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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
8
A Philadelphia Record quip about a bewildered woman and a self important suitor. The dialogue playfully highlights social vanity and affection as the pair joke about love, fame, debt, and personal scars while exposing urban wit.
The article touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by building up the constitution. It claims a hundred dollar reward if it fails and lists testimonials and assorted patent notices. It also includes casual ad chatter about products, jokes, and quotes.
Mrs J E ODonnell praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing eight years of female troubles Mrs Jennie Fe O Donnell president of Oakland Woman's Riding Club endorses the remedy and urges women to seek the treatment at Lyne Mase address.
Fier Northland reports from South Africa about three Swedes Karl Hultin Hjalmar P Janek and Charles Oscar Johannsen who escaped from Simonstown after serving in Cronje s Beaudinavian corps and being captured at Magersfontein on December 11 1901 They crawled through a seven foot tunnel under a guarded perimeter with signal turns and daily tent upheavals and disguise as pedestipts while British patrols offered a 1000 dead or alive for each head and 2200 at Nelagona and Simonstown They reached Delagoa Bay Pretoria and later questioned about their escape with one swimming three miles to land and the others reaching sea by different routes.
Verdens Gang reports a strong Norway growing movement to award the Nobel Peace Prize to P A Arnoldson member of the Swedish Riksdag. He urged Norway’s right to govern itself while promoting peace, and founded the Swedish peace society.
Prof Cato Maxmilian Guldberg, chair of applied mathematics at the University of Christiania since 1889, died at age sixty five. He excelled in mathematics from university days, studied in France and Germany, and coauthored 1864 work with Prof Wange on mechanics of chemical force. His major contributions lay in molecular theory in physics.
A new Swedish Norwegian union commission has been selected to study Norway’s bid for a separate consular service. It comprises four members with alternating meetings in Christiania and Stockholm. Swedish members include Hr Bildt envoy to Italy and Consul Ameen of Barcelona. Norwegian members are Consul General Christophersen and Dr Sigrud Ib hen.
Bjornson's attorneys suggest private arbitration to settle the legal dispute with the Sverdrup family over Johan Sverdrup's heirs. The Sverdrups oppose, saying the matter is too important for private arbitration. At a January 6 preliminary hearing at Gaurdal, none of the parties appeared and the case was referred to the courts.
Iceland faces potential expanded self government as King Christian signals readiness to grant more than requested. He suggests a minister fluent in Icelandic attend althing sessions in Copenhagen or, if chosen, remain in Reykjavik. A special althing session set for July 26 will debate the proposal amid Icelandic calls for liberal reforms.
Article comments on King Christian's reign ending with the cession of the Danish West Indies to Prussia and Austria. It argues the transfer, driven by popular demand, burdens the people rather than the king, while suggesting future better days for islanders allied with Denmark and the Stars and Stripes.
The Hlamburg Review lauds Henrik Pontopidan's Muld as deeply informed on modern Scandinavian literature and compares it to Tolstoy and Turgenen. Fiskum church near Drammen, Norway, burned Sunday morning January 12, may be rebuilt for services. The Nagset Singing Society seeks Northwestern Scandinavian Singers’ association membership. Nobel heirs demand 20 million kroner from Alfred Nobel’s executors. Swedish riksdag approves 60 million kronor for military and defense, funded by taxes. Norway calls for a stronger PM Steen as liberal party pressure grows.
A New York Times excerpt notes the paradox of artificial climates making people guard against cold by wearing heavy clothing indoors. It argues warm indoor environments cause overheating, followed by painful outdoor chills, urging acceptance of bracing temperatures at home. It comments on humorist observation of facial expressions during a wide range of emotions.
A playful exchange as characters debate stage choices with the public seeking dramatic impact rather than reverence for Shakespeare. The manager asks for respect for Hamlet’s character while Boathing counters that public taste craves the sensational. The remark underscores audience expectations in theater.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Garfield Hondacha Powdera and a claim that four powders are one forint with a powder curing Honda. Includes garbled dialogue between Casey and Dooley about a face and a cinch, with the line too many would applaud.
The Cleveland Plaindealer quips about a Long Island man who has been jilted and twice widowed by the same unknown suitor who eloped with both wives. The mock question asks what he should do now and suggests avoiding further marriage.
A garbled OCR led to a jumble of phrases about arrests for drunkenness, a whiskey or druggist ad offering 10 cents per package, and moralistic quotes. Names, places, and dates are unreadable, yielding an assortment of disjointed items with no clear cohesive event.
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