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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
8
An advertisement invites women to submit rhymes for a Dr Price Baking Powder contest with prizes totaling 100 dollars for top entries. Entry rules specify one rhyme per person, full names and addresses, and mailing to Price Baking Powder Factory in Chicago before May 1.
Fragmentary quote hints at a discussion on progress and motion attributed to an elderly speaker. The readable words suggest reflection on change and movement, with no clear event, dates, or affiliations present. Further context would be needed to identify persons or locations.
The article notes there is no national poet laureate in America and states no such appointment has been made. It mentions Nebraska as the first and only state to appoint a poet laureate in 1821, naming John G. Neidhardt as the honoree.
The Genoa economic conference contemplates a ten year pact to ban wars in Europe, led by Lloyd George. France and Poland push for guarantees to invade Hungary if needed, while Britain seeks a Washington model and America’s stance remains cautious amid disarmament debates and reparations talks. Russia, Germany, and Japan stir objections as committees form to handle finance and armament issues.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a curative kidney liver and bladder remedy claiming it meets most wishes and cites testimonials from customers and a doctor. It offers a sample bottle by parcel post for ten cents and notes large and medium bottles are sold in drug stores.
A Washington widow, famed as one of the era's richest, contemplates her grand residence at Quantico. She asks George if she will always enjoy such a fine home, prompting his worried reply as they share a dance in the Hostess house.
An advertisement praises Cuticura products for infant skincare and personal hygiene. It highlights Cuticura Soap for soothing red rough and itching skin by hot baths, Cuticura Ointment for topical relief, and mentions Cuticura Talcum as part of the indispensable toilet trio used for dusting and scent.
A wealthiest man in Youngar recalls a dream about entering a silver trolley and tumbling on wires before seating another pole. The joke highlights varied humor perceptions and ends with the punchline about becoming a silver driver.
A fragmentary advertisement touts a supposedly effective carb tal salve for colds sold by The J. W. Cole Co. in Rockford. The copy uses odd spellings and misread terms but claims rapid relief and availability at druggists or by mail order.
James Murphy of Long Island City faced arraignment in the Long Island City police court for smoking in a subway station. He claimed he paid his fare, used a fitted pipe, and stored it in his mouth due to no place to put it. Judge Oyle suspended sentence this time. Murphy grinned and departed, pondering an umbrella in hand as a hypothetical.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip features a patient pleading for plain language from a doctor who bluntly calls him lazy. The humorous exchange ends with the patient seeking a scientific name to report to his wife.
Mrs W H Avis of Cornell Bluffs Iowa recounts severe postpartum and female troubles. She credits Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery with restoring strength, appetite, and health without surgery after years of weakness. She says twelve bottles fully restored her.
In a town scene from Wroe's Writing, a visitor named Jolugon is mocked as shiftless. A local reply notes he won not be content until his wife handles all the chores, while others joke that women prefer bargains but despise the cheap man.
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