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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
8
A historical note outlines a lamp fuel using 77.5 percent alcohol and 22.5 percent benzol as a substitute for petroleum. It reports limited efficiency, yielding about 77 percent of standard petroleum lamp output, and cites a proposed mix of 62 percent alcohol 16 benzol 7.5 rectified turpentine and 14.5 fusel oil for brighter light.
Ad claims Cuticura Trio soup ointment and talcum powder offer complete toilet set. Exquisitely scented products for face skin baby and dusting needs priced at 25 cents each and available everywhere.
A brief exchange reveals a character named Tam preferring cinema for rest and disapproving language abuse, while another speaker defends the English tongue and the joy of going to the movies. The dialogue hints at tension between entertainment and linguistic standards.
Copenhagen reports a Spartacan uprising with 26 killed and 26 wounded in Dusseldorf as government troops fire on demonstrators. Barricades rise, crowds disperse then flee, trains halt, and darkness falls as strikes spread. In Brunswick and across 87 German towns, workers press for soviet style control. Bavaria and Baden see agitators calling for a soviet republic and a Munich council dissolved by communists. Hostages seized, police stations overrun, and revolutionary tribunals set up in Munich area.
Reports from Dallas on April 10 said more than fifty deaths were caused by a windstorm that swept northern Texas and southern Oklahoma Tuesday night. The storm damaged telegraph and telephone lines and details were scarce as crews worked to verify casualties.
Frank W Woolworth, founder of the 10 cent store chain and a major merchandising innovator, died at his Glen Cove home after several months illness. He was sixty six. The death toll in the incident referenced rises to eighteen.
Dispatches report Red Cross storage depots in Nuremberg were looted by armed crowds. Goods valued at about 175000 dollars were taken from several food depots, with Red Cross aliens among the storage operators affected.
International dispatches report World War era events including a reception in Paris for Mr. Woodrow Wilson, Bulgarian troops suppressing Greek insurgents, a Baden bank robbery yielding up to sixty thousand dollars, Mount Lassen’s renewed eruptions, and Judge Landis’s bond actions. Reports detail Berlin entering Essen, bolshevik advances, and Austrian socialist leanings.
Dublin reports six hundred Irish American soldiers arriving from Holyhead, marking their first chance to visit Ireland during the war. In Chicago, market figures list opening bids, price ranges, and daily highs and lows across grains, flour, and cattle, with detailed commodity and livestock quotes for May through July.
A letter from Albany New York to a relative banker in a South African city reports monkeys in South Africa dying from Spanish influenza. The note claims thousands of monkeys perished in forests and the plague is hitting both white and black populations with high mortality.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder issues claiming relief of urinary troubles and uric acid related rheumatism. It promises a free bottle by parcel post, lists the address in Binghamton New York, and urges readers to send ten cents with the coupon.
An old advertisement touts Watonic as a quick remedy for excess stomach acid and indigestion. It claims to remove excess acid without discomfort, ease heartburn and bloating, and restore strength for daily work. The copy urges readers to try a large pack from a druggist with money-back guarantees.
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