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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1897
Page
8
The ad argues for preferring experienced doctors and established remedies over new ones. It favors Dr Maybe, advises against inexperienced hands, and touts Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the trusted standard with decades of cures. It cautions that proven remedies inspire confidence and urges choosing experience.
The article offers old garden guidance on placing root crops away from tree roots, deep soil preparation, composting, drainage, and watering practices. It mixes gardening advice with unrelated notices and brief items including a wedding anecdote, patent medicines, and a health ad, reflecting a damaged 19th century newspaper page.
A brief notice explains Manitoba and Canadian North-west settlement process. Settlers must obtain a certificate from a Canadian North-west Land Settlement Agent, buy a ticket to the nearest point on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and exchange the certificate for a ticket to the destination in the North-west. Land grants of 160 acres offered. return on accord. Benjamin Davies, Emigration Agent, 154 East Third Street, St. Paul, Minn.
An English paper recounts the embassy era of Count Giechen in London. At a dinner, a taciturn guest ignored polite talk until she yawned, prompting the count to remark. A doctor’s claim about death is followed by a quip about Piso’s cure. Also, a jovial note from Cherry Valley and a rural worker’s reply to free silver politics appear.
Advertising and filler items from an old newspaper page include Allen's Foot-Ease powder claims for curing painful feet and fitting shoes, plus trial offer by mail. The page also features assorted jokes and short notices about tobacco cures, opinions, and World’s Fair art commentary in a typical period style.
A cluttered notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as taken internally with price listed, then oddly references three plays by Carmen Culya in Bucharest claiming success. The fragment mentions Benulna, Guay Chay 6 and Face, and jokes about a cork injuring William II at Lake Hopatcong, harming his eye.
The sixty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs John Leubert of Milford Massachusetts was recently celebrated in the house they have occupied for almost fifty years.
Henry Jordan of Salem Maps, with faith in the silver dollar, recalls a bullet that grazed his vest pocket in pursuit of a coin now a family memento. Maps for farmers detailing land quality and manure recommendations have been proposed in France, aiming to guide agricultural practices.
A British photograph of a 6,000 pound underground charge fired at 20 feet depth produced a water column reaching about 1,200 feet high with a 1,200 feet girth and 420 feet diameter. The mass would weigh over a quarter of a million pounds if water weighed ten pounds per cubic foot. A new silver colored metal alloy of aluminum is claimed to be stronger than any metal then known, non corrosive and bright polished. A cheap durable roof using cement and gravel or sand is described, with light weight and weather resistance. The Greenwich sidereal clock and transit telescope are discussed with notes on precision and mechanism.
The article discusses water power at Capha lonia using a four-current underground source driving mills, estimating a two billion cubic feet yearly flow. It expands into molecular scale, noting Crookes’ count of molecules per pin head and sizes of microscopic particles.
An X ray study, republished from the X Ray Journal, reveals a mummified Egyptian princess hand from 3 000 to 4 000 years ago. The hand lies within a mask of pitch with perfume, fabrics, and dried flesh, displayed as a chilling glimpse beneath cold death. The piece notes uncertainty about which deity’s daughter it was.
A compilation of clippings from May to September shows 122 trolley wire accidents with 12 dead and 31 injured, plus 9 deaths and 27 injuries from electric light and telephone wire incidents. Horses also die. The common pattern is a live wire on the street causing shocks to passersby. The report notes 21 total fatalities from live wires and urges public-focused attention and action, arguing railway safety measures lag behind wire hazards. The piece calls newspapers to investigate and publicize the issue.
A St. Louis Republic excerpt describes the peccary as the most fearless brute, noting its lack of fear, high intelligence in fighting, and swift, relentless pursuit. A Texan observer recalls a man trapped in a tree by a drove, while others quote the animals’ speed, scenting ability, and insatiable appetite, likening their menace to a siege in the Mexican wilds.
An enterprising Boston dyer dyed the horse that pulls his delivery wagon in a vivid style, drawing wonder wherever it goes. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals declines to intervene, saying the dye is harmless and the horse cannot see itself as others do, so its self-respect remains intact. Some propose the fine arts commission should curb the display to protect public taste.
Weary Wragegles chides Loary Lake about walking as they talk in a sparse scene. Lake protests avoiding interference and notes no one is present, while humor turns on calf interference and a local slang exchange.
A 19th century advertisement extols Kickapoo Indian Sagwa as a cure for female ailments. It claims extensive health restoration for stomach liver and kidney function and cites a St Paul woman, Harriet Janson, who allegedly recovered after three bottles. The piece presents the remedy as a natural invigoration and offers a promotional book.
An Omaha company markets a new French remedy for nervous and sexual weakness in men. It promises home use or payment of travel if no cure, guarantees refunds and claims 260000 capital. Free papers and proofs offered to readers who write for details.
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