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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
6
A vintage ad promotes California Fig Syrup as a quick remedy for constipation and digestive cleansing in children. It claims a teaspoon clears the liver and bowels within hours, promising a healthier, playful child the next day. Also referenced are The Cuticura Toilet Trio skin products and a brief, unrelated line on conscience as a faulty instrument.
Pastor Ernest Fremont Tittle reflects on Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Lent, and Christmas, urging a civic and spiritual turn toward service. He cites wartime Christmas truces, global distress, and the need for better housing, science, and world organizations, ending with a call to founders of business to serve community. He asks why the motive of profit has failed and suggests appealing to the nobler, selfless motive of service.
The excerpt argues that Christmas born dispositions could transform society if kept alive. It notes the difficulty of eradicating extremes of wealth and poverty, domestic tragedy, industrial friction, and international strife, but claims continued cultivation of Christmas virtues could make rebuilding possible.
A reflective meditation on marriage, devotion, and the making of a true home. The piece contrasts money and love, citing Jane Welch Carlyle on vows and duty, and asks what truly sustains a household beyond wealth. It urges enduring affection as the heaven in a home, warning that secret doubts can turn comfort into hell.
A fragmented passage questions the long reliance on profit as the motive behind global industries. It reflects on investments by wealthy and skilled individuals and notes a history of failure and world-wide unrest. The text hints at testing an alternative motive.
The piece argues that Christendom has pursued power over service, urging nations to enter world affairs to give and risk for justice and peace. It envisions a shift from swords to basins, urging global actors to embody Jesus's example in international relations.
A reflective piece laments the fading spirit of play as Christmas nears. It urges rekindling childlike joy through Peter Pan and Daydreams, noting adults’ responsibilities have clouded youthfulness while children await Santa.
A playful note on modern gift delivery comparing Santa Claus to a sleigh replaced by a car or plane, remarking that the substitution may be up to date yet still feels horribly farsighted in its rapid change.
A reader asks for a neat Christmas tree idea. The reply suggests a spruce themed approach as a trim option, recommending simple, orderly decorations to suit a tidy tree aesthetic.
An Indianapolis insurance man, also a Bible student, visits Veratta and misidentifies a birthplace as Jerusalem or Antioch. The mother reveals she was born in Antioch, Ohio, near a village named Jerusalem, in a quaint crossfire of name lore reported by the Indianapolis News.
A brief fragment captures playful chat with flirtatious lines about freshness and cake. The dialogue reads as a witty exchange between two speakers with humorous barbs about quality and appearance. The piece appears as a lighthearted, characterful aside.
In a witty roadside scene a supercilious motorist asks for Perkins ferry directions. The millionaire owner of all the country around, well dressed for hill climbing, warns not to be condescending to the ferryman described as a queer old duffer and independent.
A damaged clipping from the Boston Transcript shows the phrase She talks intelligently on ell sub jects. Conversatile, go to epeak. Read as a garbled note pointing to transcription quality and OCR errors rather than a clear news item.
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