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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
8
A Newark reader recounts severe eczema covering the body and intense pain. After trying Cuticura Ointment along with Cuticura Soap and Resolvent, the sores heal, hair regrows, and the writer finds relief and sleep. Also includes a Success Magazine anecdote about a child noting beauty.
Dolly tells Cleveland Lender an exciting secret and swears him to secrecy before he hurries to the office. The dialogue centers on a pressing confession between two unnamed parties in a casual city scene.
A collage of old ads and quips including Allen's Foot-Ease curing foot burns and rashes, Hamlin’s Wizard Oil for stomach pain, cigarette brands like Single Binder, Michigan grindstone output in 1906, and humorous exchanges about savings, suffrage meetings, and tariff reform in a vintage newspaper snippet.
A Cleveland Leader item remarks on a parish issue with a Scots dialect exchange. Sandy says he has only a shilling in his clothes, explaining he cannot give to the kirk contribution box.
Salt Lake City welcomes the Grand Army of the Republic as the Forty third encampment opens. Edgar Nevius and Allan among early arrivals receive receptions. Thousands of tourists and veterans join the celebration with rail traffic heavy and camp fires lighting Temple Square and the armory.
Advocates of equal suffrage promote Jane Addams of Chicago as a future president candidate. Boston chosen as the campaign launch point to gain prestige and broaden support, with Alice Stone Blackwell endorsing the Chicago figure.
Boston suffrage supporters discuss a woman president and Misa Addams. Miss Blackwell argues female leadership can handle national duties as well as men, citing historical women rulers. Miss Addams at Hull House in Chicago treats the topic as a joke.
Daniel A. Fenton, who presided over a hotel case, was shot on West Main Street near the Hotel Elberton afternoon. A stranger, who followed him after a remark, fired repeatedly, fell after a final shot to his own head, and died. Fenton, who had run hotels in San Francisco and Chicago, identified his assailant as McSorley on the way to a hospital.
Mrs Charles Hart wife of a retired contractor hid $600 in ten dollar bills inside a skirt hanging in a New York home closet. She ignited a parlor match on the bill when closing the closet door, starting a fire that burned the skirt and the money.
President Taft outlines a 13000 mile swing through the South and West to begin September 1. He will travel in a private car attached to trains with Secretary Carpenter and Archibald Butt aboard. The itinerary lists numerous cities from Boston to Washington and back, concluding with the annual message.
Inspector Oldfield reports Antonio Marines and Colagero Vicario of Dennison Ohio jailed in Columbus awaiting grand jury action. They were in Sicily at Lieut Petrosino’s murder time and returned to the US to aid a theory of police cooperation. Nineteen money orders totaling 19,000 dollars plus 80 dollars funded efforts to shield the slayers, sent by Camilla Nunz icogi Lima, tied to Salvatore’s Marion Ohio organization.
A blaze sweeping 86th Street area in South Chicago Illinois destroyed $50,000 worth of property and forced 100 families from their homes. Police and firemen conducted numerous rescues of panicked residents in night clothing while unverified reports of deaths were dismissed. The fire began on a Superior Avenue rear porch and spread rapidly through about a score of flame dwellings on Superior and Buffalo avenues.
Severe drought grips eastern Pennsylvania endangering crops as springs and wells dry up. Officials warn that without rain, harvests suffer and water may be hauled to operate collieries to sustain mining activity.
Excerpted opinions urge immediate agricultural reform to raise U S farm yields and reduce dependence on nature. James J Hill cites shrinking wheat land and rising population, urging rational methods to avoid national disaster and compare farm profits to forest returns.
A San Francisco Examin er fragment reports a dog bite incident outside a residence. The dog reportedly bites a visitor who asked if the dog bites, as residents insist on strict feeding practices.
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