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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as uniquely capable of curing female ailments and kidney troubles claiming over a million women verified its record. The copy dismisses other remedies as inferior and urges women not to experiment with unproven products.
A garbled mix of wartime lines and a pitch for Allen's foot powder appears, mentioning Tieurl and Marie du Voix in an odd dialog, then an Earl Allen shoe powder ad claiming 25 cents and a sample by mail, followed by a Kansas governor controversy over a wife forcing a husband to stay home.
Interior improvement ideas for spring highlight Alabastine cement as a clean long lasting wall coating. Advertisements cite Mackintosh samples from Goodyear Rubber Co and Gavolife Engines catalogs, while a Stubb anecdote centers on a mission sermon and charitable diamond donations.
The New Department of Justice building in Washington will cost about 94.6 million dollars, on a site opposite the Treasury. The article recalls Commodore Rodgers bringing Andalusian jackasses to Washington, a tale linked to a mansion nicknamed the House of Doom that later became the Washington club, a theater site, and now the Justice Department project.
A colonel tests a “chance” theory by pledging a six foot three drunk to abstinence. four years later he marries, and the groom credits the colonel with his restraint at the wedding. Leslie Livermore, Civil War survivor, vows to live as a tramp with his dog Kaiser rather than part from him. A Hoboken postmaster arranged entry to a Soldiers’ home, but Livermore refuses to surrender Kaiser, preferring work on a farm to separation.
A collage of old ad copy and social snippets includes a domestic scene about Johnnie caring for his mother and a father away on business. Also advertised is Allen’s Foot-Hose powder for swollen burning feet and a humorous exchange from the Washington Star about eloquence versus talkativeness.
An ornate recruitment notice seeks 100000 agents nationwide to sell Lekka Scouring Soap and related products with promises of big profits and a prize with every sale. The ad lists contact addresses in Chicago and promotes easy work, alongside miscellaneous quoted dialogue and unrelated inserts.
A garbled OCR page contains ad slogans and sayings, including references to Panwen's Haire BALBAd HisprRconns, a Philadelphia Bulletin quote, a judge comment,Teething syrup claims, and old names like Mrs. Winslow and John Jacob Astor. The text weaves misc quotes, product pitches, and brief biographical bits from a turn‑of‑the‑century newspaper fragment.
A heated quarrel erupts as a father declares “Henceforth I disown you” and banishes his son with “Begone, you son of the devil,” while the son retorts “Son-Good-by, father” in a charged family dispute.
A long testimonial letter sequence promotes Peruna for catarrhal ailments and female complaints. Letters from Mrs Hamilton in Columbus and others claim improved health, voice restoration for Annie Wyandotte, and praise for Dr Hartman’s treatment. The ad links catarrh to diverse organs and promotes Peruna and Man-a-Yin as cures.
A shuffled page features an ad promising Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for cure failures, a jumbled comic radio-style exchange about guns, a note on deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube, and a closing line about Oliver Cromwell being the son of a London brewer.
A retired farmer relates a continental tour tale where he praises Lake Gereva and Lake Leman. The doctor interrupts to say Lake Gereva and Lake Leman are rivals. The farmer insists Lake Leman is the more synonymous of the two.
A young German prince, future emperor, attended the Prince and Princess of Wales wedding. He was watched by his uncles, the Dukes of Edinburgh and Connaught, who wore Highland dress. The boy mocked them with a bite on their legs, a vivid early memory of fame and mischief.
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