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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1912
Page
3
The piece extols the turn of the year as a time of growing light and renewed purpose. It speaks of winter’s dark, the return of brighter days, and the global promise of improved knowledge, progress for women, and greater virtue. It urges practical action, self-discipline, and steadfast resolve to turn aspiration into achievement.
A reflective exhortation urges steadfast resolve in daily life, linking duty to home, business, church, and society. It extols honor, self-respect, and perseverance, quoting Lowell and Holmes to urge continual striving and honesty in all undertakings.
A south district justice of the peace, ignorant and overruled by jurisdiction, faces a would be divorce case. A husband offers six dollars and a half to bribe the judge. The judge sternly fines him five dollars for bribery and one dollar for wasting time, invoking mercy on his soul in a satirical vignette from The Popular Magazine.
A Universal Leader writer urges readers to drop self imposed martyrdom and view burdens frankly. The piece argues most burdens shrink when examined honestly, turning tears into laughter and sighs into song.
An essay traces the revered SITE OF JESUS CRUCIFIXION in Jerusalem, once within the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, now disputed by two locations. Gordon’s Calvary is named by some as the Golgotha claim, with Dr Harlan P Beach of Yale cited regarding discovery.
A humorous reminiscence from the Western School Journal recounts a grammar class where a teacher dramatized verbs with actions. The example of run scampered, strike struck a boy, and the question how to teach tell an untruth exposed the method’s absurdity, prompting a cautious humor about lessons.
The Iowa State College agricultural class reports show 378 of 455 graduates engaged in farming, forestry, dairy, teaching, extension, experiment work, or agricultural journalism. Only 77 enter nonagricultural professions. many accept farm roles despite high wages elsewhere, with animal husbandry and agronomy grads often choosing farming or farm-related teaching.
A New York City preacher Dr John Haynes Holmes of the Church of the Messiah is depicted in a fragment describing a sermon criticizing idolaters of the Orient and a complainant about foreign and domestic issues. The tale includes a humorous exchange with his wife Martha about preaching.
Mrs Geo I Clark of Theria Missouri reports five years of culp eczema resisted by doctors and shaving. After using Cuticura Ointment and Soap, she claims permanent relief, hair regrowth, and cessation of itching and burning. Sample offers and address provided.
A playful exchange between a child and mother imagines a journey into slumberland. The child asks to travel on sleepers while the mother urges a bedtime voyage. The excerpt captures a whimsical bedtime mood and family interaction.
An 1912 advertisement from The Tonitives Co Buffalo New York warns that tired blood hinders growth in girls and boys. It promotes TonlTives as a tonic to enrich the blood, claiming benefits for health and strength and urging purchase at 75 cents per box via dealers or mail.
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