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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
3
Farmers in Brainard Iowa are urged to contact Walter Jennings about patent landsides plows. The notice promotes the plow’s good qualities, urging early orders to ensure timely delivery and a square deal for Fayette County farmers familiar with the sellers.
Mr and Mrs John Glover report the arrival of a daughter at their home on Monday. The items note local ads new offerings from T J Capper Thomas Bros and Berg the Clothier and discuss expected improvements to Standard Telephone Co lines and switchboard. The rest covers elections and various community notes.
In New York Dr Frederick A Cook, famed explorer, discussed extending polar exploration by autommobiles. A Sunday church disruption followed when a stranger interrupted the service asking to collect a debt from Dr Henry Smith, revealing a new collector named Cache & Co.
Prominent authorities in Chicago warn that insanity trends are surging, blaming drink, drugs, overwork, and rapid schooling. They predict the earth could become a vast lunatic asylum in 700 years unless conditions change, citing wealth pursuit and nervous, overworked youth as key causes.
A historical essay discusses a shift in Native American views on property and labor, predicting the decline of the traditional Plains Indian lifestyle. It cites population figures for horses and burros from 1890 to 1903, noting a substantial drop. The text also mentions a decline in cat ownership during the period.
A tersely reported reminiscence from Muri Twain at the Jamestown exposition about laziness. He recalls a boyhood non-combatant named Jim Black in Hannibal and a morning by the river watching steam boats while pondering work versus rest.
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