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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1919
Page
8
A poetic fragment recalls embroidered wings, sparrows, and love-bleeds, with ornate archaic spellings. The speaker lists items from velvet to copper greases, noting a verse pasted on a man’s memory page and a bite sized comic at three for a dime.
The article surveys Lincoln memorials from New York to San Francisco, noting two Washington monuments, a statue in Lincoln Park and a memorial in Union Square, plus foreign tributes in Edinburgh and Norway. It highlights Nebraska’s capital Lincoln and other monuments by Niehaus, Davis, and others, showing widespread reverence for the fallen president. It also mentions Mount Lincoln and Lincoln Memorial University as part of the broader tribute landscape.
A nostalgic note on how comic valentines once flooded schools and doorsteps but have almost vanished in crude forms. It recalls schoolboys leaving cards on teachers doors and village neighbors, with St Valentine’s day still cherished in homemade valentines and simple joy despite changing habits.
In a brief note preserved in a transit setting, a caller jokes about an anonymous valentine. The exchange reveals a desire to keep the sender’s identity hidden while acknowledging the recipient’s awareness of the handwriting.
A custom influences Valentine’s Day behavior as the opposite sex are urged to exchange affectionate messages, asserting it to be a stronger force than formal authority.
A collection of historical notes recalls that very few reach six feet tall before the war. It cites Norway’s shipping per person, Civil War survivor projections to 1845, plans for a Kingston Jamaica dock revived, and the world’s tallest smokestack at Anaconda Montana. It also mentions a Swiss electric storage locomotive using electromagnets instead of couplings for car movement.
A soldier recalls a broken phonograph in France and a mechanic who fitted a fragment of a 17 centimeter shell into it, joking that it kept the crew amused for about two weeks. In Birmingham the city council approved a costly electric supply project. A permanent generating station at Nechelis is planned under the new scheme.
A collage of Civil War reflections on mothers and sacrifice contrasts with a Long Island tribe’s burial ritual. The piece invokes maternal devotion, battle memories, and a blunt burial verdict that a dead man may be denied honor if not saluted with a suitable epithet.
The piece describes a clock that does not tick and can keep accurate time in any position including upside down. It claims independence from human winding for at least 1000 days and suggests a standard electric battery could renew energy for another 1000 days, enhancing longevity and accuracy, per the London Chronicle.
A brief note discusses the challenge of reading a woman's mind as simpler to describe than to truly understand it. It suggests insights into perception, communication, and hidden thoughts may be more complex than appears.
An old time home remedy advertisement touts Haarlem Medal GO as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles and bodily pains. It claims over 200 years of recognition, direct Holland lab production, five drop doses, easy use, money back if not effective, and urges buyers to seek the genuine GO Medal brand.
A curious old note says a man broken by a woman seeks solace with another woman who mends him using Garfield Tea. It quips that a third of a volunteer church choir can sing while the other two thirds wish to join in.
A brief maxim urges restraint in private matters, warning that interference can create complications and anxieties. The proverb implies prudence in social conduct and respects boundaries among individuals and communities. It underscores personal peace through non interference.
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