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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1914
Page
6
The Banker's maid Serelda, a practical 27-year-old, contemplates marriage while weighing her good paying job with her employer. A recent suitor fatigue colors her hesitation as she considers a future with a man she calls a fool, influencing her decision about leaving.
Silas asks what Hiram is studying at college and learns pharmacy while Silas mentions farming in a casual courtroom exchange with the judge.
An old advertisement from 1914 highlights a family's tale of healing a child's severe skin eruption with Cuticura Soap and Ointment after failed remedies. The narrative links the success to relief within weeks and invites readers to obtain a free sample via a mail offer. The clipping also references a Siberian excursion joke and a fires statistics line noting 1500 deaths and 6000 injuries annually in the United States.
A humorous vignette recalls Henry’s dinner speech that charmed a large audience as his wife teases him about proper dress. Another item notes Fred Kerr’s golf style at Lake hole, and a child’s question about a donkey evokes family nostalgia.
An advertisement touts Postum as a cure for coffee caused headaches nervousness insomnia and indigestion. A testimonial claims quitting coffee and switching to Postum improved health and weight, with two product forms described Regular Postum and Instant Postum and pricing.
Two men were killed and two seriously injured when a car rolled over on a ditch in New Vienna Iowa. The dead: Adam J Hofer Henry Gerken. Injured: Henry Bogal and Dr J L Abehn. A farmer Andrew Meisky saved his wife from attacking hogs after hearing his daughter's screams. Resignation of Iowa City School Superintendent A A Slade due to ill health. I F P Meade named to succeed him. Several local incidents follow including a bank shutdown in Sioux City, a new factory site at Cedar Tolls and a large wall lake improvement plan. Also reports of accidents, fires, and public notices across the state.
A Republican Bloomington leader recalls Adial EH Stevenson’s critique of partisan thinking, illustrating that there are many paths to right. the piece blends a classroom joke about arithmetic with a Paris birthday note on Metchnikoff, praising frugal eating and green vegetables as wisdom for good living.
Dr Edward L Trudeau explains Adirondack Cottage Sanatoriums safety and past land purchases. He asserts no employee developed tuberculosis there and argues sanatoriums do not threaten surrounding neighborhoods even when located at the gates of nearby residences.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Wright's Indian Vegetable and The Remady as cures. It includes garbled quotes about gutural notes and admonitions to curb behavior. Context points to a satirical or promotional fragment with unclear structure or attribution.
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