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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
6
A chaotic Iowa wire front reports partial details of rail and farm accidents, court actions, and local officials across towns like Charles City Mason City and Mt Ayr. Notable items include a courthouse razing plan a Bronx fire and a hanging sentence for Khrl Throat.
The Washington arms conference closed its plenary with a navy reduction plan, accepting a ten year cap on capital ships for the five powers and new limits on submarines and auxiliaries. The United States, Britain, Japan, France and Italy gain relative strength while Japan preserves the Mutsu and France wins concessions on submarines. Delegates from Chita and Far Eastern republics accused Franco Japanese schemes, provoking dispute over Siberia and Russian policy.
Flaws blocking Sunday moving pictures adopted in Palmwyru Missouri. Vancouver adopts Keep to the right rule of the road replacing Keep to the left. Colonel Snowden, former Chicago editor, dies in Yakoma Washington at seventy four. Yarding nominates William J. O'Toole of West Virginia for Paraguay minister. Soviet soldiers seized in Karelia, akademy dispatch from Copenhagen. Mercy ship Whinebage sails from Baltimore to a Russian port with 284200 bushels of corn. Floyd Roy, sixteen, suffocated in a fire at J. J. Matthews home Cedar Rapids. Lima Ohio announces layoffs at a foundry plant. Three Owl Drug collectors held up in Los Angeles for about $10000. L. W. Brown, just inaugurated mayor of Riverside, killed in auto crash near Upland. Henry Fletcher nominated ambassador to Belgium. Karelia reports reconquered territory near Mhunleh border. Donald and Alex Velvet noted in event. West Virginia coal miners seek federal aid for starving families. Col John S. Russell nominated for brigadier general. Acid attack blinds student Berplier Williamson at Des Moines. $1000 reward offered for thieves who robbed Elshw Root residence near Ut en North Carolina. Mrs Bessie Morris killed her two sons and then herself in Birmingham police reports.
Woodrow Wilson writes New Year letter to the Women’s Democratic Political League predicting 1922 will restore nationwide confidence in the Democratic party. Separately, Tokyo’s central post office was destroyed by fire, causing significant holiday mail losses.
Markets data lists flour varieties with patent grades, wheat prices, rye flour, hay quality, and assorted livestock values. Entries cover prime steers, feeding and yearlings, cows, calves, hogs, sheep, and live poultry. Specifics include price ranges and unit measures for several commodities.
A 1902 Urbana Illinois reader endorses Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a mild laxative and quick relief for indigestion and liver ailments. The ad claims constipation causes many diseases and urges using the pellets, available from local druggists for 26 cents in small vials.
A witty exchange centers on a supposed sighting of a wife at night. The reply clarifies the figure was not the wife but a friend of wine, turning a potential scandal into a humorous moment.
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a tasty remedy to cleanse a child's bowels and relieve fever, colic, and constipation. It claims a teaspoon clears waste and bile within hours, promising a well, playful child and urging mothers to ask druggists for genuine syrup to avoid imitations.
A compact remark notes that without ignorance some individuals would remain dissatisfied. It implies human contentment hinges on unawareness and folly.
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