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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement extols Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for back, kidney, bladder, and liver troubles, claiming success in hospitals and private use. It offers a free bottle by mail to readers who send their address, and urges purchase of 50 cent and larger sizes from druggists.
Chicago news reports John H. Walsh found guilty on fifty four counts of misappropriating Chicago National Bank funds after a nine week trial. Jury out 37 hours, bail set at 50000. judge may sentence 5 to 10 years per count, sentences likely concurrent. Walsh vows fight as crowds fill courtroom. appeals for a new trial filed.
A six story wholesale grocery building at 19-29 Market street in Chicago burned Saturday, with an estimated $800000 in damage. Firemen saved adjacent properties and prevented spread toward Reid, Murdoch & Co. books valued by firm officials at up to $1000000. Local owners included UD A Eckhart and Charles McNeil.
In Stockton California on January 20 Mrs H W Griffith Mrs J D McDougal and Mrs Mary B Percival nieces of Lydia Bradley who died in Peoria Illinois leave an estate valued around four million dollars and contest a will leaving 2.2 million to the Bradley Polytechnic Institute in Peoria. Mrs Bradley was sister to Capt Bly Moss who left a vast Peoria estate and who earlier died. the article notes Moss left a large estate in Stockton as his agent. The nieces are cited as Moss daughters.
The text reports varied price moves across wheat corn oats butter and potatoes in Chicago with May wheat around 1.02 and July beyond. In New York flour and wheat futures show dull to downward tones amid large world shipments and northwest movement, with May wheat near 1.11 and other grades listed.
Live stock prices from Ubbago dated June 18 show cattle ranges with prime steers at 6.25 and heifers around 5.00 to 5.75 while hogs run heavy at 4.20 to 4.85 and sows near 4.15. Omaha market reports echo steady cattle with steers 3.50 to 4.70, cows 3.00 to 4.35, and hogs trading mostly 4.10 to 4.32 with assorted packing and barrow prices. Sheep prices list fleshed muttone around 5.00 to 6.00 with ewes near 4.50 to 6.15.
Washington reports President Roosevelt urged officers of the Iowa National Guard to fortify Hawaii and push strong fortifications, while Canada plans to restrict Japanese from Tawau. Tokyo officials deny any Japanese fleet near the Pacific coast and confirm ships remain at home stations with limited vessels abroad. A separate dispatch notes a large fire sweeping half of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, with unclear origin.
Jan 20 Memphis. J Walter Hoover fatally shoots 7-year-old Miss Flake Duke then kills himself, death by self inflicted gunshot after the shooting.
A bright young man shares practical counsel with Uncle Jim on avoiding poverty, embracing industry, self denial, and saving small sums. He warns against sloth and extravagance, urges steady work hours, and stresses that even modest savings can grow into a future capitalist habit. The elder listener seeks to quantify the advice with a request for payment.
Miss R L Hoy named cerise for ribbon color and Alice blue for trim during a fitness examination for a telegraph operator. Johnson quizzes shades as the meaning of color, noting a long-held assumption of primary tones.
A Denver woman, Mrs. A Gregory, credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after a six year struggle with female troubles and an unsuccessful operation. The advertisement extols Pinkham's remedy for displacements, inflammation, irregularities, backache, and nervous symptoms, inviting women to write for advice and noting Pinkham's thirty years of guidance from Lynn, Massachusetts.
The page lists train schedules with departures and freight services. It notes freight trains carrying passengers and mentions specific train numbers and departure times though many details are obscured in the OCR. R. F. Hepprox is listed as agent.
Partial transit notice lists routes and calls at Portline table with rates, naming J HL Morgan as Algona agent. Items include freight and passenger movements with arrivals and departures and coded abbreviations, reflecting a historical railroad schedule fragment.
A Dubuque engraving firm offers a rapid path to skilled trade. After four months, trainees earn 15 per month or may start their own business. Shorter hours, better opportunities, and higher wages accompany the program. Board provided during learning. Loans on property may be available. Baggar d & Peek handle matters.
It does the business. Mr BE Chumbarlain of Clinton Maine says Bucklea’s Arnica value cured piles and chapped hands. He applied it to an old sore and healed it without leaving a scar. 25 cents at BR A Miller’s drug store.
An insidious kidney disease warning notes that early signs require care before fatal illness. The ad promotes Toby's Kidney Cure claiming it corrects irregularities and prevents Bright's disease and diabetes, credited to EH Conner & fo.
The fragment suggests a remedy marketed as Dean's Registere to ease stomach tone and treat constipation. It warns against harsh physical methods and notes bowel reaction and chronic constipation outcomes. Names and exact claims are unclear due to garbled OCR.
A dated advertising fragment promotes Wolsey's Honey Pad Tar to stop coughing and prevent pneumonia. It also touts DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills for backache and weak kidneys, Witch Hazel Salve for cuts and piles, and suggests various products sold by E. E. Conner & Co and B. Coover.
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