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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1895
Page
8
A London Chronicle note recounts a dialogue about a model young man two months old in age and his restrained habits. It also mentions a rat tale from Rickmansworth and a Baltimore business notice, with brief nautical depth data for the Atlantic region.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative, claiming it eases constipation without tiring the body and improves health by cleansing the system. It asserts medical approval, notes its kidney, liver, and bowels action, and warns readers to buy only from the California Fig Syrup Co. with its brand on package.
Proverb style notes urge wealth through frugality and planning. Warn of wasteful spending, tax burdens, and vanity. Emphasize economy, prudent gifts, and social conduct to gain lasting wealth and avoid ruin.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. Claims internal use affects blood and mucous surfaces building up the body. Proposes a $100 reward for failures and invites testimonials from readers.
Gen. J. E. Fullerton recounts the Georgia campaign where constant strain and disciplined positions defined the fighting. An incident near a fence corner features Hardee challenging a gaunt, butternut-uniformed figure who reveals he is the sixth Arkansas chaplain, prompting a tense exchange.
A woman describes her exile seeking refinement and economy, noting Italy offers modest comfort with many pensionnaires, while Dugland provides superior overall comfort and table. She ranks Germany France and Switzerland by their dining and living styles as she travels.
The Home Life Insurance Co of New York offers attractive policy terms with cash surrender and investment features. It promises guaranteed profitable agency contracts and emphasizes protection and investment value. Inquiries are directed to Crane F Lui, Manager North Western Department, 806-8 Pioneer Press Building, St Paul.
A Supt Byrnes detective aboard a Boston train’s smoking car warned officers about two sharpers inside. Passengers reacted with surprise as a stylish man prepared to exit while another expressed worry about losing a large sum of money. The officer calmly noted they were both leaving. The text then shifts to a jumbled ad-like aside promoting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a folk health remedy.
A humorous exchange features Mrs Youngwife admiring a cake and Mr Youngwife joking about a receipt. The dialogue centers on domestic pride and a light quarrel over who produced the dessert, highlighting their playful banter.
A garbled cartoonish exchange about a Magic Turn Halve and a witty dinner mischief joke. The dialogue features a witty repartee between a couple, with a Detroit setting hint and a money refund line amid the humor.
Farmers face low prices and held-back sales as breeders weigh the future of purebred stock. A U S Department of Agriculture pamphlet, Barnyard Manure Management No 21, highlights the immense value of manure, estimates national fertilizing components at over 2 billion dollars annually, and outlines preservation and application methods to minimize losses and maximize soil benefits.
A garbled OCR passage references Camphor Ice, Hawke and Pace, Clark Go, Kew Haven, and Macy with scattered lines about French pretensions and an ornamental colorel. The readable content is fragmentary and lacks coherent news.
Crimson clover gains attention in regions where red clover fails. A Kentucky Experiment Station farm report shows four acres with two and a half harvested in good order, one and a half storm damaged, yielding 1 487 pounds per acre valued at 8 canta per pound, total 44.62 per acre on healthy soil and 17.43 per acre on damaged plots. The crop improved soil, aided subsequent corn, and left a fine seed bed ready for plowing.
A Washington Post reader recalls a theater visit where a plump woman in front caused delays as she repeatedly stood to allow a neighboring man to pass. The observer notes the man's impatience and the scene's humorous tension, ending with a vow to tell the woman off if they ever meet.
In Cornwall and Devon England arsenic production caused cattle deaths from fumes. Manufacturers installed wash towers and brushwood filters that capture most fumes. Tests show fumes drop from 7.4 grains per cubic foot to under 0.25 grains per cubic foot, aided by air purity campaigns.
The Niagara region's electric road, driven by turbine power from the Horseshoe Falls, carried about 467,000 passengers by November. A new parallel line on the riverbank is planned, with brackets at the cliff foot to attract tourists over the Whirlpool Rapids. The 100,000 horsepower use is expected to barely affect the green water sheet, by only one to two inches.
The morgue keeper, after centu ries observing unidentified bodies, finds casual acquaintances recognize distorted or injured faces faster than close relatives. He explains long acquaintance erodes facial details while others focus on remaining features to identify the person.
A Philadelphia directory for 1701, owned by Detective Jones of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad, lists President George Washington among federal officials. Compiled by Clement Boddle and printed by James and Johnson at 147 High Street, later Market Street, it notes Philadelphia as the early federal capital and includes the full extent of the era’s tariff law on tiny pages.
In a clipped exchange Mrs. Gossoppe chides Mrs. Catlipes about blindness while Mrs. Gossppe reacts with alarm at an unexpected guest, wondering if the new French chef has arrived. The mispronunciations and hurried dialogue suggest a domestic scene filled with mistaken identity and social tension.
The Dramatic Mirror warns managers that indecent posters and suggestive titles drive away far more patrons than they attract. It argues the public is mainly clean minded and that every indecent poster loses many women and girls plus men, severely harming box office and reputation.
An 19th century warning describes a hollow gutta percha weapon used by French highwaymen to strike travelers without visible wounds. The piece also advertises KH S Oblicts and D S Hopkins architectural books, and promotes a Buffalo medical association guide on nervous debility and early aging with home treatment options.
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