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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1906

Page

6

Cured by Cuticura Ad Claims Remarkable Skin Cure

An advertisement touts Cuticura products as a cure for skin disease after a user from Maple Grove Farm, Kansas, reports relief from two years of eruptions. The ad narrates seeking doctors, buying Cuticura Soup, Ointment, and Pills, and credits full recovery to the regimen. The surrounding page includes playful humor and unrelated bits.

Niebly Cutieura Clinde N Johnson Maple Grove Farm Kan Jime

Smoothed gums remedy and curious notes on citizenship claims

Fragmentary OCR mentions Mrs Winglow’s syrup for teething gum relief, a California inventor’s fruit and vegetable vacuum transport, and a discussion of citizenship rights. It also references homestead implications and residence requirements, with several garbled phrases and old-fashioned wording.

Neapest Late on Earth Reveals Siberian Lake Meikal

The article notes Lake Meikal in Siberia as the deepest lake on earth, spanning about Ning thousand squire miles in area and reaching depths of 4,000 to 5,000 feet, containing water nearly equal to Lake Superior.

Earth Meikal Siberia Hile Supéelor

Only One Municipal Street Railway System In Seattle

Classified style notice touts hiring in the West for harvest hands paying daily wages, with long promotional pitch for Seattle municipal street railway. It claims Seattle’s system is unique in U S with a 2 car operation, high pay, and profit potential for the city treasury. Includes誘 bogus employment pitch offering monthly income and goods, plus a stray domestic scene about a gas meter disturbance.

United States Seattle Inn Washington Airume Power Innit

Bathing the Baby Do Not Fear to Introduce Water Early

Advice from Eleanor Ri Parker urging new parents to start infant water exposure at six weeks with a gentle plunge bath each morning. Use a soft towel in a basin and ensure water is at the right temperature, recommending Ivory Soap for washing.

Eleanor Ri Parker

Who Owns the North Lands Question of Arctic Ownership

A New York Tribune summary notes the Arctic voyage and Canada’s claim that northerly lands discovered and explored fall under the British flag. It highlights debate on whether discovery alone grants title or occupation and settlement are needed, and whether some lands are unsuitable for settlement.

Arctic Britain Dominion Caml North Pole Pole Wham New York Tribune

Indigestion claims from simple breakfast foods

An Indianapolis teacher reports relief from indigestion after switching from eggs toast and fry to Postum with grape-nut cereal. She describes persistent discomfort and nervous energy from a basic breakfast, then credits the hot Postum and cereal mix for steadier digestion and steadier nerves over more than a year. The ad cites Postum Co of Battle Creek Michigan and promotes Grape-Nuts as a key breakfast alternative.

Neil

Soliloquy of the Czar and American Satire Mix

A collage of satirical clippings from multiple papers laments politics and society. It notes uproar over Dreyfus, calls out American figures like Cassie Chadwick, Rockefeller, and Dreyfus rumors, and reports an Auto Owner in Yankees, NY jailed for speeding with his chauffeur.

Labor unions report broad activity and wage gains

The piece surveys union actions across the United States and Canada including the Lithographers eight hour day push, nine hour day gains for leather workers in New York and Brooklyn, higher wages in textile centers, and new unions forming in agriculture. It notes strikes and settlements in Boise and St Louis, reports on coal mine safety and employment, and details union insurance funds, membership counts, and benefits across various crafts and regions. It also mentions Belgian child labor, Belgian and German labor statistics, and British mining commissions.

New York Brooklyn United Brotherhood of Ccarpenters and Joiners of America Ling Piano and Organ Workers’ Union Canada Carpentera Boise Idn Master Builders’ Association United Brotherhood of Rural Missouri Mn Tuan Streator, Ll Chicago Brotherhood of Mailway New England Austria Belgium France Great Briton Germany United States Beto Perial Boston Carpenters’ District Council Mlinala Conl Edgar J. Davies Colorado Springs Brotherhood of Ballrong ‘Praigmen Ths Foundation Iyeara BR. T. Ford Rochester Neva Wha William Abrahams Mahon Rade Rabor Council King Edward Royal Commission Ov Mining Aly, Abralam Bouth Wales Federation of Mining John Mitchell Great Britain Hwo Yenre Ugg

Origin of Salmon Described in Pacific Monthly

The article explains the Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, its migration to streams to spawn, and return to the sea. It notes occasional landlock behavior in lakes, size and color similarities to large trout, and that both Atlantic salmon and true trout belong to genus Salmo.

England Pacific Monthly

Heritage of Civil War Kidney Trouble Veteran Testimony

Captain John L. Rly of Company 13 17th Ohio living in Newton reports chronic kidney trouble after Civil War service. He details relief from Doan's Kidney Pills used since 1901 and credits the remedy with his long lasting cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

John L. Rly 17Th Ohio Second Street Newton Iidney Doan All-Deslors Foster-Milburn Co. Uulfald N.Y

Western town sudden entry prompts job search tale

An African American man bursts into a railroad superintendent’s office seeking work. He offers to switch or do any task, and the exchange touches on the driver’s inquiry about drinking. The tale appears in the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune with the line about an old man and Mr Gladstone attributed to Rev Edward Lloyd Jones of Manchester England.

Buffalo ‘Lines Orst Oylich Cincinnati Wibune Grand Ol Man Mr. Gladstone Edward Lloyd Joes Menchester England

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