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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
10
An advertisement touts Munyon's HaeNEEDEMS tonic pills for liver stomach and nerve strength claiming no calomel contain healing and stimulating properties. Also promotes Munyon's Cold Remedy Rheumatism Homefly and a Philadelphia address for medical advice. A bookstore quip follows about apologies and Asquith women.
A mixed, fragmented OCR segment shows an oath claiming I J Cheney Co will pay for each catarrh case not cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. It references testimonial requests, Toledo business, and Hall’s remedies. Also includes unrelated lines about umbrellas and a comic caption about a mistaken loading scene.
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt shows a young woman with a square jaw assuring a suitor she and her mother can manage improvements, reflecting domestic scene dialogue about worthiness and plans.
Russian secret police report a crackdown on anarchist cells in Moscow after arrests of two women and four men linked to a bomb plot aimed at the Czar and Czarina. Bombs found in a Baskakow street cellar. suspects allegedly planned to strike Kursk depot on the imperial party’s Livadia railway arrival. Increased surveillance follows.
The 1908 annual report of Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock shows a deficit of 17 479 170 dollars, the largest in postal service history. Deficits grew from a few millions to over 17 million, prompting scrutiny of underlying causes and routine business prudence.
Mrs. Paul Sonnecalf was arrested in Love land in an apparently demented state and charged with murdering her two children ages 6 and 3 and burning the home to conceal the crime. The boys’ bodies were found after the blaze was extinguished with their heads beaten in by a blunt instrument.
Former State Senator C. C. Dickinson of Henry County secures the Democratic nomination for Congress in Missouri's Sixth District after a lengthy balloting period. The convention used 676 ballots. Dickinson earned 42 votes and J. W. Suddath 32 on the final ballot. The seat was vacated by the death of Congressman De Armond.
Haskell Institute the second largest Indian school in the United States will be offered to the State of Kansas for a day trade school. Superintendent H B Peaks announces the Kansas legislature will be asked to appropriate funds for maintenance and permit white students to attend without charge.
A blast at the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad engine shop in Shawnee Oklahoma left five dead and seventeen injured. The known fatalities are Robert Kerr and John Johns who were working on the engine at the time of the explosion.
The unidentified man, about 45, murdered with a hatchet, was found under brush near Kansas City Kansas. His clothes bore the tailor mark M Kalman Grand Island Neb and a signet ring with W Me initials. The body showed signs of robbery and fear of evil. The report also notes Patrick M Smith a Seattle janitor, aged 57, who recently died and was told he would inherit 30 000 in Ireland but declined claiming it. Bill Ollicer Found Guilty Of Embezzlement At Lisbon Ohio. William L Davis former Canton State Bank VP was convicted of embezzling 350 shares valued at 335 000.
Frederic Remington, renowned frontier artist, died at Loral Place in Edge field Conn after an appendectomy operation. The death ends a storied career in depicting plains life and western scenes.
Judge John C. Pollock of the United States District Court in Topeka Kansas ruled that Kennas bank guaranty law is invalid in a formal decision. The ruling nullifies the guaranty provision and reopens questions about banking liability under state law.
The article recounts Dr Frederick A Cook born in Brooklyn and educated at NYU who claimed polar achievements. It notes discrediting by the University of Copenhagen committees and outlines earlier travels including Peary expedition work and Antarctic observations, with disputed ascent of Mount McKinley.
A broad set of actions navigates from a Borah bill to curb corporate lawyers in Congress and punish misdeeds by a onetime statesman. Other measures push higher land prices, timber conservation, and a prelude to a water power disposal act while noting withdrawals of California lands and a push to rename immigrant origins. Also covered are foreign paintings reaching New York from King Leopold’s collection.
A historical overview touts land offers in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 160 acres per homestead or purchase, promising wheat and oat yields of 20 30 and 40 60 bushels per acre. It describes rail lines towns schools churches and wealth from soil, urging readers to file for Canadian homesteads while noting future US wheat imports.
A Southerner famed for tips, nicknamed The Toad to Mame, arrives at a Baltimore hotel where colored porters abound. His rapid fame among staff contrasts with a guest who never tips, until a porter whimsically questions the newcomer’s notoriety and memory. The tale unfolds with comic misrecognition and social foibles.
Mrs A J Cochran of Philadelphia testifies that Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills cured her six year old son’s widespread eczema after two years of worsening symptoms. She reports rapid improvement within hours and no relapse since he reached seventeen. She also notes success using the products on a friend’s child with facial eczema.
In a clipped exchange Mrs Guernsey recalls a spur of the moment housewarming. Mrs Jipes notes the event was informal as the janitor complained of heat. The dialogue hints at chest tightness and cold lungs while a home remedy is suggested.
A messy collection of vintage ad copy lines and quotes covering medical remedies tobacco products football reform humor and trade notes. Mentions Pazo Ointment Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Lewis' Single Binder cigar Allen's Lung Balm and Argentine wheat with scattered remarks on imports productions and opinions from public figures.
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