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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
8
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble without realizing it. Persistent back pain, headaches, and nervousness may signal kidney disease. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is advertised as the remedy, with offers for sample bottles by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes promising fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton or blends. It claims easy dyeing with directions in each package and a color card to match all materials. The ad also notes a social idea linking love and consent with a provocative line.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest way to ease a severe cold. It claims two hourly doses, usually three doses, relieve nasal congestion, headache, feverishness, sneezing, and sore stiffness, with a pleasant taste and no quinine at a low cost.
Edward Pickard surveys postwar politics, noting the League’s first council in Paris and U S hesitation. He analyzes tensions over article 10, German Bolshevik threats, and Polish aid, while reporting Adriatic settlement shifts, Baltic concerns, and the growing push for European recovery conferences and domestic prohibition enforcement.
A fragment from a wartime column questions whether Marks held a notable role in the final stages of the conflict. The piece hints at debate over his prominence and place in the historical record.
An advertisement promotes Cascarats as a gentle nightly cleanser for the stomach and bowels. It claims to remove sour fermenting foods and foul gases, reduce bile, and carry out waste while you sleep. The product is pitched as easy on the body, effective by morning, and inexpensive.
A naval officer with Admiral Sims in English waters recalls a fogbound night when wireless contact failed. A ship asked if it should proceed to the next port or return, and Sims quipped yes. A follow up query pleaded for clarification and was met with a brief denial.
A renter recounts meeting a small man in overalls posing as a furnace bidder. The supposed agent promised a new furnace, but the real owner confronts the renter, revealing he is the true owner and has money, insisting the renter’s expectations are unrealistic.
A eastern firm reports a monthly expenditure of $1000 on want ads to maintain an office force of 800 employees, indicating a sizable staffing operation and hiring effort.
An old advertisement touts Garfield Ten as a home remedy for constipation and stomach derangements, claiming it as a trusted family medicine. The jazzy copy contrasts the era’s simplicity with modern business, musing on the challenge of instilling common sense into a dreamer or a soul into a corporation.
The notice extols Boschee's Syrup as a long used remedy for coughs bronchitis and lung troubles. It claims a cold is common and potentially dangerous if neglected and notes influenza deaths exceed wartime casualties. The ad asserts the product provides a good night’s rest and easy morning expectoration and is made in America sold everywhere.
A New York lawyer represents a wealthy, haughty client who ran over a poor elderly woman. Facing arrest, she pleads for help. the attorney promises to prove to the court the client has never seen anyone worth less than $100,000, signaling a sharp, satirical jab at social strata.
A client arrives at a busy office near month end to see an employer unavailable. The narrator retrieves a bill and notes it would save time. The client then orders two cant attempts, ending the brief encounter with a practical remark.
A playful exchange from the Loulaville Courier Journal features a woman distressed by two marriages and a mock dilemma about choosing the one she loves most, framed in wry, colloquial dialogue.
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