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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1923
Page
6
An adventurer discovering underground river sources in southern France uncovered clay models of animals dating back 25 000 years and extinct in Europe. A central chamber held a headless bear cub sculpture and a grown bear skull, with two tiger forms in stalactite covered caverns along the walls.
A censor condemns a new play about a minister and a reformer as corrupting. The author argues it is his best work, noting the plot ends with them leaving a hotel after dinner without paying. The exchange highlights tension between artistic merit and public morals.
Washington briefing rounds up a flood of 1923 developments. Coolidge honors Harding with a $1000 contribution, Kellogg earns an ambassadorship vote, and tax relief plans surface as government budgets promise cuts. Senate scenes, world court talk, and labor disputes color a busy national agenda with regional notes from Indianapolis to New Orleans.
Legislative notes describe the Iowa senate and house jockeying for governor candidates while code revision proceeds. The farm bureau committee scrutinizes agricultural laws, with plans to split the code into two volumes and address drainage and other topics. The session aims to curb costs, advance a controversial divorce bill, and push for prudent public business handling amid strong anti liquor sentiment.
Ambergris, a valuable perfume ingredient excreted by diseased whales, faces competition from synthetic chemistry and rising substitutes. Once pricier than gold, it attracted sailors who recovered accumulations at sea, with a remarkable find of 926 pounds off Australia selling for about $185,000.
A harmless vegetable butter color called Dandelion has been available for 60 years. Drug stores and general stores sell bottles labeled Dandelion for 85 cents, according to an advertisement.
A quoted exchange from the Boston Post in which one speaker chides another for offering to stew and sell chickens. The other counters that a buyer would prefer poultry raised by the seller, implying higher value and trust in self-raised stock.
Bentley of North Dakota reports good health after taking DODD'S IX PILLS for backache six years ago and says one box gave relief. Arthur Bloch of New York states they have used DODD'S for years and would not be without them. Prompt relief or money back, large box 50c, available at drug stores or by mail.
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