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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1911
Page
3
A column notes that many well known Americans pursue hobbies as a form of relaxation and recreation. It highlights that prominent men across professions attract benefit by stepping outside official duties, citing President Taft as an example of outdoor hobbies aiding leisure from a largely indoor career.
The list spans golf, motoring, horseback riding, and opera as a talking-machine passion. Figures from politics, navy and science enjoy creative pursuits from yachting and book collecting to kite flying and farming, with Caruso favored by many and Captain Peary among the echoes of twentieth century sound.
Wiscasset resident F R Johnson cites more than twenty sites along eastern Maine coast as Kidd treasure spots per Washington Herald. Among claimed locations are Mussel Ridge Channel near South Thomaston and Cod Lead Marsh inland from Penobscot Bay where extensive digging and soil removal allegedly occurred, with coins found in 1789 and vast effort wasted chasing wealth.
The piece argues cereals remain central to global diets, citing oats, corn, wheat, rice and more as staple foods. It notes breadcrumbs of language and history tying bread to daily life, while deflating price rise fears by citing fixed cereal prices and abundant yearly crops.
Mrs Carney Vanderblit, a prominent dowager society figure in New York, resists threats of invasion by tradesmen as city plans to widen a street may cut her front fence and alter her lawn. Neighbor Miss Helen Gould, whose father’s home long stood nearby, also relocates after the trade surge.
An old time advertisement warns of kidney neglect dangers and urges using Daan's Kidney Pills. A Nebraska user claims personal relief after costly failed treatments, crediting the remedy for saving work ability. The ad names Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo and 50 cents per box.
Richard Croker, visiting New York, tells a reporter that farmers are fine. He says city people burdened by high living costs and bother with children. A small boy asks his mother about Paradise, and she notes it would be like here when all eight children are at school.
A testimonial claims Resinol cured a severe case of pruritus vulvae and another of eczema, calling it indispensable. Also included is a humorous nude photo studio vignette about a farmer admiring a baby photograph and asking about cost with clothes on.
The Wine Bishop quotes a Memphis man who doubts charity balls are reverent. Bishop Gallor defends them, saying charity can justify dancing. In a separate note, a young boy at a patriotic club dinner tells General Howard he loves the flag and has trained to eat well, not yet owning a gun.
An unnamed man encounters Fate and Fame as a woman promises a five cent cigar named for him. Fate hisses a grim joke and the man, facing a sly irony, turns toward obscurity, choosing a byway away from public gaze.
A Toronto Star abstracted reprint notes predictions from the New York Commercial that by 1920 Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia could reach ten million people. Cites wheat growing capacity, rail development and immigration as drivers, with Canada’s wheat belt expanding beyond the U S and offering large farm profits and free homesteads.
A distorted advertorial emphasizes prejudice and self-swindling. A testimonial claims Grape-Nuts food cured stomach gas, bitterness, and weight loss, restoring appetite and health after years of suffering. The letter promotes The Road to Wellville and repeats uncertain phrases as new letters appear.
An article warns that strong advertising alone cannot guarantee sales and cautions buyers about fake tablets resembling Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It cites successful merit driven by persistent promotion and word of mouth, while urging skepticism of substitutes offered for sale especially for nationally advertised products.
An old advertisement touts Hamlin’s Wizard Oil for rheumatism and other pains, claims Potent cures for constipation with Dr. Pierce’s Pellets, and hints at suffragist politics affecting office matters while praising love and virtue in a whimsical tone.
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