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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
4
San Francisco Call reports Green Casey, inmate at San Quentin, devised a grass costume to fool guards. He collected burlap, stitched a covering, and grew a wheat lawn under it to escape. a guard spotted the moving grass and halted the attempt.
A Southern businessman who toured Latin American countries argues that republics there are the worst exemplars of democracy. He recalls a bloodless, futile rebellion where cloaked combatants clashed, flags remained, and daily life returned with indifference to the rival parties.
A historical column highlights women inventors across nations and eras. It notes Silk Weaving credited to a Chinese emperor’s wife, bronze work by a Japanese woman, cashmere shawl weaving by an Indian harem woman, Venetian paint lace discovery by an Italian woman, Harriet Hosmer’s marble from limestone method, and Mrs. Strong’s corset leading to dam and reservoir patents. It cites a Texas inventor of a digging machine, an English woman with a horseshoe, a Florida creator of a 4 rail car, and an Illinois woman with a B car heater.
An unnamed authority on chemistry spoke before a well known women’s club and used demonstrations. He warned that guests using face powder with bismuth should leave during the experiment as the emitted gases could turn it purple. Three women remained seated as the rest exited.
Sir Walter Besant recalls 1703 church life at St Stephen’s Walbrook with a sociable crowd. Ladies in fine dress, pages guiding pews, loud reading of prayers, and chatter before the sermon. The custom shifts over time to standing for hymns and less talk, raising questions about when changes occurred.
The Empress Frederick of Germany grows prizes and diplomas for her flowers at Friedrichehof castle. She markets garden produce, attends agricultural lectures, and spends mornings tending pots, earning praise for her serious gardening hobby and knowledge.
An Irish County Limerickman proposes stringing wires over fields to intercept electricity and prevent potato blight. The piece notes Irish belief blight follows storms, but argues lightning is not the cause and cites climatic factors after dry spells that favor the potato fungus.
The piece argues that war improves stomach health for many officers due to outdoor life and brisk routines, citing better appetite and digestion from campaign habits. It also claims war steadies nerves and relieves headaches and neuralgia, though warns truly frail organs risk serious harm.
The article profiles two prominent female preachers, one a former Berlin court figure converted by Sankey who now evangelizes from a yacht and in Brooklyn, collaborating with Ira Sankey during a revival. It also highlights Isabella Horton, a 16 year old preacher from the southern states acclaimed for her expositions and distinctive dress in Brooklyn Baptist churches.
Andrew O Dwyer of New York died in apparent poverty before making a will. He left a fortune of $60,000 but could not dispose of it. He had told attorney C A Webber he planned to leave his estate to educate priests, and relatives in New York and Ireland now face disputes over the remaining fortune.
National Encampment events run Aug 27 to Sept 1 with round trip sale at single fare plus 82 to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Salt Lake City Ogden and other points via the Cedar Rapids Route. Special summer rates apply July 3 17 August 1 7 21 with return by Oct 31 190. Homeseekers excursions billed for first and third Tuesdays monthly across the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern railway.
A minister credits Chamberlain's colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy with curing Thad after a severe bilious attack. The piece recounts neighbors and others praising the medicine, including Elixir Bitters and Dr King's New Discovery, with various testimonials of quick relief for bowel, stomach, and throat ailments.
A real estate agent advertises farms for sale in Fayette county with sizes from 40 to 600 acres at 1½ to 18 per acre, plus large farms exchanged for smaller tracts. Listings include Missouri to the South, timber land, and residences for exchange or loan services. Office in Bopp Block West Union Indiana, traveling to Europe until September.
A jumbled ad page touts De Witt's Little Liver Pills and Kodol dyspepsia cure with claims of universal relief. It mocks counterfeit salves and contrasts famine India with prosperous America while urging readers to trust Stoehr's Pharmacy and Steehe's Pharmacy for health cures.
An old advertisement touts Shilohs Catarrh Remedy promising clear head and fresh breath. It claims the remedy cures catarrh and coughs, with a free nasal injector and strong notes of consumer trust from W. H. Finke.
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