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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
8
A quoted Ladies' Home Journal excerpt discusses when marriage by consent may be excused. It notes that parental reluctance and prejudice exist but argues that after a long period of delay, with both partners mature and over twenty two, couples might marry without parental consent to allow time for reconciliation.
Miss Nettie Hixon of Cincinnati testifies to the cure from three years of weakness and dizziness after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She describes headaches easing, strength returning, and praises the price of six dollars per box as a bargain compared with other medicines. The alerts note letters flood in praising the pills and suggest buying from local druggists or sending to Dodds Medicine Co. in Buffalo.
A girl in a storm cellar asks if a pancake pie will be made. Another asks to raise the money first. Grain-O is promoted as a coffee substitute, claimed to suit all ages and stomachs, sold by grocers at 25 cents per package. Uncle Bob jokes with Johnny about school leadership.
Frankie Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co. in Toledo promising one hundred dollars for each catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary Gleason attests December 6, 188W. Also ads for Allen's Foot-Ease and Foot-Dash cures for feet. It ends with a rural proverb on soil strength.
A historical medical notice explains ovarian inflammation symptoms such as dull throbbing pain and tenderness, then promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure after a testimonial from Aura Aston about avoiding surgery and regaining health.
Darwin noted spiders using silk threads as aerial sails while Beagle sailed about sixty miles from land. Thousands of insects swarmed the rigging, drinking water, and skimming the ocean surface. Butterflies formed a snowstorm swarm near Patagonia, with many drowned as a breeze rose. A grasshopper found miles offshore puzzled the naturalist, while flies sometimes ride ships then depart after days at sea.
A vivid, sensory portrait of Moscow as a vast village, where vast spaces, unpaved public squares, and enormous arcades shape a loud, color saturated city. The piece contrasts red and blue, notes brass music, and observes dress and footgear reflecting a savage, primitive edge amid massive urban forms.
Formosa's civil head Mr Goto Shimpel says six years after Japan took Formosa 146 million yen public funds were invested and a 16 percent yield now exists. Opium camphor and salt monopolies each contribute about 4 million yen. Revenue has risen from 6 million to potentially 20 million yen, with central aid outlined at 2.09 million yen annually for twenty years.
A new life-saving apparatus called a pitch cloak weighs about one pound and keeps a fully-equipped soldier afloat. It features waterproof food and drink packets and blue lights for nocturnal signaling during a shipwreck.
The readable fragments reference a dated note from Minneapolis Minnesota on January 6 1000 mentioning foreign elements and a cough care. The legible items resemble a terse historical record but lack coherent facts, names, dates, or events to establish a clear summary.
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