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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1912
Page
8
In a bustling New York scene a chatterbox notes Eph Hoskins writing hundred dollar checks at the general store while Uncle Hen jokes about the pace. locals discuss credit history, Fletcher’s Castoria ads, and a leap year romance rumor amid ordinary trades and plant remedies.
Washington clash between House Democrats and Senate Republicans over attach ments to army and other appropriation bills may halt funding. President Taft awaits veto decisions on rider laden measures while Sioux leader Jack Red Cloud visits the White House, reflecting a broad mix of national finance and foreign policy issues.
In Cleveland a national coal action orders 170,000 anthracite miners in Pennsylvania to quit, signaling a US wide stoppage amid wage disputes. Britain’s wage law now in effect as miners vote on returning to work pending district board decisions.
An old Irishman in Chicago, once financially successful, spent monthly sprees downtown then returned home to abuse his family. After his death, the children funded a lavish funeral while the blind widow lamented. At the eulogy the widow whispered to her son asking if two heralds would appear.
The Senate voted 44 to 21 on the McCumber substitute pension measure, increasing annual costs by about 27 million, while rejecting the Sherwood dollar 4 day petition bill carrying 76 million in pension expenditures. An amendment by Senator Lea Tennessee excludes those with annual incomes of 2400 or more. A conference will decide if Packers can be retried on restraint of trade indictments pending in New Jersey courts.
W. J. Haywood of Galesburg Illinois reports that an Illinois woman formerly of Calumet Avenue Chicago died by her own action in Gulfport.
Misatta Narber of Spring Lake Michigan reports four years of chronic hand sores eased after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She details pimples turning into painful cracks and burning sensations, with doctors failing to help until the Cuticura regimen. Free sample offer and $2 book promoted by Cuticura Dept. L Boston.
A playful exchange recounts a couple’s path from good friends to marriage. The dialogue hints at underlying romance and the long familiar tale of evolving relationships, framed in a casual, anecdotal voice.
Gossip notes Polly-Milss Yellowleaf where she claims beauty sleep helps. Dolly-Well says insomnia haunts her. Paxtine toilet antiseptic touted as cheaper, offered 260 a box postpaid by The Paxton Toilet Co. at Boston. The Way to Win. Bronson asks for best way to win love. Dawcon counters with the worst—if she doubts sincerity.
A fragmented note claims a product or treatment stops pain from cuts and burns, promising rapid healing and scar prevention. The text mentions numbers and a supplier name W Cole & Co at Black River Falls Wisconsin, though details are garbled.
A terse exchange ends with Cholly asking his mother to tell his father to stop kicking him around. The note, part of a broader page, also advertises a free gifts catalog and contains stray quotes about a comedy and medicinal products, reflecting a fragmentary 19th century newspaper page.
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