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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1919
Page
8
Farmer Corntessel dismisses the doctor's promise to restore youth and recalls dancing at the town hall. He doubts medical help will rejuvenate him any more than the tango lessons did, signaling skepticism about claims of youth restoration.
An advertisement extols Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine and Triner's Angelica Bitter Tonic as cures for weak health and digestive issues. A customer letter from Addy Washington dated November 1, 1919 claims two bottles saved his daughter and aided a neighbor. The ad notes availability at a Chicago druggist.
Washington November 27 The fuel administrator Garfied proposed a 14 percent wage rise for miners with no coal price increase to the public. Miners and operators voiced strong dissatisfaction amid government control of prices. Garfield defended the facts and urged a permanent consultative body and data collection to guide future wage and price policy in the coal industry.
A $400,000 blaze destroyed the main buildings of Laval University in Montreal Quebec on November 25. The University of Montreal, Laval University, suffered extensive losses as flames swept through the campus structures, leaving the premises in ruins and prompting local emergency responses.
Bishop W. H. Nolens of Belgium, noted banker and pulpit preacher, stands among the conference delegates. He is a leader of Belgium's delegation and regarded as among the most able groups at the event.
New York Nov 25 The League to Enforce Peace calls for settlement of differences over the peace treaty to permit its ratification as soon as possible under the Senate’s convening. The statement was issued at the close of a special executive committee meeting with William H Taft presiding. Other attendees included Edward A Piene Henry W Taft Herbert S Houston Oscar Straus and Herbert C Hoover.
New York November 28 Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tenn has been awarded 4 000 000 by the general education board to overhaul its medical school The gift from general funds is the boards largest to date and not drawn from John D Rockefeller s 20 000 000 donation Plans call for completing the Galloway Memorial Hospital expanding public patient facilities adding a new hospital unit organizing a modern laboratory building and appointing more professors.
A Moscow official communique reports severe fighting on the Volga front with Bolsheviks seizing Duhovka 180 miles SSW of Saratov and annihilating three Deniline regiments. It says the Soviet advance accelerates in the Omsk region and notes 800 prisoners taken.
Marin Texas November 20 Jesus Mentaria a Mexican bandit who kidnapped Lieutenants Peterson and Davis American aviators and held them for ransom has been murdered by members of his bandit gang Renterla is said to have been killed at Carrizozo Springs after a quarrel with followers over the remaining ransom money for the aviators release.
London, Nov. 28 The Labourite John Lawson was elected to the house of commons in the bye election for Chester-Le-Street Durham county he polled 17888 votes while his opponent David Glimour of the National Democratic party received 5843 votes Burlington Ia Nov 26 Burlington voters approve a fare increase on street cars from 5 to 6 cents by a majority of 662 in a prior vote September 9 the measure had failed by 149
In Franklin County the Boys Purebred Sow and Litter Club sold 67 Duro bred pigs for 2640.50 dollars, averaging 72.10 per head. Iowa Farm Bureau efforts grow, with agricultural cooperation projects and a Traer electric line plan advancing. A major Boone show offers 500 dollars in premiums, with classed exhibits and a 10 dollar prize. Plymouth County builds a new sale pavilion in LeMars, capitalized at 20000 dollars. Thanksgiving Day in 1919 is proclaimed by Governor W. L. Harding, urging church and home prayers. Hamburg tractor day drew 160-230 people. five tractors entered, three completed work. Beekeeping demos with EB Atkins set for November 25 in Iowa Falls.
A Canadian soldier in England quips about English pessimism in place names during a march along the Sussex Kent border. He recalls Bed End a bleak northern farm and a list of old toponymic examples such as Cackle Street, Darwell Hole, Grandturrel, and Little Nineveh, noting their humorous, blunt titles amid familiar landscapes.
In a playful exchange Beth Right quips that Phip married her for money and Phip retorts he earned it, reflecting a lighthearted moment of humor between the couple.
A historical note traces the French army red trousers to Napoleon’s reform to aid madder cultivation. After the Graebe Liebremann dye discovery, madder production plunged from 25 000 to 500 tons by 1878, forcing red dyes to be imported from Germany, a strategic humiliation resolved only by war.
A prominent citizen recalls flying at 7000 feet and realizing his limits in a salutary exchange. A French inventor produces artificial Ince more durable than the genuine from cellulose, signaling a notable materials breakthrough.
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