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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1913
Page
6
Dr Nansen valued thirteen as lucky for the Fram expedition. The thirteen crew members returned home after three years, the Fram drift ended on game day, and on the voyage Kirk gave thirteen puppies, matching thirteen pups born on December 13, 1893.
Canada again wins the $1,500 silver oats trophy in Columbus after J. C. Hill & Sons of Lloydminster Saskatchewan entered a peck of oats from their farm. The piece notes Western Canada grains outperforming world rivals and promotes mixed farming and investment opportunities in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with Canadian government agents offering information.
London reports the Kaleteur waterfall in British Guiana as the highest in the world. It towers above the Potaro river with uninterrupted brink, plunging in flood into a great abyss and offering a perilous view from within 100 feet of the cascading water.
The Kaieteur Falls in British Guiana drops 741 feet in dry season, five times Niagara’s height of 164 feet. named for a legendary old man whose temper led to his boat being turned to stone, now haunted by his ghost. Harnessing the fall could generate 1,264,864 horsepower.
A massive herring kill in Klawack Bay Alaska on Prince of Wales Island floods the bay with carcasses after a sudden three inch ice crack traps millions of fish in a narrow harbor. Capt. Simon Brunn and the steamship Northland navigate through the scene as canneries seize the catch, while officials fear disease from rotting fish.
Dr H L Barnes of the Rhode Island state sanatorium reports that 170 ex patients in 1911 earned 102,762 and 211 ex patients in 1912 earned 112,021. Applying these averages suggests 1911–12 ex-patients earned 551,000, over three times maintenance costs. He notes cures justify institutions for tuberculosis care, and that isolation for advanced cases may yield even better returns.
A breakfast feature recounts John D. Rockefeller Jr. stressing perseverance. He quips about a porcelain egg analogy while warning Willie against fighting classmates, illustrating patience and restraint.
Prof. George P. Baker of Harvard sketches the drama as an honest independent art distinct from the novel while urging dramatists to avoid personal intrusion. He cites Stevenson and Pinero on drama as truth and considers dramatic order essential to emotional impact.
Mrs Anna A Lew of Hilltop Kansas describes two years of leg rash itching and sleepless nights. After trying many salves she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noted rapid improvement, and says she was cured with no scarring. Advertisement promotes free samples and Skin Book from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
Mrs Jonee says her husband is perfection while she keeps a hawk like watch. Mrs Smith comments she suspects he may be too good to be true.
A reminiscence asserts baldness is more common today due to reduced use of bear's grease. The pomade, made from lard, was promoted by many hairdressers calling themselves professors who advertised the slaughter of a brown bear in vivid posters showing a gore soaked scene.
A playful quote noting that the railroad man received new ties for his birthday.
The Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pa suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs and heart flutter. After using five boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling disappeared and he regained strength. He credits the remedy and endorses it in letters to Rev Heslop. Correspondence with Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY offers free household hints music reviews and the National Anthem.
A fragment notes Blinks exits business while Har Hepa continues. Mentions Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething that softens gums and relieves wind colic. Also references a 260 ml bottle and a mask that makes some vices look virtuous in a stray aside.
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