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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
8
An amateur dramatic audience at the Naval Academy in Annapolis was startled when a staff member announced a fatal naval disaster. The submarine boat Bolland was said to have gone down with all aboard, provoking a hush among attendees with navy connections.
Savannah News weighs John D Rockefeller as the richest man, citing a stock value of $500,000,000 and annual dividends near $40,000,000. It discusses his total income around $75,000,000 yearly, potential wealth near $1,000,000,000 in ten years, and questions whether private fortunes should be so large. It notes concerns about public impact and legal limits.
A cautious tone dominates Ba rdstreet s weekly review of trade with uncertainty over distribution of goods and inventories. Railways show June earnings up 10.2 percent from last year, while iron and steel prices steady. Wheat and corn export figures rise, grain markets remain volatile with forecasts of rains and crop conditions influencing future prices.
Bellflower Missouri July 6 Mr G V Rohrer writes to elder readers urging Hedd's Kidney Pills for kidney and urinary troubles. He cites his years of suffering, nightly awakenings, and eventual cure after using Dodd's Kidney Pills claiming lasting relief at age 84.
The Thousand Islands region is praised as exceptionally delightful and compares to the Venice of America and the Bay of Naples. The article notes 2,000 picturesque islands along a 25 mile river, with good hotels ready for cold, rainy evenings. Copy of No. 10 in the Pour-Track Series, The Thousand Islands, offered by George H. Daniels for a 2 cent stamp.
Sentendant Vague counsels marriage while Singleun resists, and Doubleday agrees that marriage ends a man's troubles, prompting Dobleday to ask which end. The banter centers on domestic life and its impact on personal woes.
An old advertisement promotes Wards or Hall’s Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. It claims internal action on the blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation, with a money back offer if it fails. The fragment also notes a towering new station tower in New York and ends with a quote about good nature.
A consolidated listing shows bid ranges for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Buffalo and New York with grains priced by grade. No. 2 wheat to 88c No. 2 corn around 40 60c and butter eggs and clover seed also noted across markets.
Dramatic plea about nervous collapse tied to uterine disorders ends with testimonials praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letters from Florence Hoxnano and Maria Bowans claim relief after doctors failed, urging all women with feminine weakness to try the remedy.
A dialog presents a client seeking a divorce from a husband allegedly insane, with a lawyer questioning whether insanity can be proven. The exchange centers on the husband’s habit of wearing the wife’s neckties.
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