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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1917
Page
6
In a cozy morning scene Dora and Agnes greet the new year. Dora drafts resolutions promising chores, kindness to Freddie, and help around the house while Agnes quietly aids, showing sisterly cooperation and daily improvements.
A verse from Laura E. Richards contrasts school and play with the New Year echo answering as Work and Bed. The lines celebrate seasons, jest, and the pull between leisure and duty in a playful poetic voice.
A poem by T. J. Dehey in the Pittsburgh Dispatch laments the passing year and the toll of battle. It speaks of veterans, shifting fronts, and the hope that the coming year brings courage, remembrance, and acts of kindness. It notes a vacant chair at home and a loved one gone above to wear a crown of angels.
A sunny dooryard scene shows Susie, Lela, Johnny, and Roy enjoying gifts and toys. Debates over dolls and wax figures mix with hopes for better times next year, while games like marbles and a jumping jack provide simple amusement.
Half of Youngstown steel plants idle due to cow shortage. US Senate committee delays La Follette speech inquiry for a fourth time. Wage talks for 75,000 locomotive firemen move toward endorsement. A fatal wreck near Camden, Missouri kills a man and injures another. Miners urged to keep Pennsylvania collieries running weekdays during holidays. Liberty motor trucks face fatal train crash in Ohio. Rockefeller’s forest home paintings saved from fire. Pershing reports a wounded medical officer attached to British forces. UMWA to run mines during holidays except Christmas and New Year’s. British admiralty reports naval campaign steady, while Arthur Pollen comments on submarine war impact.
Cracksmen tunneled through the Summit State bank vault wall and escaped with $40,000 of the Corn Products payroll. Two suitcases held $52,000 and $8,000, while $40,000 in a bag under safety deposit boxes was missed. Entrance gained by prying a rear window, tools used included sledgehammer and acetylene torch. The theft was discovered at 9 oclock when the bank opened. the bandits fled in an automobile.
The report lists diverse price quotes across commodities and livestock. Flour varieties include spring and winter wheat patents and clears with jute packaging quoted up to 10.40 per bushel and related grades. Rye, potato values, cattle, hogs, and sheep prices are given with ranges for various grades and weights, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
The article extols agriculture as the nation’s leader with Western Canada highlighted for record farm returns. It notes high prices, profitable yields of wheat and other crops, land purchasability, and widespread migration of tenants and investors to farming opportunities. It also praises infrastructure, climate, and a prosperous rural population supporting ongoing demand and expansion.
Yields per acre reached surprising levels with wheat up to sixty bushels and oats as high as 120 bushels on some farms. affidavits show over fifty bushels of wheat per acre on others, while a farmer claimed over 54 000 bushels from 9 000 acres. These figures highlight soil fertility and farming method impact, reinforcing Western Canada as a world breadbasket.
Newfoundland's sailing fleet reaches 125 vessels with 17 more under construction, totaling 142 ships the largest locally owned fleet in generations. The schooners of 100 to 400 tons enable export to foreign markets from Newfoundland shores, with annual capacity around 7,600,000 taunty or 168,000,000 pounds.
An old fashioned advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as a fifty one year remedy for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles. It promises restful nights easy mornings to clear the throat and return to health. Sold in civilised countries in 80 and 100 cent bottles with a broad health claim.
A Chicago Evening Post editorial extols pennies as symbols of democracy and support for soldiers. It argues every penny, from a child’s hand or a millionaire’s pocket, funds clothing, arms, and sustenance for troops, urging Americans to be cheerful taxpayers and back liberty coinage.
The item notes Castoria labeling and bears its signature while reporting hundreds of British army auxiliary corps women in France. It details wages for ordinary and skilled clerical work, with overtime, and a five pound bonus for 12 months service. Uniforms and board allowances are outlined.
Unclear OCR text mentions a laxative product with Bromo Quinine and references head effects. The fragment hints at a signature box and potential branding but lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities.
The note urges using clothing to boost morale and emotional balance while wartime service continues. It stresses that proper dress aids steadiness and discipline for both current soldiers and future generations, underscoring clothing as a small but meaningful support to safety and resolve.
A vintage advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local remedies and must be treated constitutionally. It attributes deafness to inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and asserts Alive Catarrh Medicine works through the blood to restore the tube, offering a one hundred dollar reward for unrecoverable cases and advertising the product via druggists with circulars free.
Mrs Yon King-chung became the first Chinese woman to vote in San Francisco primaries marking a historic moment for civic participation. She is wife of the first Chinese community member sent to the Chinese parliament in the United States.
A compact note portrays a person named Danny as a harsh gossip who spreads every whisper. It emphasizes her habit of sharing more than she should and being habitually candid. The item reads like a local column blurb about reputation.
An advertisement promotes Marine Eye Remedy Set for eye care. It highlights benefits and urges readers to try the product, listing features and availability in the market. The copy imitates vintage promotional language and targets general consumers seeking relief for eye discomfort.
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