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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1899
Page
4
Robert Evans, merchant tailor, offers fine custom suits in latest styles at reasonable charges. All orders filled quickly. Repairs and pressing done neatly. Complete line of samples. Satisfaction guaranteed. Located at street corner east of Gank in Elgin Iowa.
A compact notice offering wood to subscribers who bri some on subscription and promising receipt for the subscription amount, plus sale of Karl's Clover Root Tea for constipation by W. H. Finke with money-back if not satisfied.
A ragged compilation of travel ads and patent medicine pitches from Cedar Rapids marketplace notices. It touts a winter tourist excursion to California by rail, details rates and berths, and promotes Shiloh’s remedies for coughs and nervous disorders, with various agents and contact addresses.
The South St. Paul shops are expected to shift some work to Calhoun as rails access expands. New machinery arrives en route from Niles Machine Company, with five carloads noted including a mammoth hither and inverting machinery. Work speeds up across departments, promising a robust factory chorus. Also, Prof. F. S. Weston, former Oelwein principal, is reported to have gone insane and was taken to a hospital after an officer found him south of Quasqueton.
A drive wheel on the southbound passenger train leaving Oelwein at 7 am broke away between Dukertin and Dawar, rolling 120 feet across the track. Engineer Mr. Lill of De Moines managed to stop the train safely. several passengers were frightened but uninjured.
Decorah Republican reports a chilling tale from a township once home to John 8. Kjerland the murderer who died by his own hand. The narrative links a string of tragedies including a man named Hanson whose family perished in a cyclone, L. O. Loran's stroke and dementia, and a man dubbed Big John who allegedly killed a neighbor and then tried to kill his wife.
Ailing Judge Hobson could not open court in Waukon on Monday. Judge Hollows adjourned his term at Elkader and will preside in Hobson's stead. Elkader’s arrival allowed immediate work, as the court schedule shifted to cover the absence.
Corolil Magazine recounts Queen Elizabeth’s struggle to mask age and illness. She used heavy paint and a red wig, ordered flattering portraits, and banned rival depictions. A French embassy visited before her decline, she danced, then gout crippled her fingers, ending with a stinging rebuke to Sir Robert Cecil.
A Los Angeles Herald account portrays Capistrano as Spanish tainted with a guardian constable who enforces hospitality. Two disrespectful travelers trigger a dramatic derailment moment as the constable confronts hoboes beneath a stationary train, revealing tension between local authority and lingering bohemian views.
A Washington congressman, late to his friend’s daughter’s wedding, sends his wife to the ceremony. At the reception his wife notices his limp from mismatched footwear a heelless slipper on one foot and a boot with a military heel on the other. He had forgotten to finish changing shoes.
A young woman now owns a Civil War relic once in her father’s possession among other effects from a Southern relative. During the Mobile siege, city women filled sand bags for defense. In a popular boarding house, young ladies made and decorated such bags with mottoes, including the faded blue device reading God save the South from Harriet Brown.
A Pittsburg Daily News line depicts Laura recalling her husband’s shy nature. She notes he still arrives late from the club and used to hold his breath with fear before they wed, implying lingering anxiety and past habits.
Guzzam states he found a bride who can cook better than his mother while questioning why he entered marriage. The exchange highlights a comic take on marriage procurement and family dynamics in a wartime setting.
An advertisement touts Shilo’s Cure for consumption and related ailments, promising instant relief for dyspepsia and stomach distress. It claims cures for catarrh, biliousness, and kidney issues, with a guarantee and free injector, sold by W. H. Finke.
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