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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1918

Page

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Secret of a Varona treasure hidden in Cuba

Don Esteban Varona tortures his slave Sebastian to uncover a hidden hoard of Spanish gold, jewels, and land deeds. Sebastian reveals the cache, then goes free in a brutal struggle that ends in Esteban and Don Pablo dead and the treasure surviving only in story as Donna Isabel faces losses and a perilous future.

Pablo Varona Jin Salvador Cochero Sebastian Slilencer Esteban Heaven Pablo Peza Don Pablo Pancho Pancho Cueto Cueto Donna Isabel Hrangelina Don Esteban Queto Hateban Kandel Caribbean Benora Quinta Jewela Sebaa Tian Isabel Cuba Mstebun Galt Denna Isabel Yumuri Esteban Vurona Pablo Poza Mario de Castanea Col. Mendez Y Linares Pedro Miron Advocate Hell Pablot Esteban Varona Don Pablo Peza Mko Col. Mendoza Y Linfares

War era brief dispatches from the European and home fronts

The Cologne Volks Zeitung reports Doctor von Bethmann Hollweg's grave stroke. Washington deals with war contracts and conscription, while U.S. emergency powers shift shipping control. Curtis-Plant machinists' strike ends. Lieut. Wheeler dies in a Scott Field crash. Czecho-Slovaks seize towns and set a provisional government. Austrian battleships Wien and Braherzog Ferdinand sunk. Draft reclassification makes Adolphus Busch III 1A. Bishop McCormick gassed in France. Private Roy B. Jackson, colored, convicted at Camp Dix for sleeping on duty.

von Bethmann T Hollweg Hformer Imperial Geraintehanceltor Cologne Volkes Zeitung Taust Be Kansas City Fee Company James R. Wheeler Scott Flell Belleville Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corporation Andrew ‘Ly McNamara International Machinists’ Union Czecho-Slovalk Stherig Samaranosto Niko- Inevsk Omsk Ald Gg Petrograd London Express Wilson Emergency Fleet Corporation Congress Adolphus Busch St.ouls August A. Busch John N. McCormick Western - Michigan -Episcopal France Grand Rapids Mich Wien Braherzog Ferdinand Delborne Spedha London Rome Camp Dix N. J Roy B. Jackson Fort, Jay

Don Marlo de Custano Pursues Rosa Varona in Odd Romance

Don Marlo de Custano, a prosperous sugar merchant, is described as fat and quarrelsome yet envisioning himself a youthful prince. He falls in love with Rosa Varona, daughter of Estevan, after meeting her twice since her return from the Yankee school. He plans to wake her big wife and win her affections, imagining a noble, romantic future despite his corpulent state.

Pancho Cueto Dateban Pancho Cuetg Tosa Donca Isabel Don Mario Rosa Mario Noman Bateban Don Marlo Senora Juan O'Reilly Donna Isabel O'Reilly Don Marlo de Custano Torl Prietlea Rosa Varona Esteban Victoria Don Maria

American-Rosa Faces Choice Between Two Merchants

The fat but rich sugar merchant and the dashing Pon hilese young American Rosa stand at a crossroad. The next installment will reveal which she pursues and chooses between the two suitors.

Rosa

Kamaboko Process Described as Fish Paste Loaves

A consular report details kamaboko, the Japanese fish sausage, made from chopped white fish, strained to a paste, flavored with sugar salt and a tree brewed liquor called Mixin, formed into loaves, steamed for 90 minutes to 3 hours, then canned.

More Men for the Navy As Senate Boosts Personnel

The House approved the senate amendment raising navy personnel to 181 485 officers and enlisted men. After a tense debate, the chamber sent the appropriation bill back to conference for a provision to grant Major General Barnett, commandant of the Marine Corps, a rank equivalent to lieutenant general in the army, which the House rejected 94 to 75.

Washington House of Representatives Senate House Conference Committee Barsnett Marine Corps Ranlk

Draft class expansion potential to 250000 workers

Washington reports indicate more than 250000 men could be added to class 1 for immediate military duty following Provost Marshal General Crowder's order to revise deferred classification dates. Secretary Baker favors extending the draft age to 18 to 45 with exemptions for vital industrial workers.

Washington Crowder Baker

Market report from Chicago prices corn and wheat

The Chicago markets list open high low and close figures for corn and flour products, with government flour standards and provisional prices for grains, hay, live poultry, cattle, hogs, sheep, and related items. Names of items include corn, wheat, rye, hay types, cattle grades, hogs, and sheep with varied price ranges.

Chicago United States Administration Timathy Tata Sane

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