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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1899
Page
4
Robert Evans, merchant tailor offers fine custom suits in latest styles at reasonable charges. All orders filled on short notice. Repairs and pressing neatly done. Complete line of samples. Satisfaction guaranteed. First door East of Bank, Elgin, Iowa.
A jumble of old ads tout tonics for nerves and bowel trouble, Shiloh’s Cure, and Oliver Root Tea. It promotes California tourist excursions from Cedar Rapids and cheap travel by railroad, plus playing cards and hog remedies from Dr Haas. Includes rates, itineraries, and contact names like J Mortos and J Monron in Cedar Rapids.
The author argues that with sovereignty passing to the United States under treaty, natives and Spaniards alike lack independent authority. Diplomacy should prevent rebellion and derive benefit from peaceful relations with Filipinos, avoiding costly war and deep-seated enmity. hotheads should not control policy.
The Ycatian Prince in Electristan is described as the sole prince among European royals with extensive electrical expertise. He is noted for knowledge of electricity, motive power, sound, and photography, and among the early pioneers in X ray experiments. His Rome residence in the Quirinal housed a scientific laboratory during bachelor days.
A Georgia pastor announces resignation after a dispute over his salary in a farewell sermon. He accuses church members of opposing his call for free salvation and notes the treatment he received as proof of their stance. Separate items include Mrs Skinner expressing a wish to be a man to better please her wife with a diamond necklace.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a quoted line and a scene with a beautiful maiden and a character named Abe. possible dramatic or sensational narrative. Details are incomplete and names may be uncertain, but the fragment hints at a plot moment involving an attempt to prepare or equip something for a distant place.
Mrs West of Seattle rode twenty miles home after a bicycle accident near Lake Washington. She broke a rib split a kneecap and lost teeth yet remounted and persisted despite severe injuries and bleeding. Her grit matched that of Mrs Rhinehart of Denver as she returned to her home.
Mrs. Ruby Bennett Kately of Bridgeport may lose a fortune of 70000 through her marriage to fresco painter Frank Kately. Her aunt Mrs. Beers alleges breach of contract and seeks damages while trustee James Staples has paid income to Ruby. A wild tale ends with Beers boarding lodgers in a Washington avenue house once shared with the painter and doves.
A male giraffe gifted to Queen Victoria by Chief Bethoen of Bechuanaland died aboard the Roa lin Castle after sailing from Cape Town on September first. Transporter Herr Windhorn did his best but sea tossing and exhaustion left the animal unable to eat, dying within half an hour of reaching Regent's Park quarters.
Professors Huttmeyer and Waldrich present evidence that domestic dogs resembling Mora existed in Europe during the Neolithic period alongside the Iron and Bronze Ages. In South America, Dr Lydekker notes that humans cultivated companionship with dogs long before now-extinct mammals disappeared, as seen in pampas remains.
The hairpin trade began in 1878 in the United States after prior reliance on imports from England or France. Today the industry is large, with 60,000 packages sold daily to meet wholesale demand in New York.
A personal note from Buffalo describes a claimed remedy for advanced consumption. The writer asserts certainty that the remedy has saved many lives and references a practitioner or maker named Finke and initials W UW. The misspelled terms and archaic phrasing reflect a historical medicine advertisement tone.
An early 20th century style remedy claims to cure catarrh with a clear head and sweet breath. It advertises a nasal spray or tonic named Shiyl's Caturrh Remedy, offered by local sellers listed as Sy, Fioko, and others, promising relief without injections.
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