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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1903
Page
5
George Conner is on the sink Hab and under De Hadsel's care. George Baldwin visited Oalwein last week. Mrs. Sarth Gage visits daughter Mrs. John Baldwin in Oalwein. A Christmas tree and presents were given at the Frang Gage home, with an exchange event noted.
In Marion Township Chris Meyer bought a gentle horse while Dan Bulikoler and Emma visit Jacob Lehana. Sam Goter buys a team of ponies for about 100 dollars from Ben Feedden. Alina Uecker takes a two week break for Christmas and New Year, returning to Bisader. Rev Wenger and A Inhof visit Minnesota and Iowa. George Kolster buys a horse from Joe Rourny and bets his rival cannot beat it. The Wenger family visits Kno awhtorn with relatives. Snow blocks mailboxes and gates. Alf Suhlupp’s sleigh overturn injures eight ladies.
The Chattanooga Medicine Co unveils the Jardus Werther Charo and Calendar 1008 a twelve sheet 18 by 20 inch calendar with gilt strip and brass hanger. Each month shows large legible figures predicting weather signals and daily forecasts for the year. Copies available by sending 10 postage stamps to Chattanooga Tenn.
An advertising claim argues beauty stems from health, urging women to use Wine of Cardus to strengthen female organs and improve appearance. The copy asserts purity of blood yields beauty and promises noticeable results in a month.
A fragment warns against forcing left handed children to use the right hand, citing Chicago studies and Professor Smedley. It claims such training harms brain balance, speech, and dexterity, and notes mothers often view left handedness as a defect to correct.
A plan to create a grand national park at Lachlak near the headwaters of the Mississippi in Minnesota aims to pre empt lands from destruction of trees and protect the region. It notes Chippewa tribes numbering 1600 on the land and suggests leaving them in place as guides to tourists and fishermen. Bishop Whipple and Miss Sybil Carter foster lace making among Indians. wild game and fish are described as abundant, with opposition mainly from timber men. Success is anticipated for the park project.
A reflective piece discusses how women face limitations due to limited knowledge of social geography. It argues women often mask weaknesses behind charm, noting faults tend to be intellectual rather than humane. It concludes with a view that womanhood is a privilege deserving gratitude, and warns against emulating male relatives.
A reader quotes fear of automobiles as a threat to women and children. The passage notes horses and cars as terrorizing, with a woman comparing her reaction to a cow before a railway train and admitting deep anxiety about approaching autos.
A fragment argues fruit should replace much meat bread and candy in children diets. Professor Allen contends that more fruit, fresh canned preserved or dried, would lower child death rates and improve health and physique.
The German Shakespeare goxvllachatt marked the great English poet's birthday in Weimar with enthusiasm. Bavarian court theater manager Von Pondart gave a lecture on Beguery in Shakespeare’s era, illustrated by a model of the primitive Witazevian stage, as English and American guests attended.
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