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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
8
Crescent Fence claims a close diamond mesh that will not sag or twist, with heavy bracing to stand against stock. Manufactured with twist cables or heavy single parallel wires, the banner urges readers to request a catalogue from Crescent Wire Mfg Co in Waterloo City, Iowa.
Lowell Weaver, 94, remains active with long daily walks around Littleton while structural details of the Lowell suspender factory are noted. Admiral George Balch, aged elder statesman of the Navy, is described as the old living flag officer and a former commandant of the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
A letter to the editor extols Prof J F Whitson magnetic healing as a cancer cure without knives or drugs. The writer describes years of pain after two surgeries, travel to Davenport for treatment, and ten weeks of care that allegedly removed cancer and restored health. He praises the institute, noting relief from pain and restored appetite, and urges others to seek similar treatment.
A Boston Post report details the rising worth of pews in St. Pauls Episcopal Church on Tremont Street. Pews sold in 1820 for totals near 84,950 now average about 14,925.37 each, with Daniel Webster’s pew No. 25 noted and Miss Ellen F. Matson occupying it.
The city of Wiesbaden has built extensive ozone water works to produce drinking water free from pathogenic germs. An ozone generator uses electric discharges in metal-tube equipment, sending gas upward through coarse gravel in towers while water flows downward, arriving germless at the bottom.
Marketing notice offering a booklet explaining how to open a savings account by mail with two per cent interest compounded semiannually. Capital stock listed at two million and surplus profits of one million, naming directors and executives from Montgomery Ward & Co and multiple Chicago firms.
An advertisement touts a health preparation marketed by Oscar D Thorellus, Chemist, at a Prescription Drug store in Galesburg, Illinois. It claims to turn weak, ill people into “pictures of health” and offers testimonials, with postpaid rent on receipt of stamps or money orders.
A Washington Evening Times feature warns of a London tattoo artist who uses electrical needles to apply permanent cheek color. It notes risks of disfigurement if misapplied, questions the charm of a fixed pink flush, and urges caution about replacing natural variation with a single, unchanging tone.
A critique of children songs and rhymes with grim imagery and moral caution. The piece cites Nanty Panty Jack Dandy and other verses, noting violent or frightening themes, including theft, poaching, arson, and death, as reflective of religious persecution and harmful narratives.
Rudyard Kipling plans a long stay at Burwash in the countryside to avoid crowds and railway hubs after leaving Rottingdean and Vermont. The old stone manor offers farm land and a trout stream, yet Kipling quickly yearns for another South Africa trip, with 20 days there and 20 back, his third or fourth voyage since the war began.
The action of two South American republics, Chile and Argentina, in agreeing to disarm most of their forces and sell new building equipment is highlighted as a noteworthy step for the region, challenging the view that no good can come from South America.
A mottled story from a New York office building tells of a black and white cat known simply as The Cat. It patrols from basement to roof, hunting rats, hitching rides on elevators, and befriending staff as it quietly keeps the workplace free of vermin. The rogue hunter has earned praise, with managers noting its indispensable role among hall men, cleaners, and mechanics.
A Bronx bride confronts a coal wagon delays by rebuking a driver in a tense street scene. She claims the horses belong to the local charity and warns the driver to halt further hauling, while neighbors report illnesses and a tense, indignant mood among wives and mothers.
A well improved farm four miles from Deepwater in Henry County Missouri offers 126 acres. The home has five rooms with a small barn. Forty acres are second bottom India cultivation about 40 acres in pasture with some timber and remaining in meadow. Priced at 37.00 per acre.
80 acres near Conway in Taylor county Iowa. About half timbered with no buildings and fenced. Price three dollars per acre. Large list of land in the northeast county priced from five to thirty nine dollars per acre. Write for list.
Property notes describe nearby land around Lenox in Taylor County with cheap buildings. Prices include eighty acres at 55 dollars per acre and another eighty acres at 0 dollars per acre, with overall per acre pricing for Town Splendid land.
A 560 acre farm near a railroad town and ten miles from Clarke County seat offers 200 acres of level land with the rest gently rolling. Improvements valued over 5000 dollars, 44 fenced fields with windmill pumped water to tanks. School within a half mile, church three miles. Priced at 43 dollars per acre.
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