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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1908

Page

6

Nature and a Woman's Work United Remedy Advance

An article extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard female remedy arising from traditional roots and herbs. It cites Mrs. Bertha Muff's testimonial of restored health after suffering twelve years with female illnesses and eleven doctors, asserting the product's value for women. The piece ends with assorted anecdotes and a quip about an aero club dog and a poorhouse joke from the Chicago Tribune.

Lydia TE. Pinkham Lydis J. Pinkham Bertha Muff N.D Louisiana Mrs. Pinkham Lydia EK. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham Muff

Beer in United States and global notes from era records

A mosaic of historical facts: beer production ranges, Pompeii excavation hopes, the life of John Salked of London, and notable figures like Macaulay and Gladstone. It notes the 4th International Fisheries Congress in Washington, state gold and agricultural values for Colorado, and early suspension-bridge inventor James Finley. Also covered are temperance drink alcohol levels in England, U.S.-Canada boundary marking near Houston, Maine, and beardless North American Indian myths debunked by Capt Amos Stoddard’s 1800 letter. Additional items include education committee concerns in Saltash and Callington, a Musquankie descendant-engineer on a Burlington train, and grafting experiments yielding double plants in Worcester.

United States Pompeii John Salked London Beaksellera Saliked Macaulay Carlile Gladstone Washington, D. C Paris St. Petersburg Vienna Colorado James Finley John Tempelman Merrimac Massachusetts Athet Lehigh River Lehigh Gap Philadelphia England Houston J. G. Taylor Washington A. J. Stainboth Ottawa Canada Amos Stoddard United States Artillery and Engineers Mitchell New London Conn Stoddard Catberd Lake Montana New York Saltash and Callington Lourdon

Wholesale prices reach record highs in 1907 report

The Department of Labor and Commerce notes wholesale prices across 238 commodities rose to a peak in October 1907, with 172 items up year over year, nine groups higher, and overall averages well above 1906 and 1917 levels, despite general market downturns.

Department of Labor and Commerce Utlea Globe

Valuable Fuel in Waste at Forest Park Plant Closure

The United States Geological Survey reports results from Forest Park Louisiana area tests on bituminous coal and steam nites from 1900 to 1907. Analyses cover fuel samples from mines through briquetting washing and coking with briquetting showing new uses for slick coal and anthracite in locomotives and naval vessels. The Forest Park plant closed 1 March 1907 and operations moved to Norfolk and Denver with a Pittsburgh lab maintaining a branch in Norfolk for gas testing.

United States Forest Park St. Louis United States Geological Survey Norfolk Denver Pittsburg

Track and Horse Trot Records Put to Test Across States

QDS ENDS. Jack Teyburn helped the Michiganders christen Detroit track with a mile in 2.04. Nancy Wonke the trotting mare fouled 2 day colt by Todd at Hamburg place. John J. Madden's farm near Lexington, Ky. Egan of Burlington baseball in Davenport to buy Davenport park. Justo trotter mile in 2.13 with fast splits at Pekin Ill. Brighton record 54 furlongs in 1:00. Half Sovereign wins six furlongs handicap. Lady Maud C. breaks Fargo and national half mile records with mile 2:70.814. Papke Burke bout in New York aborted due to police. crowd present.

Jack Teyburn Detroit Nancy Wonke Todd Hamburg Place John J. Madden Lexington Egan Burlington Baseball Club Davenport Pekin Ill Justo Brighton Berek Wtherlal Brookdale

Spandau Moves to Raise Funds for Zeppelin Count

The city council of Spandau Brandenburg Prussia launches a campaign to raise 1 025 000 dollars as a national fund for Count Zeppelin. Reports from the American embassy in St Petersburg say Ambassador Riddle shows progress under Kislovodsk treatment.

Spandau Brandenburg Prussia Count Zeppelin St. Petersburg Riddle Ia Kislovodsk Lumsden Phe Insular Constabulary Ma‘pila Australia

The General Demand for a Simple Laxative Remedy

The Well-Informed demand a plain pleasant laxative with known value. The California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Senna and Elixir of Senna as a trusted remedy for family use. Sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle. Address requests to W., South Jefferson St, Chicago.

California Ig Syrup Co California Fig Syrup Co

Expensive Pire Narrative From Fractured Text

A disjointed historical fragment describes a cook explaining a gas range to a woman. A man leaves the kitchen after a message is sent, and the woman dies. Four to five days later the man discovers the stove is still burning without lowering heat, surprising him.

Martin

Deslor for Allen's Foot-Time Reviewed by Market Vendors

A vintage advert describes Deslor for Allen's Foot-Time powder to shake into shoes, claimed to rest irritated feet and ease corns bunions swollen sore and sweating feet plus nail issues. Sold by a druggist and shoe stores, with address lines showing Le Roy New York and mail option to Fred alien.

Allen Samy le Roy

China as a Collection of Nations Not A Nation

Success Magazine argues that China is not a nation in the usual sense, describing a loose confederation of many peoples. It notes seventy languages, diverse customs, and governance by various rulers, highlighting vast internal diversity and lack of a single unified identity.

China Europe

Remember Not to Forget An Odd London Opinion Snippet

A London Opinion writer offers a cautionary anecdote about memory and routine. Mr Church asks about a cord around a finger, Chap pell says his wife tied it to remind him to post a letter, then reveals she forgot to give it to him.

London Mr. Church Mr. Chappell

Letter praising Grape-Nuts and Postum health benefits

A reader recounts recovering from pericarditis and long illness after stopping coffee and using Grape-Nuts with Postum. She describes improved sleep, appetite, and energy, crediting the change to the beverages and tea. The note ends with a sales line and the phrase There’s a Reason, from Postum Co.

Porttonitla Postum Co Brittle Creek Mich Wellville Piega

I Know Mr Semiwell and the Condition He Had

A man narrates his decades long struggle with a frightful skin condition that spread to red and white boils the size of walnuts and caused intense pain. After months of ointments resolvent and pills he claims no relief until endorsement by Nelson Burnoe, Aug. 7, tot .

Dieth Ilia Troy Semiwell Nelson

Fragmented Parlor Scene Amid Dinner Oration

An OCR fragment depicts Mrs Fegtintaal speaking to guests at a Winsdon event with mentions of children, a Minadirelys figure, and a traveling scene. It notes Prof Rex de Bote performing a sentimental ballad and a comical aside about safety and cheerfulness as neighbors seek relief from ongoing annoyances.

Mistah Walla George Morocco Rex de Bote

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