogue hints at social expectations of affection and money, with an unfinished line suggesting a plan or action to be held.
A consignment of giant West Indian potatoes has arrived. Each tuber can reach lengths of up to three feet and weights around 20 pounds, with some yams reported from 108 to 150 pounds. The large roots resemble ordinary yams but are much larger, brownish and pale inside, and boiled they offer a pleasant flavor.
A man recalls his wife and seven years apart, reading old letters found in her room. The scene unfolds beneath a starry sky as he reflects on love, distance, and a future once imagined.
There in no doubt Napoleon through the sheer dizziness he had cubed w. "the bag de Raguse," says Comtesse de ecisne, "contre expatined the Ue nature of his convenion with the emperor." When Napoleon said All for France, France said served with enthusiasm. When he said France, I served with zeal. When he said and France, served with obedience. When he said without France, I felt the necessity of parting from him.
Fragmented clockwork of a railway timetable shows departures for multiple trains. The unreadable text hints at train numbers 83 and 9 with unspecified destinations and passenger details, reflecting a period timetable snapshot.
timetable notice shows No 01 way freight arrives 10 pm No 61 passenger and mail arrives 11 pm No 60 passenger and mail departs 12 16 pm No 42 way freight departs advance time and rates. For timetable and rates contact J B Morgan Agent Algona for details.
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