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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1909
Page
6
The claimant from Wilson Puryear Tennessee describes a three year skin illness with black swellings itching and sores. After two doctors and using Onticura Remedies the symptoms subsided within a week and the person was healed following three remedy sets. Company Potter Drag & Chem. Corp. promotes Gythurn Remedies.
A child named Mary plays with a kitten and utters a naughty phrase. Her mother disciplines her by washing her mouth with soap and water to curb the habit. The next day Mary again plays with the kitten and faces more trouble when a remark echoes the same comparison to yesterday.
Marion Indiana woman Mrs Josephine Jeffery describes a gradual kidney illness ending in severe pain and nervousness. After doctors gave little hope she began Dean's Kidney Pills and gradually regained health. Feather Duster critiqued as dust spreads tuberculosis germs. advocates suggest damp cloths and floor care to reduce risk.
A Georgia physician shares a personal experience praising Grape-Nuts as a powerful rebuild of nerve, brain, and muscle tissue. He recounts severe illness, mountain rest, and rapid recovery after adopting the cereal, urging others to consider the diet and refer readers to the Wellville booklet for more.
An article cites milling executives arguing flour could reach ten dollars per barrel due to wheat scarcity and rising costs. It details current price pressures, calculating flour costs at seven to ten dollars per barrel and noting no sign of relief as supplies tighten globally.
A farewell letter found among the effects of Willam D. Bainbridge, a U S treasury department agent in Paris, claims he was the victim of a diabolic plot to ruin him. He died by his own hand as inquiries begin into the assertions shared by his wife, while American colleagues offer little light on the alleged scheme.
Five crew members drowned when the Milwaukee to Port Huron steamer Eber Ward struck a heavy ice flue and sank in Lake Michigan about six miles west of Mackinaw City. Nine crew were saved. Owned by D M Ferry & Co of Detroit, the ship had just begun its first regional trip. The accident occurred as the ship was entering the straits. remaining crew likely slept below when the collision happened.
Mrs. Kowa Wrendenthal Monnish, noted Atlanta physician and proprietor of an organization, was sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary for mailing obscene matter. Shortly after, she died by drinking prannate feld concealed on her person.
Senate debate opened on the tariff measure with Aldrich leading remarks and Democrats promising opposition. House adjourned with census bill pending and conference on civil service reform. progress on tariff reading continued with Gummins tax provision discussed. Independent notes praise Western Canada’s immigration surge, rail and wheat prospects, with estimates of 70,000 to 100,000 new settlers from the United States expected this year.
Arrangements were completed for wireless telegraph stations in Mississippi and New York. A 1,000-year-old Bronx Zoo exhibit was noted. Shifts on the Panama Canal set a daily rock- and earth-moving record. A Mahoning County will was recorded in twelve words, disposing of $600,000 in property. A Louisiana representative proposed a treasury borrowing bill for waterway upgrades. An arrest in Stamford over an objectionable letter prompted a conduct inquiry. David Pell Secor, 85, died in Bridgeport hospital. he aided Morse and helped design early telegraphs and sewing machines. Elizabeth A C White urged corsets as health arbiters in New York. A Springfield tobacco factory burned for $100,000. San Francisco warehouses also burned for $100,000. Rochester’s Neynolde Arcade burned, with $170,000 loss, risking downtown business.
An assortment of old advertisements and light humor items fills the page. Cures for catarrh promise relief from Hall's Catarrh Cure sold by Wahorsu Kinax & Marvin, along with various patent medicines and tonics. Interleaved are jokes about hats, penssions, and a quip about gambling in town.
A noted central Illinois physician behind Dr Caldwell's Syrup of Pepsin opens a Monticello laboratory correspondence department offering free medical advice to those with dyspepsia stomach troubles and other complaints. Send inquiries to W B Caldwell 202 Caldwell Building Monticello Illinois.
A fragmentary ad page touts Lane's Clinton tablets to stop cold progression at first symptoms, with price of 25 cents and free samples. It also markets Pete's Eye Salve for sore eyes, a medical claim about gum taxation, and assorted tonics, cures, and tobacco brand lines.
Suffering from years of female illnesses, a Chicago woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after an operation was deemed necessary. Another Chicago woman reports relief from tumors and severe symptoms after using the remedy, praising its roots and herbs and calling it a life changer. The ad extols the product as affordable and effective for displacements inflammations fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and nervous prostration.
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