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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
8
A testimonial from Mrs Wu of Greenville Delaware praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for easing her daughter’s illness and bed rest. The letter cites decades of similar letters from mothers and daughters endorsing the remedy and urges local women to try it.
A Danville reader touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for nervous rundown conditions. The letter urges others to obtain the remedy in tablets or liquid from a local druggist or by writing to the Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo for medical advice.
Crowds barred from St Peter's as 30 cardinals and diplomats attend the private funeral Mass for Benedict. Doorkeepers seal tomb beneath basilica after three coffins and cypress, lead, and hardwood caskets. Officials report widespread requests for tickets, but only Vatican officials, diplomats, and cardinals admitted.
A Rome dispatch to the Evening Star reports fresh disorders in Cairo and, Heypt, with 100 killed and over 1,000 wounded as British troops quell the insurrection. no confirmation yet in London.
A blast at the Warsaw bakery doorway in Detroit injures two and causes about 20000 dollars in damage. Proprietor David Rosen suspects rival bakers objecting to five cent bread pricing. In Moscow, Soviet foreign minister Tehchitin responds to Genoa conference invite, and the Russian central executive committee calls an extraordinary session to decide personnel for the delegation.
Dublin settles threatened Irish railway strike as A Burton Hepburn, notable financier, author and economist, dies in New York. Fire destroys Gladstone theater in Michigan causing $16,000 loss. Aviation crash in Chicago area spares aviator. Tennessee flood displaces over a hundred families in Chattanooga. House passes Dyer and lynelling bill sending to Senate. Various thefts, deaths, and political notes across the country.
Seven bandits broke into a freight car at Ellinota Central yards on South Water street and stole 100 barrels of beer valued around $5,000. The near beer shipment was loaded onto three trucks and the thieves fled after a chase by city detectives in which a score of shots were fired.
Chicago markets show Wheat Mays around 14 percent, Corn figures and flour prices listed for hard and soft grades. Cattle prices range from prime steers at 8.00 to 9.00 per hundredweight and various feeders and cows priced up to 7.00. Hay and lamb figures appear with timothy and clover values, reflecting mixed farm commodity demand and delivery terms across milling and packing markets.
LeMars farmer Yohn Rosder hanged himself over financial troubles. Corning adds independent candidate for congress against Horace M. Towner. Burlington ex-police captain John Lilteich guilty of selling liquor. Over 1,500 farmers demand resignations. Cherokee county trims county office wages by 10 percent. Ogkaloosa rep J C McClune seeks speaker role in 1923. Two boys confess to murder and decapitation in Paradox Zals. Jefferson district judge 1878 death notes. Henry County banks hold over 115000 cash, owe 316000. Maquoketa inventorizes pepper spray device for robbers. Bronx City grain shipment hits 141 cars. W W Merritt dies at Red Oak. contract at 4200. Anonymous donor gifts $35000 to Columbia College. County Agent John Buchanan resigns after pay cut. Funggold flock TB in 22 of 27 flocks. 1035 birds, 304 crows. Dubuque chaplain Tom Roberts of American Legion vows clean-up. Decorah Farm Bureau opposes primary road building. Nine northeastern counties seek wage cuts for road workers. Town bankers course notes 200 attend. Owasa Savings Bank liquidated. depositors to be paid in full. Des Moines suit over Eliza Coleman death from delivery car. New town postmasters named. Davenport murder case of Grace Guapinsky released. grand jury exonerates. Pred Schultz freed on bond in uncompleted case.
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