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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1919

Page

8

GARRANZA PROTEST FUTILE President Wilson Discusses Peace Treaty

Edward W. Pickard reports on Mexican relations fraying and possible war, U.S. punitive raids across the border, carrier tensions with Carranza, and Wilson’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee session on the peace treaty. The piece notes protests in Mexico City, U.S. border anger, and debates over league covenants and Article 10, with implications for ratification and postwar diplomacy.

Wilson Senate Foreign Relations Committee Edward W. Pickard Mexico Carranza Washington Eighth Cavalry Bonillas League of Nations Senate Committee On Foreign Relations White House

Improvements at Hampton under way exceed $100000

Iowa reports improvements at Hampton exceeding 100000 dollars. Traet buys light plant for 23000. Boone man James Flockhart dies of gangrene after a gun cleaning accident. Des Moines coffee rises to 10 cents a cup. many cafes quit. Carnegie libraries claim Iowa lead per population. Sanford Mickelson of Slater dies of lockjaw in Minnesota. Dr. John L. Hillman accepts providency at Simpson College Indianola. Bernhardt Boger of Independence dies of lockjaw from motorcycle accident injuries. An alleged woman forger arrested in Duluth after cashing checks totaling 2070 at Des Moines firms. Mabels Jumbo hog sale sets records at Manning. sale prices exceed 18000 dollars. Puppy causes diamond ring disappearance during playful toss at a Waukon home. Cooperative government rules to be tried at University of Iowa male dormitory. John Shambaugh dies at Booneville after stroke. Threshers at Anamosa prison farm thresh 8000 bushels. fifty prisoners freed for farm duties. Alfalfa and Cereal Milling to build mill and cereal plant near Mayd River. cost about 2600000. 5000 jobs. 10000 barrels daily capacity. M C A worker Stephen Bush earns Croix de Guerre for aiding wounded at No Man’s Land. Noah Stevenson marries 84-year-old Town Soldiers’ Home resident. bride 65. Pardon denied for Forest Fairbanks at state penitentiary.

James Flockhart Boone Carnegie Iowa Des Moines Sanford Mickelson Slater Kennedy Minnesota John L. Hillman Providency Simpson College Indianola Bernhardt ‘Boger Independence Duluth Tha ‘S H. Hassler R. W. Halfords Mabeld Hog Manning Mabals Mabels Henry Hoy Hiliden Farm Dixon Winds Fred Ludeking Waukon The States University University of Iowa John Shambaugh Madison County Booneville Ohio Jacob Shambaugh Montana Lyes Adel Anamosa Ecra Alfalfa and Cereal Milling Company Sioux City Mayd River Ivancs Aga ¥. M. C Stephen Y W. Bush Jan Buages Bush No Man’s ‘Land Amiens Marshalltown Noah P. ‘Stevenson Nancy B. Hostetter de Forest Fairbanks Fairbanks Lfe Mitchell County

Lift off Corns With Freezone Drops

An advertisement promotes Freezone corn remover stating fingers can lift off hard and soft corns and toe calluses. It claims immediate pain relief and painless removal, branding the product as a quick home remedy available at drug stores.

Display of Ribbon by Gen Peyton March

The article notes Gen. Peyton March first appearing before the senate military committee at the war’s start and wearing a single ribbon. It then describes him now wearing three rows of ribbons and service bars, including foreign decorations and U.S. honors, stretching nearly two feet if placed in a line.

Peyton March Senate Military Committee

His Idea of Bigness in a Fourth Grade Class

During end of term exams a fourth grade teacher asked students to name the age’s most important wartime men. One boy answered, with earnestness, by questioning the teacher and naming General Pershing, President Wilson, General Foch, his big brother and Andy Sullivan’s brother Pat.

Pershing Wilson Foch Andy Sullivan Pat

The Reminiscent Fraction

Uncle Bill Bottle laments aging as a village wag jokes about his life count, quipping that his number is roughly two and seventy five hundredths. The exchange captures small town humor and nostalgia in a playful vignette.

Uncle Bill

Nothing but Trouble and a Bath Detour

A comic item notes a man facing trouble with his car and family expectations as his wife’s relatives rely on him as a chauffeur. The piece also mentions a detective attempting a peculiar search for soap in a bathtub bottom.

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