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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1921

Page

8

Reapportionment and postwar policy debate across nations

The review notes Senate actions on army size and budget cuts, political shifts in apportionment, and Lloyd George Briand talks on reparations. It covers Germany's Versailles obligations, Japan relations, and possible cabinet picks for Harding. It also reports Briand becoming French premier, Austrian, Irish, and German royalist tensions, plus anti-British measures in Ireland.

Lloyd George Briand Berlin Germany Aristide Briand France Radivata Parla Austria Turkey Greece Separations Committee Czecho-Slovakia Roumania Hungary Minaster Grim Toretent Cohalan Cork Trish Ireland Sinn ‘Penn London Dublin Crown O'Callaghan America

Bits of News in General

A collage of brief world and national items notes burials in Allentown and Ottawa, a soup kitchen in Bridgeport, robberies in Nebraska, a flood disaster at Padua, Texas, a bank hold up in Houston, and unrest in Upper Silesia. Diplomatic, financial, and political developments include whisky exports, Vienna relief offices, and Woodrow Wilson hosted luncheon. Litigation and crime reports cover mall thefts, deportation orders, Ford loan talks, and a Kansas City banker reward. A Budapest party seeks restoration of Charles and Austria reunion, while Chicago transit fare plans gain council approval. A World War II veteran, Whbur J. Wills, is remembered after a tree accident.

Walter EH. A. Ziegler Allentown Arthur Lewis Siften Dominion Ottawa Bridgeport Padua Tex Citizena State Bank Houston Berlin Brogut Achuiz Upper Ailesia American Friends’ Society Vienna London United States Daily Express Washington Woodrow Wilson White House Chicago Union Station Gregory Weinstein Wilson Labor Department New York Ford Motor Company Association of Suburban Bankera Kansaa City Budapest Julius Andrasey Charles Austria Thompson Chicago Ines Whbur J. Wills Argonne Big Homen

Chicago hunts four youths after bold mail truck heist

Chicago police, postal inspectors, and government security agents comb the city after four youths raided a Union Station mail truck. They seized two registered mail sacks valued at more than $100,000, triggering a broad manhunt.

Chicago Union Station Chicago Union Station

Illinois farmer Louie Martin slain near Lincoln

Springfield report states Louie Martin, a prominent Logan county farmer, was shot through the heart in his barn while tending a cow about three miles from Lincoln. Authorities hunt the assailant as the investigation begins.

Louia Martin Lincoln Springfield Louie Marti Logan County

Markets Update in Grain Livestock Prices

Markets report mixed grain and livestock quotes with mixed patent grades for wheat including soft and hard winter, rye, hay prices for timothy and clover mixes, and cattle and hog prices ranging from prime steers to veal calves. Grain prices reflect delivery terms and various patent classifications while livestock quotes show bids for prime and ordinary cattle, heifers, calves, and sheep.

How Could He Be First Match Nice Lookin Fel ler Second Wot Married

A compact period style note contrasts two reactions to a man described as nice looking. The dialogue hints at social perceptions and marital status as a plot point in a brief, fragmentary newspaper item. The tone reflects street vernacular and local speaking habits.

Why Druggists Recommend Swamp-Root Medicine

Drug store readers are urged to try Dr Kilmar’s Swamp-Root, a kidney liver and bladder remedy praised for years by pharmacists. The ad claims it strengthens organs, supports natural function, and has many adherents. A sample bottle offer requests ten cents and asks readers to mention the paper.

Kilmar Biedder Dr. Himer & Co Binghamton, N

Train Romance Recalled Over Slippers In Car

In a smoking compartment exchange a sharp wife recalls a past romance sparked by a gift of Christianas slippers before marriage. She insists a mismeasured slipper led to their union, as a young man and his partner nearby react by removing his feet from the seat.

Charles

Willing to Divide

A quip on a poor man seeking medical help. The eminent specialist offers a five dollar examination, promising half if he finds a fault. The anecdote ends with a reflection that the person who shapes a character will make enemies.

Those who surprise you with one extraordinary epigram and no more

A concise musing notes that individuals who deliver a single sharp epigram may have borrowed the idea or line from others, suggesting originality is often borrowed or repurposed rather than wholly original. The remark underscores the communal nature of clever sayings in literary culture.

Cutiora Soother and Routine for Clear Skin Ad

Advertising advice promotes Cutloura Ointment to soothe itching and scalp irritation with gentle rubbing, followed by Cutloura Soap and hot water shampoo. Claims daily use yields clear skin and soft hands. Includes a quoted proverb by James J. Hidh contrasting land and people.

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Overview

Those in a run down condition feel catarrh more than in good health, showing catarrh is influenced by constitutional factors. Fall's Catarrh Medicine, a female and blood purifier, works through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. Active through druggists. circulars free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.

Hall Fall F. J. Cheney & Coa Toledo

Sleuths Intuition At Fault In Freight Case Train Stop

In Indianapolis News report two federal prohibition agents aboard a North Vernon to Indianapolis train confronted a black man with a heavy suitcase. After a prompt exchange they opened the case and found six cans of home preserved fruit. The incident cues law enforcement caution and carriage security on travel.

North Vernon Indianapolis Ciing Indianapolis News

Little Donald In Trouble With Nursery Rhymes

A mother asks if Donald feels well when he does not play as usual. He answers I got sheep in the meadows and cows in the gordes, revealing a child’s fanciful confusement with farm imagery.

Donald Gordes

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