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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1910
Page
8
A collage of patent medicine pitches cites Munyon's pills for liver and stomach support, cold remedy, and rheumatism relief, plus a deafness claim and a toothbrush of ads. Also included are stray lines from a detective dialogue about deafness and a short Chicago Tribune joke.
The Senate passed the Bennett white slave bill after removing the immigration clause. The House debated foreign affairs, with the diplomatic and consular bill and rivers and harbors measure advancing. Speaker Cannon pressed procedure as the Senate pursued bills on misrepresentation and food guarantees while local measures moved in the House.
The French liner General Chanzy wrecked on Minorca reefs in a ferocious Mediterranean storm. Only one survivor, Mareal Rodel, an Algerian customs official, was found by a fisherman and is hospitalized in Ciudadela. An explosion in the boilers is suspected. many bodies float offshore as recovery is hindered by ongoing gale.
The United States posted total imports of 1,475,600,000 in 1909 versus 1,116,400,000 in 1908. Manufacturers materials led, rising nearly 60 percent. wool, hides, India rubber, and raw silk showed strong gains, while lumber, tin, copper, and cotton also increased though with varied shifts.
The Pacific Navigation Company steamer Lima went ashore in the Hunmblin passage of the Straits of Magellan. The chief pilot and fifty passengers were drowned, along with twenty seven crew members. The British steamer Hathumel rescued 205 aboard but could not save the rest.
Arthur and Willie Elsenberger aged two were burned to death in their McClusky North Dakota home. Disciplinary matters include Harry K Thaw's discharge denial by Justice A B S Tompkins. Delaware River Steel Co building burned in Chester Pennsylvania, loss under $100000. Governor Fort urges income tax amendment to the federal Constitution. Italian miners at Midway Pennsylvania killed three men, two slayers at large. Nebraska State Normal School strike among 800 students over President Crabtreas resignation. Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Cox names committee to probe alleged Senate payoffs related to county unit vote.
In Reading Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs Frederick Carl claim witchcraft caused the death of 17 of their 20 children. A daughter aged 28 was buried recently as most children died young. Physicians cited marasmus a wasting without fever while folk healers blamed an old witch.
In the United States Circuit Court at St Louis a temporary injunction was issued against Oklahoma and its Corporation Commission. It blocks enforcement of the 3-cent passenger fare and certain railroad freight rates. Also noted are fragments about the Czarina’s health and Rockefeller’s donation to a Cleveland YMCA fund.
A quirky excerpt from the Chicago Tribune describes a new type of urban man with multiple eyes. The narrator notes extra eyes on the front sides and back to cross the street safely at State and Madison, illustrating speculative urban change.
An elderly Huntington resident suffered 15 months with hip and back pain from kidney irregularities. Doan's Kidney Pills cured the trouble thoroughly, with the claimant praising the remedy and noting the pain never returned. Sold 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
An ad touts Drills for feverishness and teething by claiming powder cures, with a 26c price and mail sample offer. It also recounts a humorous exchange about a Stradivarius violin offered for 3000 dollars, noting the dealer’s claim of genuine quality.
Free to Our Headers Write Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago for 48 page illustrated Eye Book Free. Write all about Your Eye Trouble and they will advise proper application of the Marine Eye Remedies in Your Special Case. Druggist says Marine relieves sore eyes strengthens weak eyes soothes eye pain and cures for 60c. Try it in your eyes and in baby's eyes for scaly eyelids and granulation.
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