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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
4
J Hays lists farms from 2 to 10 8230 acres and homes in county towns. Prices range from 80 per acre for unimproved land to higher rates, with cheap lots, timber tracts, and business blocks available. Money to loan on any security, no charge unless a sale is made, office in Bopp Block, telephone.
Property offers 195 acres with 80 cultivated and 40 heavy timber areas in oak maple and basswood. 80 acres second growth, rest scattered pasture with springs and running water. Can sell entire property or timber separately, or divvy land and timber. West of Elgit near West Union Iowa. BERNAU contact.
Citizens State Bank, incorporated under the General Banking Laws of the state with capital of $25,000 and surplus of $0,500, announces officers including L. B. Mattoon and J. B. Mattoon. It engages in general banking, accepts deposits, makes collections nationwide, buys and sells exchange, and negotiates real estate loans. Correspondence with banks and business men invited.
A New York World report describes a toy ship system that flies miniature vessels along a kite cord high above Coney Island. The craft, cedar hulls and bamboo masts, use a swivel wheel and spool to release at the end of the voyage, then descend rapidly as the cord winds down.
Four and a half year old Donna in Nyack resolves to grow a bigger family after writing to Santa and attempting to summon siblings. She watches eggs hatch in stores, then secretly helps herself to a dozen eggs, claiming she is taking them to her brothers. Her mother confronts her as she confesses she plans to place the eggs in her brothers’ bed.
The Pallist Gazette denounces Sunday crowds in London Strand as a disgrace to civilization. It laments deteriorating manners, cites hooliganism, and fears young ruffians terrorizing passersby and especially women and children, with crowds acting under a veil of danger and mischief.
The article traces how fatness has long shadowed famous sopranos from German and Italian traditions with cases like Amalia Materna Rosa Suchor and Theresa Mattenly noted for weight gains. It discusses public reaction and how fare in English stages remains doubtful while their talent is widely acknowledged.
The article discusses how teaching methods endure despite strong demands on pupils learning facial expression and movement. It notes constraints by age and stage in art education, with emphasis on careful movements and the rising cost of copper sulfate used in fruit production, impacting currant cultivation and related farming practices.
Fragmentary report describes Hackney’s ancient tum or house said to be the city’s oldest, with claims it has not fallen as earlier reports suggested. The building, tied to a long history, is linked to a mills complex once rebuilt after a great event.
A southern speaker argues for a large sweet potato crop this year and details a preferred method of preparing sweet potatoes with butter and sugar to form a crust and syrup while urging thorough cooking. He contrasts this with New York practices, noting hams are often undercooked due to time constraints.
The passage discusses how English women assist male relatives in political contests, sometimes managing campaigns and accompanying victorious candidates, contrasted with American women who face social constraints. It notes English political culture, male leadership, tradition, and status influence women’s participation. It also remarks on social expectations for daughters of noble houses and the perceived purity of English politics.
A French scientist reports military and naval careers exhaust the brain fastest. Among 100,000 naval and military men 169 are confirmed lunatics, followed by liberal professions, artists, lawyers, doctors, clergy, writers, and civil servants. Domestic workers and day laborers show 155 per 400,000 to the asylum, mechanics 66 per 100,000, while commercial men appear least prone, with 42 per 100,000.
The piece explains blood flow. It calculates that with a 69 beats per minute heart, blood travels about seven miles per hour, 168 miles daily, and 61,320 miles yearly. Over an eighty four year lifespan, a single red corpuscle would traverse roughly 6,150,880 miles.
Frederick D. Tappan president of the Gallatin National Bank of New York reflects on fifty years in Wall Street as he celebrates reaching the half century mark. Russell Sage, a longtime associate, shares a light moment amid aging and infirmities, with friends offering condolences and sympathy on the milestone.
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