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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1926
Page
6
Paris fashion notes that some Faristennes plan to wear painted hats this winter and drop all trimming, buckles, and feathers. An artist could transform an old velvet or felt hat into a chic, seemingly brand new piece. Some women may seek hats as signed masterpieces by fashionable painters at usual prices.
A circulated ad urges buyers to demand Bayer on aspirin packaging to ensure authenticity. It reports tuberculosis rates in the Irish Free State dropping from 1919 to 1923 and notes a continued decline in deaths into 1928. An advertising blurb promotes Cuticura skincare products with a 25 cent price.
Dispatches report 181 former landowners banished to Siberia from White Rus sia. Of these, 64 are Russian, 58 Polish, 10 Latvian, 10 White Russian, and 9 of other nationalities.
An old time remedy claims rapid relief for croup, coughs, colds, and whooping cough. Dr Drake’s Glesa Co is advertised as a time tested remedy available from druggists for 50 cents a bottle. The notice urges parents to have it ready for midnight onset and asserts dramatic results with no vomiting.
Yale honors James Fennimore Cooper by housing memorabilia in the Cooper room of Sterling Memorial Library. The collection includes manuscripts from Leatherstocking Tales and other works, diaries, a marble bust, portraits, and letters to family and contemporaries such as Sir Walter Scott and Washington Irving. Cooper, born 1789 in Burlington New Jersey, rose from modest beginnings to become America's leading novelist, with works like The Spy, The Pioneers, The Pilot, and The Last of the Mohicans influencing readers from Europe to the Americas.
Among wedding guests in the country a man with persistent rude behavior irritated others. After continued insolence he lifted a served piece of meat and, in a voice meant to amuse, asked if it was the pig, a moment that underscored his unacceptable conduct.
A quiet writer asks which end of the fork is meant while recounting a shop where snuff tubs served as seats for many old customers. The scene recalls Doctor Johnson visiting en route to the Cheshire Cheese and a tub is pointed out to visitors as a notable relic.
The oldest Segar shop in London is said to sit at 146 Fleet Street. Built in 1667 after the Great Fire, the tobacco and staff business was established in 1700 by Mr Hoare. Since then it has changed hands only twice.
Mrs Newed and Mr Newed exchange lines about talking long after marriage in a terse Bulletin snippet. The fragment hints at a humorous domestic exchange captured in a brief social note.
The piece reflects on Disraeli about friendship and money with a satirical tone. It notes South African agricultural shows and a booming bow motor trade with farmers. A janitor job joke is included alongside a cemetery lodge-keeper pun. It ends with a general remark on effort opening paths to success.
An advertisement touts Tanlac as a natural body builder that revitalizes blood, stimulates digestion, and rejuvenates the liver. It claims a worldwide blend of roots and herbs, testimonials from diverse users, and urges immediate purchase from druggists. Also promotes Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipation and jokes about dictionaries on trains.
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