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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
6
The excerpt presents disjointed lines about the world and salvation, mentioning Joseb and Meth and someone named Wilcox. It invokes sunshine as a natural turn of people and towers, but the fragmentary text offers no clear event or人物.
Various fruit preserving methods including yellow pear to mato and tomato preserves, plums, peaches and quince honey. Instructions cover cleansing, boiling, sugar syrups, spicing with ginger cinnamon cloves and lemon, plus canning in jars and cooling.
A vintage exhortation stresses precision and brains in home making. It praises the trained housekeeper who works efficiently, dresses suitably, and uses routine, reading, and a ready workbasket to maximize every moment. It urges calm, disciplined living to avoid gossip and foster beauty.
Salads benefit from proper dressing as the central flavor. A potato salad needs seasoning, and tasting during prep helps but is not definitive. Recipes include a gelatine beef cube mix with chicken olives pecan meat and tomato, and a pear salad with lettuce and red pepper. Corn enhances potato salads, and cottage cheese with chives on lettuce offers a wholesome option.
A vintage guide describes punches for large groups including Canton ginger punch, fruit punch, and German punch with detailed ingredient lists and steps. It includes serving notes with Apollinaris water and cracked ice, plus a small dessert idea of almond paste cookies to accompany punches.
Providence reports a novel method by the Rhode Island college football team to record victories. In their prankish elation they covered every writable surface on campus and beyond, causing property damage and leading to settlements with affected owners.
A college page records a tank displayed on campus named to honor victories. The tank’s cost of paint is noted as it is retired and replaced with each fresh rendering, marking a tradition tied to triumphs and school spirit.
A commemorative lighthouse to Champlain is planned for Crown Point on Lake Cham plain. The existing lighthouse will be removed except for a glass grit chamber kept suspended, requiring delicate engineering near Fort Frederick and Fort Amherst ruins. The white granite monument will feature Champlain with an Indian and a guide, a canoe bow below. It is to be dedicated in 1912.
A dialogue records Mr Grander noting no blame for a cook seeking higher pay while she criticizes meals. The exchange touches on possible motives, consulting on a business matter, and a quip about payment and expectations, with fragmented lines about bags and thundered thoughts.
In Wetumka Oklahoma Creek Indians revive a tribal rain ritual staking mud turtles along a stream edge to plead with the great spirit for rain. They believe the turtles’ despairing calls bring showers and have tied more turtles to seek greater rainfall.
Allentown Pennsylvania Mrs Mary Salinsky eighty five years old suffered a peculiar accident during a visit to a country friend home twisting a leg in bed and breaking the upper bone of the leg in two in a single motion authorities reported the unusual mishap occurred at the friend’s residence and she was rushed to a local hospital for treatment
Mrs. Margaret Cook of Logan Ohio describes severe kidney trouble and wasting away until using Doan's Kidney Pills. She reports back pain, painful bearing down, head pains, insomnia, and rapid weight loss, then full recovery and renewed energy after taking the pills. Sold by druggists and general stores at 60 cents.
Evelina declares she cannot marry Edgar after learning he is a director at a life insurance company. Edgar protests, asking what he has done. The exchange highlights character and social expectations in their engagement.
An old Cuticura advertisement touts Soap and Ointment for pimples, rough skin, and hair care while a Cape May Golf Club scene features Mrs Ronald H Barlow extolling coastal health benefits. An excursionist asks a fisherman about wrecks as city visitors admire beach scenes.
A mother’s illness described by a four year old Janet as toe-nail poisoning after hearing the doctor mention ptomaine poisoning. The child repeats the phrase to a playmate reflecting a misheard medical term and a domestic concern.
Important admonition to caregivers to examine Castoria bottles for the signature of use over 20 years. Emphasizes it as a safe remedy for infants and children and notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Mentions satisfaction and a distinctive quality found in no other brand, with a reference to a Lewis endorsement.
A well known clergyman in a barber shop overhears youths telling crude stories. When the towel is removed and he stands clean shaven, he quizzes them with the line There is not a man here who has the effrontery to answer to that name. The moment ends in awkward silence.
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