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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
9
A collage of dates from 1540 to 1905 lists milestones from MartinTutner’s farewell sermon to Tokyo era dates, with entries on wars, constitutions, battles, and notable figures. Interspersed are ad-like fragments, quotes, and oddball notes reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper miscellany style.
The push for manhood suffrage in Prussia led to a massive Berlin rally with over 70,000 Socialists and supporters marching and meeting. Police dispersed a Parliament plaza procession after Landtag rejected the suffrage proposal. clashes left many injured. Women joined in large numbers as resolutions for suffrage and secret ballots were adopted across meetings. The protest spreads through Prussia.
A Jackson County grand jury returned 168 indictments against theater workers in Kansas City Missouri for violations of the Sunday closing law. Indicted managers faced multiple counts equal to the number of actors and employees working the prior Sunday with nonresident actors among those charged.
A jumble of old notices includes a reward notice for a case of Criiveh cure and a business endorsement by Wadding, Kinman & Matyin, plus generic patent medicine lines. Also contains parrot joke dialogue, a senator on currency, and a note about the Sutlej river as the swiftest in the world.
An old time advert explains exercise and Cascarets as a cure for constipation. It touts wood sawing, walking, and ten cent Cascarets from Sterling Remedy Co as a safe, non purgative bowel aid, urging readers to carry tabs stamped CC or CCG.
Fragmentary text describes financial figures and terms from 1907, including sales figures around 8.5 million and 4 hundred thousand, with references to binders, creditors, and quality promises. Unable to extract coherent events or entities beyond miscellaneous monetary amounts.
A playful excerpt shows Mars Corenonys Peter debating bath time with his mother before a Bobby Huntia party. Peter questions whether the event should be formal or informal, recalling a telephone remark about informality as Veter mutters a reply. The scene unfolds in front of a Washington setting with parental guidance shaping the mood.
A brief, archaic exchange shows a child pleading for help from Aly, asking for a penny for the poor orphan. The reply questions the caretaker’s absence while the child clarifies the request is for the orphan, not the adult.
Fragmentary report from 1817 recalls Richard Thornton accused of murder in a case heard at the bar of the king. The garbled text references Strawford, Miry Astsford, and a court ruling that no field should be prepared, with Thornton’s nephew and an appeal noted amid legal technicalities.
A wife asks if going to the club at night is required for their relationship. The husband states his presence is not strictly necessary, but the wife insists on participation, highlighting tension in the couple's social routine.
A garbled tribute quotes winter work and a dubious guarantee for a topical paste. The text mentions shoveling snow and a dubious medicine claim promising cure within two weeks or money back, reflecting a chaotic newspaper fragment from Chicago Tribune.
A fractured note from a small town hints at a dispute between a young man and his father over a local woman named Lil Milliwinks. The text references Mrs. Winatow and a Boone Synur for Children, with fragments suggesting social tension and a potential attempt at reconciliation.
The General Demand endorses a simple, pleasant liquid laxative. The California Syrup Company offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted remedy for family use, noted for gentle yet prompt action. Price: fifty cents per bottle.
A lengthy defense by Commissioner Smith of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana faces criticism as weak and misleading. The piece traces rate filings, secret rates from Dalton, and tariff practices, arguing the six cent rate was not properly filed and that no evidence shows discrimination against independent shippers. It concludes that President Moffett’s defense remains strong and that the government seeks a harsh penalty based on procedural errors rather than proven wrongdoing.
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