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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
6
Fred visits Laura Fenton at a Dawlish seaside house after long London separation. Their conversation reveals growing mutual affection and Laura’s wealth of gossip, past suitors, and Fre d’s lingering longing for Susie Moore. Laura hints at fortune hunts while Fred wrestles with doubt as the pair share seaside life and unspoken feelings.
An amusing anecdote from a Washington Star piece shows two businessmen at lunch discussing marriage. The older husband jokes that his wife’s clothes fit him perfectly, a quip about marital harmony and domestic life.
The exchange shows a witty back and forth with a woman claiming obedience to her beaux and a man doubting her. The Cleveland Leader note hints at consent and offense in marriage dynamics, reflecting era stereotypes and conversational humor.
Washington reports describe Bagdad’s camel trade with about 90,000 camels in the villayet used for inland freight. Camels travel in seven-to-a-string caravans, each load around 450 pounds, with speeds of two miles per hour on long trips and 12 miles daily, while swift messengers reach forty to fifty miles. Freight costs vary, common burden camels at about $30, and young camels may fetch $3-$4. Camels provide milk, hides for shoes, meat in famine, and condensed milk for desert nomads. calves are weaned at eleven or twelve months, and young camels often ride on mothers during marches. Dogs and desert hounds ride as well.
An orangutan named Chico aboard the Wilmington, purchased in Tamatave Madagascar for two francs, became the ship's amusing yet perilous smoker. Described as almost human, Chico copied sailors smoking, sniffed tobacco, and learned to use a pipe, then a homegrown cigarette habit that led to his death. A recruiting officer warns youths to avoid the fate Chico met.
A Washington youth, son of a notable local figure, carries a paper claiming a cab fare of 189 080 dollars. After a rainout theater outing, he delays payment, requests an identification card, and the cab company eventually issues one. The tale ends with the streetcars losing a regular patron and a warning about identity cards on Potomac idle talk.
The U S Bureau of Engraving and Printing tests a money washing machine by J D Ralph and Frank Churchill to clean grime from bills. Bills pass a soap wash a disinfectant bath and a final press to restore crispness. The system could extend banknote life by about sixty percent and cost 80 to 1000 dollars, saving 0.5 to 1 million dollars yearly.
An ad recounts a man’s relief from severe kidney pain using Dosin's Kidney Pills after trying many remedies without success. The promotion asserts dramatic recovery and urges readers to contact Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York for more details and to purchase the product.
Comical vignettes recount a boy given a one day messenger post, Senator Depew's 76th birthday health pride, a census taker miscue at a Hillier residence, and Delancey Nicoll mocking a weary Westerner’s luggage with witty club commentary. The tone mirrors a late era gag page with brisk jests and character sketches.
Paul questions if he should marry Widow Muller if the speaker dies. The reply declines, noting the deceased would resemble him, prompting the line that people achieve less by boasting about future deeds.
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