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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
8
A collage of dubious anecdotes and ads includes a tale of a wife threatening arsenic in coffee, a censorious editor doubting sensational claims, seed catalogue pitches, a mock dialect vignette, a Toledo catarrh oath, a patent cure pitch, presidential pay trivia, and harsh tobacco cure ads amid stray local notices and oddities.
A first prize shoot at a volunteer match ends with a surprising finish as the narrator, close to rival Blank, shoots a last bullet to force a draw. He hides behind a furze bush, feigns a miss, then fires a hidden strike that alters the final target and shares the prize amid rival's disbelief.
A promotional piece extols Kickapoo Indian Remedies to ward off illness from exposure to weather. It cites John H. Arm of Minneapolis and claims cures for headaches, dizziness, and grip symptoms, urging use at first signs and claiming safety and affordability.
The Leadville Herald describes Gloucester fishing crews at sea off the Newfoundland banks in winter. Bankers from diverse nations man the vessels, navigate by experience, haul trawls, and process cod amid brutal conditions, tight crew quarters, and rapid turnover between fishing and processing on deck and in hold.
Col Sanders visits Dry Falls to rally county support for a new line across Apache County. After an energetic talk, residents question benefits and whisky price impacts. Bill Shorter, Tom Davis, and Joe Thayer mock the plan. the crowd heckles and the meeting breaks up without a rail line.
An old type sixty twe years ago Hiram Lukeng entered the Intelligencer office at Doylestown Pa to learn printing and he is there yet setting type as fast as anybody around the place His record of continuous service with one establishment is probably unequaled in the business.
Nell Burgess to tour The County Fair from Easter Monday. Bernard Shaw writes You Never Can Tall for Haymarket. Lotta Crabtree wintering in Washington plans no return. Julia Merlowe debuts For Bonnlo Prince Charlie. Miss Nethersole to open London season adding Romeo. Baroness Burdette-Coutts gifts Garrick to Irving for Richard II. Al Lipman replaces Eben Plympton in Old Love Letters with Agnes Proctor. New Hampshire to spend 8700 dollars on a statue of Franklin Pierce.
A list of patent recipients and locations from Minneapolis to Bismarck. Items include Jalt A Beyl Minneapolis Mint convertile cnverage or slats Alexander Blimtaeh Olvin Mii Iakestand Alexander Gapelart Bismarck typa the coating machine Thomas C Earvis Plotte boiler furmace Atburrat Mehlenbeck Casselton timelk fork Gharios Mario Dilurd temporary binder Charles A Peterson Minneapolis stove or range Minute KK Norton Minnesota kettlescraper design Ghas RR Love Knnennolts Minnesota stock world D Merwin Datent Lawyer Pioneer Press Building St Paul Minn.
A jumble of overheard quotes and ad like blurbs recounts marital quarrels, medical cures, and odd anecdotes. It mentions an older woman’s lament, a wolf hunt near Atchison, a Portland doctor’s amputation tale, and a London hotel tout for a tonic with soothing claims.
In a comic scene a man crawls around on hands and knees imitating a horse while interacting with a poet. Onlookers and keepers discuss his unusual behavior, with one observer questioning sanity and another noting it as a hobbyist animal spirit act.
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