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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1927
Page
3
A historical note recalls the kiss of peace ritual in medieval churches, its spread after baptisms and weddings, and how a pagan noble’s objection led to its decline. Later laws punished unwanted kisses, with Naples once banishing a man from the kiss site, and French law restricting a married woman from kissing her cousin.
Bell-Ans universally used for correcting over acidity and digestion. Relieves belching gas sourness heartburn nausea and other digestive disorders. Over 30 years proven. Doctors nurses and dentists recommend this safe pleasant sure relief for indigestion not a laxative. Send for free samples to Bell & Co Inc Orangeburg NY.
Miss Elsie Willbanks, a San Francisco salesgirl, found a crumpled 100 bill, returned it to the bank, and after the cash was claimed, later received a letter from James Lifton asking for dinner. He invited her, and three weeks later she accepted his marriage proposal.
Report from a locals exchange describes Rube Alias and Leo Hanks in a late night incident at a dairy house. Hanks allegedly attempted a kiss on the dairymaid, who screamed and caused a disruption, with witnesses noting the event as a dramatic scene in the neighborhood.
The late Albert J. Beveridge argued against divorce, scorning offenders who make it necessary. At a dinner in Indianapolis he recalled a case of a seven child mother unable to divorce due to obstacles, calling a divorce like this impossibly difficult and likening it to removing one bad egg from a nest.
The world’s population has nearly doubled in the last 100 years. A century ago fewer than one billion lived on Earth, while current estimates place the total around 1.7 billion, marking the era’s most significant demographic shift.
A humorous exchange features a wife asking a cook for references and her husband suggesting she should have asked for samples, highlighting a playful home kitchen banter.
Electric cleaners offer many uses from ventilation in a coal mine at Bicknell Indiana after a 1923 explosion to thawing frozen pipes by blowing warm air between walls. They also ward off beetle larvae in an English castle and help an American farmer strip leaves from berries each summer.
An amateur gardener tells neighbors he planted 4 pecks of potatoes and expects to harvest two bushels from the crop, citing optimism in the Baltimore Sun note.
Hewitt and Jewel wed in haste but faced regret as the officiating clergyman demanded a wedding fee. The moment sparked reconsideration of the union amid sharp questions about money and ceremony propriety.
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