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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
6
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a blood building tonic. It claims to cure colds, protect against disease, with ingredients like wild cherry bark and stillingia. It also sells trial packets and suggests nasal catarrh remedy.
Mr Crosalots asks for letter carrier to call only once a week at his house to avoid alarming his wife who fears the new cook will think visitors are arriving for dinner and leave before explanations can be made.
An advertisement claims a tiny bottle of Freezone costs only cents at drug stores. Apply a few drops to corns calluses and hard skin on the feet to lift them off, leaving underlying skin pink healthy and not sore or tender.
Lucy asks why market reports describe markets as nervous. Uttle Willie explains the term refers to traders thrashing about in the market causing volatility and unsettled prices.
A Kansas City Journal item recalls a note found in a milk jar with the reply I put no note in the jar for the milk map. Yes, my dear, I found it in the milk. The quirky exchange centers on a handwritten message tied to a local mystery or domestic puzzle.
The article marks Easter as the principal Christian festival, noting its pagan origins and springtime symbolism. It highlights the 1919 context after World War I, the unity of European nations, and Jerusalem as a religious center where Christians, Jews, and Muslims observe the season with distinct rites.
A Scottish parish vicar visits a farmer and jokes about the worn Bible used to sharpen a razor. The scene reaches a comic turn when donor Mr Brackleigh is revealed as an "ander taker," provoking a quiet shock among organizers.
A Duluth meeting last month launched the Theodore Roosevelt international highway project. Sponsors aim to blaze and signboard the route from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon before the 1910 touring season begins as a major transcontinental highway effort.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for nasal catarrh and repeated colds. It asserts internal action through the blood to cleanse mucous surfaces and prevent attacks, with testimonials and a $100 guarantee for uncured cases from Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio.
A curio of quotes and snippets explores conversation as a path to knowledge. It pairs a playful exchange between Charley and Mia with a moral line on justice from La Bruyere and a note on faith and obedience, creating a mosaic of reflections.
A seven year old boy visiting the zoo excitedly points to a cage marker reading Female and tells his mother he has finally seen a "Femae" in cartoons humor. The moment captures childlike misreading and wonder at unfamiliar labels.
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