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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
6
An advertisement features the line Does your son do you proud Mr Charles Cashit and touts Garfield Tea as a remedy for constipation biliousness liver and kidney troubles. The ad presents a paternal tone and targets health complaints with a generic product claim.
State Inspector John B Foster asserts male Iowa teachers are not lazy, citing draft removals and army service as main causes of shortages. He notes fish shipments substitute meat, and reports on essays, war insurance for a fallen soldier’s mother, and local war efforts.
Mrs. Crosby mistook a fire alarm box for a mail box and paid the city of Tulsa two hundred dollars in the process. Fire Chief D A Alder noted the error after firemen searched town for a non existent blaze. The letter was eventually posted in a post office box.
A Cherryvale resident writes to the governor claiming a secret substance stops alcohol cravings and offers to sell it for $10,000 to keep Kansas bone dry. The governor dismisses the proposal as too costly, leaving the offer without a sale.
Visalia resident Persenilo sues employer M Berianda for a week’s wages paid in poker chips. The chips were allegedly confiscated during a session described as a great American Indoor sport. Bevan da counters that Perseillo entered a friendly gate and is just a poor loser.
In New York a high-class professional burglar named James Doyle robbed the Buckout home, agreeing to take $15 and return next day for a job with Afr Buckout. He later admitted the police would never let him reform while arraigned for stealing $4,000 in jewelry from another city residence.
Hon. W. Z. Hanna appeals to Canadians on January 1 warning of severe food shortages in Europe and urging stern producer resolve and consumer economies. He notes U S wheat exports limits, European needs, and calls all Canadians to increase production and till lands in Canada or the United States to aid soldiers and Allied nations.
In a crowded neighborhood tale a boy named Ikey joins the army after a recruiting station bath and a night of doubt. His mother questions the enlistment as he reflects it must be the navy though he is unsure. The incident ends with him reporting the next day for his uniform and a hopeful future.
A child drops eggs on the way home and explains that not all broke but the shells came off some. A stray line likens it to a rash remark about a remedy while ad copy hints at Garfield Ten as a health aid and suggests wisdom as a sound investment beyond cost.
The United States leads oyster production, with ample local supply of animal food. Federal and state inspections ensure bed sanitary conditions and oyster binding, while producers cooperate to assure purity. Green-gilled oysters signal quality, derived from edible marine plants. Wratiee’s green-gilled oysters are regarded as best obtainable.
A historic advertisement explains mixing Bay Rum Barbo Compound with water and glycerine to darken faded gray hair. It claims to soften, gloss, and coat without staining the scalp, with full directions in each Barbo Compound box and low home-cost preparation by a druggist.
Sir Joshua. Perhaps. Mrs Newrleh-Mel and John have had our portraits painted by four American artists, and not one of them is satisfactory. After the war we intend to go abroad to see what the old masters can do. Dr. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for a laxative three for a cathartic. Ad Anger and reason cannot live together.
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