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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1921
Page
6
An old mix of an aspirin Bayer advertisement notes genuine Bayer Tablets and warnings about dosage with a list of uses from colds to toothache. The page also includes a Sunday school Bible joke, a stray political line about Congress and a farmer anecdote about tomatoes, all in a collage-like memory style.
An advertisement notes many people have kidney trouble without realizing it and promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a mild healing remedy. It claims insurance denials stem from undetected kidney issues and urges testing with a sent sample bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co.
Child and mother argue in a terse domestic scene about the dog and words. The mother hushes the child as Jacky explains the bulldog cannot bear the confrontation. The exchange captures a tense family moment with clipped dialogue.
An 80 year old Mrs. John Fillr says sour stomach began after grip and Eatonic helped within a week. Eatonic relieves sour stomach indigestion heartburn bloating by removing excess acidity and gases. If other remedies failed, tens of thousands found relief. big box costs a trifle with druggist guarantee.
Neighbors aid Harry Braden after an auto crash near Red Oak. A Mason City packing plant mistakenly slaughtered a bull valued at 750 instead of 75. A Scott county license allowed Walter and Mrs Reddick to remarry for legal duration. Robbery at Movie store netted 1,000 in loot, sheriff escorted suspects to Sioux City. Farmer Howard Christensen sold spring pigs to Cudahy for 3.23 per head. herd averages 264 pounds, 150 fall pigs remain. Cascade’s Joseph Soisson killed in woods near Courderay, Wis, at a logging camp. War service board flags a $62.50 pledge by August Borger near Benton. Eightteen girls face instituting orders unless settlements are paid. Unclear death of recluse C W Raitt under investigation. police lean to self-inflicted. Drowning of Charles Springer near Wapello traced to ice hole. body recovered. Mildred Pratt, 14, Atlantic, loses four-foot braid cut from head during night mystery. fourth such incident in weeks. Sweet clover seed yield: $1.50 per acre, seed valued at $5 per pound. Schnoor sows seed in drill rows, shells 15 pounds from one-tenth acre. Van Buren drainage suit seeks $105,000. bondsmen blamed for incomplete work after contractor default. Robert Wright code at Hagia Grove ends. Wright’s assault indictment dismissed post-marriage. Wright’s father, Judge Wright, rumored to influence settlement. Benton farm bureau grows to 2224 members. Eldorado township has one member per farm, and some farms have two. Iowa City Commercial Club and University of Iowa back Swan Lake as a state game preserve.
A 1916 Falls Creek incident recounts Joseph McGrath, a former postmaster who faced mental illness, embezzlement, and flight. After years of normalcy and breakdowns, he vanished with $1000, resurfaced in Chicago seeking his mother, and surrendered to Deputy Marshal Tom Smith on the Falls Creek case.
Minneapolis news notes a reunion of two sisters who had not seen each other since childhood in Green Bay. Mrs J R Flynn of Knapp River Michigan met her sister Mrs Pete Sorrell of St Paul at J M Varsten’s home 515 Twenty Seventh Street West. The families grew while the sisters remained apart for 45 years.
A collage of brief notes reports W. H. Cooper dying from choking in a Kansas diner near Kewanee Marquez near Valestine Tex wiped out by fire and a hotel destroyed Commodore John Eccleston Craven VD died in Annapolis Md at sixty two An earthquake at Willows Cad disrupted town at 2 16 am with gas asphyxiation deaths in Chicago low death toll blamed by relatives Peter Augustus Jay named minister to Roumania announced by Wilson in Washington D Annunaio proclaims Mary not worth dying for plans to leave city by airplane Ford Motor Company projects 1 250 000 cars for 1920 at Terre Haute Ind Willows district rewil district floods fatal logs near 400 000 estimate Cork dispatch reports ambush of police officers Middleton County Cork Philadelphia plant closures West Orange phonograph works shut but record dept kept intact John Logan dies in Hannibal Mo from injuries at a untimely accident Special delivery mail changes no receipt required fuel cost to federal government in war totals 4 824 081 Sundry civil bill totals 383 611 292 or 420 914 192 less than requested by departments
President elect Harding will become a Scottish Rite Mason on January 5 in Columbus. The Columbus chapter will confer the degrees starting at noon with the fourth degree and ending at 7 30 p m with the thirty second degree.
Three bandit visits over three years drained the Dres sel Commercial Bank, leading to its forced receivership with $500,000 rewards cited. Concurrently in Boston a legacy of 400,000 and a probate report show the Knight estate paying 108,200 in bequests, with the estate valued at 697,932.
Market notes from Chicago and Lee show mixed prices across wheat and corn with basis and patent futures mentioned. Livestock values for cattle hogs and sheep listed, including prices for prime cattle, veal, and steers, with varying delivery and quality grades noted.
A young doctor visits Mary Blien's single sunt. He makes advances, but the girl remains aloof. She refuses with dignity when asked to kiss him. Auntie intervenes as Mary Rilen explains her brother Bob warned never to kiss a doctor due to germs.
In a run down condition catarrh worsens, showing it is influenced by constitutional state. Ball's Catarrh Medicine is claimed to be a tonic and blood purifier acting on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and restore normal function. Free circulars available through Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A Sunnyside doctor promised a patient he would walk the next day but an anxious nurse kept him in bed awaiting the doctor to confirm the order ambulant. The scene reveals miscommunication over dosage and timing as the patient remained bedbound until clarification arrived.
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