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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
6
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a cheap, easy cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims to produce soft, glossy, voluminous hair within minutes and weeks, promising new hair growth and a healthy scalp with regular use.
A quip about scarcity and leftovers. The cartooninal humor suggests that hash is vanished because there is nothing left to hash, implying squandered resources or dull times. A light, period-voiced joke reflecting shortages and wit.
Tunis peace talks adjourned amid clashes as sixteen soldiers die in a troop train collision near Vienna. Polish leader Joseph Pilsudski resigns rumors, Laurier dies in Ottawa, German minister Mang resigns, and Red Cross European relief work advances. A Curtis plane sets a ten minute Fort Worth to Lovefield record. Meanwhile, antisocial and revolutionary actions surge, armistice terms shift with German strikes, and advancing Denikin forces capture prisoners and equipment.
Amsterdge February 20 Ritter von Mann German minister of marine has resigned per the General Anzelger of Düsseldorf.
Local markets list wide range of commodities with figures for grains hay potatoes and livestock including flour jute hay oats rye wheat and cattle hogs and sheep. Notable entries show hard winter soft winter spring wheat and various barley and corn prices alongside cattle hog and sheep quotes.
The article outlines Western Canada’s push into stock raising and mixed farming across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. It notes abundant pasture, rising hog and cattle production, strong wheat output, and expanding railways, with coal resources and agricultural instruction driving regional prosperity and market growth.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a universal remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It touts sworn statements and testimonials, urges readers to request a sample bottle by mail, and notes large and medium bottle pricing at drug stores with a newspaper promotion for ten cents postage.
A fragment speaks of Ediih and her former followers from a bygone era. The speaker notes one by one the young men left her side as time moved on, a terse reflection on fading companionship and changing fortunes.
An old advertisement promotes a hair darkening mixture using Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and water. It claims to darken gray streaks without staining the scalp, being non sticky and non oily. The ad notes kits include full directions and suggests pharmacists can compound it or home mixing is cheap.
Gary Motor Truck Company of Gary Indiana outlines a broader expansion to meet rising demand for motor truck transportation. The firm cites war lessons on highway logistics and coal-fuelled famine risks, highlighting leadership by W T O'Donnell and key executives O Tumaell O W Cole and T W Nichols.
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