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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1916

Page

6

Late Happenings in Iowa Across Many Towns

Obituaries recall Rev Samuel Hackett of Linden and Hon Charles Bradshaw of Toledo. Iowa Falls paving bids total 82 620 dollars with 2 072 for alleys and 4 000 for grading. Cascade residents seek liquor ban. Gen Dodge will endow a library and aid veterans. Fire damage hits Ottumwa and Iowa City plant destroys glove factory. Taft to visit Ames. Vinton celebrates urban improvements. Municipal notes cover schools, fires, and public works across Marshall county and beyond.

Samuel Hackett Iowa Linden Dallas County Friends’ Church Henry County Wast Linn Greens County Kendrick Scranton Quarterly Meeting Stuart C. B. Bradshaw Banc Marshall-Tama-Benton Toledo Cornell College Entral Twenty-fourth Infantry Iowa Falls Cascade Dubuque Drugelsta District Court Grenville M. Dodge Council Bluffs Norwich University Northfield Vermont General Dodge Amy Foz Cedar Falls Carl Johnson Johnson Centerville W. IH. Taft Yale University Iowa State College Taft Ames Vinton Marshall County Martha Smith Beeson Gay Byron A. Beeson Des Moines Antil Iowa Soldiers’ Home

Rulings on Workmen's Comp and English Policies

Industrial commission rules original employer liable in case of worker injury when men are loaned during slack seasons, and a separate ruling states a worker injured commuting to work gets no compensation. Chief Justice Gummere holds railroad workers may claim under federal law. Emory English orders all policies printed in English, not foreign languages. W B Barney declines to analyze temperance drinks for manufacturers, focusing analyses for the attorney general's department. Kenyon faces mixed letters over a proposed agriculture assistant secretary, while Iowa probes interstate fare increases and tuberculosis mortality prompts intensified prevention efforts. Woodbury County census shows growth, especially Bronx City, with Anamosa quiet after recent unrest.

Des Moines Henry Sampson Attorney General's Office Emory H Mutual Fire Insurance Towa W. B. Barney State Dairy and Food Commissionér State House Attorney General's Department Woodbury Lawton Anthon Salix Danbury Smithland Oto Pierson Sloan Correctionville Hornick Sargents Bluff Bronx City Henry E. Sampson

Outlaw Dalton Band Survivor Returns to Ghost Town

Arkansas Kid Tom Jones, the sole survivor of the Doolin Dalton gang, revisits Ingalls Oklahoma, the town once used by the outlaws as a hideout and now deserted except for memories. He recalls the 1893 siege by deputy marshals and the 17 to 6 gunfight, while noting the hotel from which he directed fire is relocated to Stillwater.

Ingalls Payne County Bill Doo Mn Bill Dalton Oklahoma Ingalla Tom Jonas Eyven Winchester Stillwater Tom Jones Bill Doolin Bitter Creek George Newcombe Dynamite Dick Tulsa Jack BJ Blake Wilson Creek Hornea Marshala Atreeta Jones Doolin Dalton Washington Quthrie Pierce Uange Emmett Dalton Doolin: Dalton

Glass of Hot Water Before Breakfast A Splendid Habit

An old advertising feature touts drinking a glass of real hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims rapid improvements in appetite energy and appearance, suggesting a quarter pound of limestone phosphate is inexpensive and beneficial for biliousness constipation stomach trouble rheumatism and internal sanitation.

Adv

Unclear fragment hints at rowing and social events

Fragment discusses Evelyn, a rowing outing, and a suggestion about a type of person. It remains incoherent, with names and phrases cut off, offering no clear event or outcome to summarize.

California Syrup of Figs Ad Claims Gentle Constipation Relief

A vintage advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a harmless laxative for children and adults. It describes symptoms of constipation, touts quick relief within hours, and invites readers to buy a 50 cent bottle with full usage directions on the label. It ends with a market-style joke about war per capita costs.

California

Jad Salts Advertisement Warns Backache Kidney Relief

An old advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a kidney and bladder remedy. It links backache and urinary symptoms to meat consumption, claims the drink cleanses sluggish kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, and prevents rheumatic pain. It urges consulting a physician or buying Jad Salts for daily use. It ends with a quip about obituary notices.

Saya Efort

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