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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
8
A distorted testimonial claims Peterson's Ointment saved a leg and offered a money back guarantee. The ad urges readers to buy on a large box for 86 cents at druggists, praising its use for burns, scalds, bruises, sunburn and itching while mentioning Rochester and Buffalo origins.
The ad highlights Green's August Flower as an effective digestive remedy for nervous dyspepsia sour stomach constipation indigestion torpid liver and headaches. It claims fifty eight years of use in millions of households worldwide and notes 80 and 90 cent bottle prices with wide availability.
In Quincy market frogs fetch 40 cents a dozen legs but may drop to 15 cents as winter supply rises. Current stock comes from Maine and New York, with the largest batches from the Middle West, notably Indiana, where frogs’ long journeys for water affect their hind quarters.
Advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for itching scalp and dandruff with gentle rubbing, followed by Cuticura Soap wash and hot water. It claims clear skin and soft hands as everyday toilet preparations, noting deeds in real estate transactions as louder than words.
Audubon plans to arm firemen with sawed off shotguns to combat potential robberies. The piece also notes civic planning for a new high school building at Riceville and extensive street improvements across Dubuque, Stratford, and other Iowa towns, plus local civic projects and state road and public works developments. The report highlights varied local efforts, from city resurfacing in Tadlangla to electrical expansions in Webster City and Cedar Rapids.
The phrase sow wild oats means youthful excess and later reform. It originated among English country folk and dates to at least the sixteenth century, initially signifying sowing worthless seed that would yield weedlike crops, a moral idea later tied to wasted youth.
An advertisement urges buyers to ensure the Bayer name appears on aspirin packaging or tablets to guarantee genuine Bayer Aspirin approved by physicians for 23 years. It warns that without Bayer branding emissions may be dangerous and urges careful purchasing.
An excerpt explains ostracism from Athens in the sixth century B C. Citizens wrote suspected names on shells and placed them in an urn for senate scrutiny. The council banished the most named after a vote threshold of six thousand. the practice ended around 800 B C.
The Morris Canal in New Jersey, drained and abandoned, has become a surprising coal source. Its dry bed is scattered with anthracite relics dropped by past barges, creating small mounds of coal along the route near Hackettstown and Port Murray as residents gather winter supplies.
A compact Detroit News item contemplates mental firmness as a test of character, arguing that steadfastness comes from rejecting prejudice rather than strictly clinging to truth, a reflection on intellect and integrity.
Health authorities in Argentina establish a new national department of hygiene using radio equipped railroad cars, moving picture machines, first aid and disinfectants to villages. Lectures and posters support the effort and a child welfare division is created to aid communities.
Roman statuary finds at Baia Italy accompany ongoing excavations show no Bacchus busts rather red alabaster African marbles with reliefs of Graeco Roman arts. Septimus Severus referenced among discoveries.
A remark notes that when a woman cannot devise another excuse she may claim a headache as the fallback. The line reflects a stereotype about excuses and gender expectations, illustrating how simple ailments are leveraged to avoid responsibilities or scrutiny.
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