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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1922
Page
8
Ad promotes a luxurious plant food claiming odorless concentrate for indoor plants and gardens. It promises vigor and beauty with a teaspoon making a gallon, offers $50 to $106 weekly in sales, and posts a return money guarantee.
A whimsical fragment from a Richmond Times-Dispatch column features Eve asking Adam to climb a tree for gold and purple leaf on the top branch while he hesitates and jokes about danger before taking the climb. A playful historic-style exchange with odd spellings hints at mythic domestic antics.
A brief chat by the stream features a fisherman and a companion noting the lack of bites and recalling that Man Johnson reportedly landed four fish from the same spot the day before yesterday. The exchange hints at luck and local knowledge without specifics.
Mrs Mollie Abbey credits Tanlac for a dramatic turn of health at Jennings Lodge Oregon after years of gas, weakness, and limited diet. She reports a 39 pound gain, restored appetite, energy, strength, and ability to perform housework, praising the medicine sold by local druggists.
London Aug 12 British cabinet rejected Premier Poincare's proposals for European economic rehabilitation. Paris cabinet endorsed Poincare policy prompting fears of entente collapse. Discussions shifted to a possible German moratorium and another international conference as Belgium and Theunis proposals surface.
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt rails at delays in publishing poetry, noting Castoria branding and a complaint about Fletcher's Prompt signatures. The piece contrasts esteem for Brokers and Stockers Magazine with the editor’s own poetry receiving rejection, and laments the time to resolve disputes over law versus returning manuscripts.
In San Francisco on August 13 the American Bar Association committee on American ideals urged creating a bureau to advance American values and counter rising anti American sentiment. They warned that many would back abolishing the Constitution if given a vote.
Chicago August 12. Tim Murphy known as Big Tim was freed after two months on trial for conspiring in the murder of Police Lieutenant Terrence Lyons. The state’s attorney moved to dismiss the case based on the judge’s ruling that evidence was insufficient to convict.
Sun Yat Sen deposed president of the southern republic at Canton arrives in Hongkong aboard the Moorhen and then boards the Empress of Russia for Shanghai. In Clinton Iowa an auto overturn kills a man and injures a couple. Swatow typhoon death toll rises to about 80,000 as reported from Peking via the American consul.
Readable fragments recount a New Yorker with a parrot drawing crowds in Central Park and a family scene with Johnny Spilled the Beans at home. The page also covers disinfecting books in Parisian style, club remarks on Mrs Blakeley, a cranky morning, Bobby Jones on doors, and dress as the focal point in Dallas commentary.
The remark suggests slang can enrich language while cautioning that excessive slang or dirt talk may harm clarity. It presents a debate on linguistic balance and sensible expression without advocating a fixed rule.
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