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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1912
Page
12
A fragment reflects a speaker's harsh view of men, labeling them four-flushers. The passage contrasts flirtatious talk with the reality of married life, noting that after marriage a wife is expected to cook mend clothes keep house and endure a hard daily routine.
The advertisement from 1912 promotes Tonitives tonic as the rational treatment to revive blood and relieve nervous strain. It claims tired blood causes neuralgia, sleeplessness, melancholia, and other conditions and urges use of Tonitives to restore red blood cells. Sold per box by The Tonitives Co. Buffalo NY.
Adjutant General Logan urges the Legislature to fund a Des Moines to Camp Dodge road and to build a new state armory and arsenal at Des Moines. He also recommends a tax exemption for stock and bonds of armory firms, stronger mayoral powers to call out the militia, and regular audits of state bills. The report praises the Iowa State Guard and notes push for Lever agricultural extension funding and auto tax collection effort.
A Chicago Tribune report recounts Bonhtor Samual A. Huelaon speaking at a banquet about salvation, urging a simple life and denouncing luxuries as threats to the race. A colored man in the church interrupted, claiming the path to salvation is to flee, then the county sheriff burst in with a warrant for arrest over a chicken theft.
Miss Pansy Hutchins of Sioux Falls reports a two year rash on her face and neck that worsened at night. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the inflammation disappeared in two days and the rash was gone in four weeks. She also uses the products for scalp and hair.
In dialect speech a man describes muzzling a dog and waiting to see if authorities will protect humans. He talks about plans to muzzle the horse's hind feet and to stop further damage with some protective measure.
George Ade, the humorist, recalls a frosty Indiana farm scene two days before Thanksgiving. A plump young turkey paraded the russet fields as Ade imagined the bird’s transmigration into a future humorist, then facing death tomorrow with a grim, comic twist.
A playful exchange questions if watercolors belong in a painting titled with a maritime twist. The quip hinges on wordplay about sea blue and painting, inviting light humor rather than a factual event.
In a Lippincott's Magazine fragment a father admires fashion as Mrs Bhortley chats with a young caller. Mae mentions her husband prefers gowns that cling. An advertisement touts LEWIS' Single Binder as a superior savor in tobacco.
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