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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
8
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet notes a grim impression about a man at a hotel after someone mentions not expecting him to be popular. The quoted exchange references obtaining hotel registers from Tiprington, Wisconsin.
An advertisement touts Usit as a boon for men with heavy beards and tender skin. Rub a few drops into the beard before shaving for a quick, comfortable shave with no smarting. Genuine Usit comes in opal bottles from Unit Manufacturing Co. Buffalo N Y. Price 60c.
A dubious advertisement urges readers to obtain a two ounce bottle of Emerald Oil and apply it nightly and morning to varicose veins claiming shrinkage to normal size. The notice also asserts the product dissolves goitre and reduces swollen glands, with unrelated local remarks about post office staff and heavy books.
An OCR fragment repeats a slogan urging Denison's Coffee as the answer when others fail to please. It includes a misquoted line about a man being hurt each time he is seared and living to age seventy. The readable text centers on the brand in a persistent advertising voice.
Mrs Hamandhaw denies planning to buy furniture while Mr Hamandhaw notes a floor sheet listing items like a wash stand and piano stool. The note is read as a record of items the baby has dropped this week, not a shopping list.
Frederick Maryland minister Rev W H Warner credits Dodds Kidney Pills with saving his life after kidney and back trouble. The ad promotes Dodds Kidney Pills 50c per box and Dodds Dyspepsia Tablets 60c, plus free household hints and music.
A home hair dye method recommends mixing Bay Rum with Barbo Compound and glygerine in water to darken gray hair. Apply twice weekly until the desired shade, claiming gradual color change without scalp staining, plus dandruff relief and softer hair.
In a breezy aside Whiz notes that motor boating outpaces automobiling as there are no trees or fences to climb, a playful take on sport value and outdoor freedom. The remark contrasts the open water with land constraints, hinting at boating’s broader, freer appeal.
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets for sluggish bowels and indigestion. It promises a 10 cent box will cleanse the stomach remove fermenting food and bile, and deliver a clear head by morning. Children are urged to use Cascarats as they are said not to gripe or sicken.
An elderly physician chides a junior on diagnosing a patient with a cold while noting a white marble stairway gold furniture and cars as clues to a bank account congestion. A New York hotel offers a food album translating French menus for guests. A quip about peace contrasts argument with a graveyard vision.
A reader testimonial extols Postum as a healthier alternative after a family member suffered heart trouble and stomach issues from coffee. The writer recalls discovering Postum with a merchant, switching the household, and noting improved health for his mother and others. Postum Cereal and Instant Postum are advertised by the Postum Co. at Battle Creek, Michigan.
Chicago August Bilka, a restaurant chef, saved $1,000 and sought quick wealth. A gypsy fortune teller instructed him to pin a $600 bill to his heart and return in four days. After handing the bill to the teller, the plan failed, and he lost $500 when no one answered the next day.
Calvin D. Rogers and his party while hunting near Tarr's place in Iron River Wisconsin killed a mother bear and one cub after a fierce fight. The group then dispatched two more cubs with aid from Mead and Rogers' sons and nephew Clarence Mead. Black bears common to the area.
Robert B. Moore, a Pierce County superior court convict on grand larceny, who escaped from the state honor camp at Waterville, has returned to the penitentiary. Advices from W L Bowen, state honor camp superintendent, report Moore wrote from Portland that he fled to see his wife and children. His wife urged him to surrender to authorities and “take his medicine.”
A man recounts a parrot in a cage near a window that cries Stop thief, a remark that makes friends laugh each time he passes by. The humor hinges on the bird’s surprising phrase and the speaker’s earnest delivery, leaving bystanders amused.
An assortment of 1900s era advertisements includes Cuticura soap and ointment for baby rashes with a free mail sample offer from Boston. Also tips on facial deformation from nose tweaks with handkerchiefs, an Eye Remedy promo from Chicago, and a humorous golf insect joke about a beetle and a caddie at a seventh hole.
An advertisement style item promotes Pazo ointment for piles with claims of cure in days and refunds. It includes advice lines and assorted mottos, mentioning Dr Pierce pills and Denison's Coffee in a courtly, humorous tone from a past era. It reads like a collage of promo copy and quips.
Seaford Delaware report describes George Hewes a Negro boy who ate about seventy five large raw oysters ginger snap cake pecan nuts and candy in a bet with another colored boy at W H Stevens Center House. He was taken ill and doctors warned his condition was critical for several hours.
Mrs Dubwaite notes the football season has ended and baseball is far off. She worries over her son at college who writes that his social duties have been neglected. Mr Dwywaite responds that he plans to study while the term awaits.
An old advertisement warns that urine examination influences life insurance risk and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Anuris from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York. It claims Anuris dissolves uric acid and cleanses kidneys, supporting blood vessels and blood pressure, with tablet or squid forms and no alcohol.
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