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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1895
Page
8
A fragmentary local note recalls a woman in a Cape hut calming a baby doll as if it were a real child, feeding, soothing, and cherishing it with quiet happiness. The scene hints at maternal devotion, a small domestic moment captured in scattered phrases.
A veteran recounts wartime encounters and a near fatal duel during a rail line pursuit. A New England captain recalls meeting a former foe, and a bank cashier later helps a depositor who turns out to be the same man who fired at him decades earlier.
A wartime escape anecdote recalls two companions moving half a million in iron boxes aboard a box car. They dodge a pursuing force under General Shelby, hide money in the engine cab, and race past a guarded station while riders close in along a spur track. The tale ends with a wary banker expressing remorse over a failed attempt to cut losses.
A garbled text fragment references a person named Campriage and a public conflict over a divinity topic. The readable content hints at a dispute or public issue lasting years, involving a figure named Campriage and a pressure labeled bully.
The article recounts how Mr J Cooper-Chadwick, after losing both hands in an April 1891 gun accident near Tort Salisbury, benefited from London made artificial limbs. A prolonged study led to a sophisticated setup allowing him to write with a pen, smoke, shave, and perform daily tasks, including a 150 page manuscript titled Loree Yearn with Lobenmla.
A brief dialogue fragment shows characters discussing culture and husbandry. The Ost urges cheerfulness while the Wheat criticizes the common opinion as the worst. The Ont quickly grasps the point, contributing a punchline cadence.
The Great Northern Bulletin invites pupils to submit essays on state history and northern woodlands. Prizes include a Prize-Art portfolio set and a round trip ticket from St Paul to Buffalo. Entries must be typed double spaced and submitted before term end.
The Domestic Monthly argues against public crossing of knees and writing notes on postal cards. It condemns masculine tailoring, visible hems, and foot movement in social settings. It urges decency, restrained coquetry, and proper use of signatures in intimate correspondence.
Fragmentary industrial era notice promotes Hoatetters Btomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia liver kidney bladder activity constipation malaria complaints and nervousness. It hints at political returns leaving people “in the cold” and suggests private affection toward this time honored medicine.
A historical note cites Cloiso Perdrix in the Ladies' Home Journal condemning cosmetic powders and rouge as harmful and artificial. It argues good complexion comes from nature, warns of arsenic and white lead in preparations, and advises medical guidance from a family physician for skincare.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Fig as a gentle, effective laxative. It praises its pleasant taste, cleansing action on the kidneys, liver, and bowels, and asserts medical approval. It warns buyers to use only California Fig Syrup Co. products and to distrust substitutes.
In Washington Evening Star a shoe merchant notes seven times this morning that a customer recalled a woman as Crisby. A new clerk counters that he has sold seven pairs of shoes to seven different women, each encounter overheard in the shop.
Fragmentary OCR likely references names and places with garbled wording. The readable elements mention Clark County and a literary or publishing context. No clear event or outcome is identifiable from the text.
A clipped table scene mentions sending postage to John A. Salter Seed in La Crosse Wisconsin for a seed book and Giant Spurry pamphlet. It also records odd exchanges about Hicks and Dix, a morning incident, and a remark about Baptists and Italy, noting contemporary social curiosities.
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