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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
6
President Wilson spoke at Gettysburg on July 4 amid the semi centennial observances. He praised the Union's peace and growth, urged continued effort, and declared the nation must act with the harness of the present, guiding the people to serve in peace and righteousness. The speech honored veterans and pressed for unity, vision, and steadfast leadership.
The Times Engineering Supplement notes the Atlantic gales show the sea’s power by buckling bending and tearing iron and steel plates from ships. It cites damage to seawalls harbor works and unsettled questions about precise destructive action and quantifying involved forces.
The Isle of Man defeated the workman's compensation bill and is described as among the most backward portions of the British empire.
At the Gettysburg battlefield fiftieth reunion Union and Confederate veterans recount encounters and share remembrances. A blue Oregon veteran and gray New Orleans counterpart exchange uniforms on the platform amid crowds while James H. Lansberry from Madison, Indiana, recalls his capture and escape after aiding a wounded officer at the seminary. Harry Thaw funds aid for Gen. Sickles as the camp records numerous reunions and curiosities from the lost and found bureau to walkers in gray.
An unadvertised reunion in a Confederate section of a camp featured a fife and drum parade through tents, handshakes, and stories. Two men named John Carson, from Burlington New Jersey and Burlington North Carolina, met by chance. Veterans recalled Gettysburg and Civil War memories, with remarks by General Sickles and reflections on shifts in congressional veteran makeups.
William F. McCombs recalls a club conversation praising philanthropists. A cornered man jokes that his generous neighbor should join the group, noting the neighbor rarely sends away those at the door empty handed. The scene blends wit with a humorous claim about generosity.
A fragmented exchange shows a teacher asking where the home of the swallow ta is and a small boy replying in stammered terms, as printed in the Columbia Jester. The brief dialogue reflects a playful, rural classroom moment with garbled speech.
A doctor cites the debt owed to medical science and quips that it will be the last debt paid, reflecting a stern, brisk tone about medical progress and its value. The exchange frames science as indispensable and humanity as ever beholden.
A twenty month old boy in Newark New Jersey allegedly struck his two day old infant sister with a fist, the fatal injury prompting officials to label the act as precocious violence. The case centers on a jealous motive and the tragic outcome.
A young man whispers to a jeweler about an engagement ring that didn’t fit. He urges the jeweler to exchange it for studs, saying it didn’t have a chance and prompting cautious secrecy.
A lady suspects her two sons of flirting with a servant. She asks the girl which son she prefers, James or Albert. The servant blushes and says both are nice, but for a real gold spree she prefers the master.
A humorous guide explains writing jokes by jotting ideas, feeding them through a typewriter, and sending the resulting heap to editors for payment. It promises a couple of hours daily to support a wife and nine children, afford a six cylinder touring car, and buy bonbons for a soul mate.
A reader describes Grape-Nuts helping a failing infant after doctors warned against condensed milk. Prepared by soaking tablespoons of the cereal in water, then mixing with milk, salt, and sugar, the mixture fed to the baby every two hours and reportedly revived health. The letter extols the product as nourishing for both babies and adults and cites a health book headline.
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