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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
4
A 19th century style discussion explains the surge in eyeglass use. Increased reading, sewing, and new inventions tax eyes, while illiteracy decline and cheap literature raise demand. Better understanding of glasses now seen as a real necessity for many, not a sign of degeneration.
A Punjab police trooper recounts a near fatal tiger attack near Chawald. While riding in jungle paths, a tiger bit his coat. A bottle of ammonia in his coat pocket shattered, the released fumes scaring the beast away. He survived with minor injuries and lasting nerves shaken for months.
Paul Kruger, a devout man from a pious Duytrh family, reportedly underwent a dramatic religious experience about thirty years ago. After handing his wife a marked Bible and leaving home, he vanished for days, and rescuers found him exhausted on the mountains after a period of intense solitary prayer.
The piece criticizes Spain's military buildup, noting an army of 23,000 officers and excessive size, four times too large given holdings like Cuba and the Philippines. It highlights officials resisting reductions, arguing for budgets to sustain service generations, reflecting entrenched military privilege.
A garbled historical notice describes a Chinaman visiting a letter shop and bargaining with the keeper. He pays for two bavats and intends to send more, with the rest to be paid yearly, reflecting mid century private letter practices and commerce in city lettershops.
A Sanctioned discussion from St. Louis Globe-Democrat extols cold and winter as health boosts. It argues cold repairs injuries from summer heat, improves circulation and digestion, and renews vitality. Instances include cold water splash for fainting and morning cold face baths.
A Boulogne bullfight held at 10 p.m. drew several hundred excursionists from Hastings and Brighton aboard three steamers. The event killed six bulls and three horses, with two riders injured, causing a panic as 3,000 spectators surged for exits. Foreigners expressed strong disgust.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reporter recalls seeing Honduran family camps near a river in Olancho. The wife digs and pan-washes dirt for gold, extracting small flecks and storing them in clay quills, often earning about two dollars daily, while the husband shops for whiskey or supplies.
Swiss papers announce a forthcoming airship launch over Lake Constance. Count von Zeppelin, a retired German officer, claims to have solved the light motor problem and towed a boat at nine miles per hour with his aeroplane. The vessel, moored at Friedrichshafen, measures over 550 feet long and fifty feet in diameter, powered by two motors, and aims to reach 3000 feet altitude, lift nearly two tons, and stay airborne for a week.
Norway's popular party drafts a program pushing for independence through a separate Norwegian foreign affairs ministry and distinct consular system. The move would leave the king as the sole bond of union, likely provoking royal resistance over potential dual loyalties amid possible wars with Britain or Russia.
Argentine savant Dr R Hauthal proposes that Megatherium and Mylodon remains from Patagonia came from a domesticated prehistoric herd. He cites Ultima Esperanza cave as a site where evidence of ancient giant sloths is found and suggests it served as a stable for the beasts.
An organized effort aims to stamp out consumption in Germany through scientific treatment. Twenty sanatoria for patients have opened, with more to be provided. A Berlin congress will coordinate a national movement against the disease.
Prof C A Young explains in the November New Lincoln a notable fact about meteors: morning rates are higher and their speeds greater than in the evening. He attributes this to our orbital orientation, facing forward in the morning and trailing in the evening, with speeds around twenty six miles per second.
George Dietz once of Chester Pennsylvania now in Honolulu’s jewelry trade recovered a watch lost over thirty years ago at Gettysburg while fighting for the north. A Kansas volunteer, Harry Ellis, brought the item to a jeweler. the seller, bound for Manila, offered to trade it. The astonished men learned the father had found the watch on the battlefield and passed it along.
A reminiscence on the decline of quill pens and the rise of steel nibs. The author recalls teachers skilled at cutting quills, students calling for nibs, and the shift to pen nib terminology as schooling tools evolve.
A Harper's Magazine excerpt notes Indian conjurers lack novelty and cleverness, with many tricks seeming old or flawed. It contrasts them with Chinese performers and describes alleged mango tree illusions, simple plant substitutions, and snake handling, including cobras and a mongoose fight.
A 36 year old Austrian man, Joseph Pribanicz of Hoeflein, died after leaping from a moving train to recover his hat blown from the carriage. He crawled back toward the track seeking the hat, was struck by an oncoming express, and dragged about 50 yards, dying from the injuries. The hat was valued at about five shillings.
Patrolman George W. Rogers of Gates Avenue station Brooklyn applies to the police board to wear eye glasses on patrol. His eyes are inflamed by wind and officials note others wear glasses on desk duty but not on patrol. The board refers the case to police surgeons for examination and report.
Captured off Ocean City New Jersey on November 3, fishermen pursued a small whale that chased a school of fish before stranding on the shore. The whale weighed about pounds and was later shipped to Philadelphia as a gift to the University of Pennsylvania.
The text touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a universal preventive and cure for croup and related coughs. MM V Fisher of Taberty West Virginia endorses its use in families for relief and cites it as the best cough remedy and a sure cure for croup. It is sold locally by Stovhr's Pharmacy.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes Larrabee's resignation signals principled officials avoid public service for fear of party attacks. It credits his honesty and independence, laments party hypocrisy, and urges voters to recognize integrity over factional advantage amid cold weather pleas and local political spin.
Playing Cards offered by BCR and NRy agents at Cedar Rapids listed per park two for 23 or 81 50 per dozen. Farm for sale near Gunder Iowa at 32 dollars per acre, 276 acres with 210 cultivated, 30 heavy timber, water, wind mill, and good buildings. Shilohs Consumption Cure advertised as remedy.
A dated false testimonial claims nervousness constipation and bowel trouble were cured by a product called Shildea Catarrh Remedy with a nasal injector. The letter from A. H. Finke of Hartford Connecticut touts health gains and a clear head after use.
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