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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
6
A periodical article discusses avoiding surgery for women with serious feminine troubles. It cites Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as an alternative after physicians advised operations, sharing a Milwaukee woman’s cure and urging readers to seek advice from Mrs. Pinkham. It blends medical opinions, self help suggestions, and quotes on virtue and self control.
A former Postmaster from Indianola Texas recounts years of pains and kidney troubles then credits Donn's Witney Pills with restoring health and eyesight. Sold 50 cents a box by Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also includes humorous fragments and notes on Grand American Handicap shooting event and seasickness quips.
The Dewey, towed by a Dundee escort, concluded a 12 000 mile, over 100 day drift from Solomon's Island. Storms near the Canaries and a canal delay slowed progress. After passing Suez and Colombo, the fleet reached Singapore and then the Philippines, with the voyage finishing in Olon gaps, L.
The Chicago ship canal plan seeking connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi faces strong opposition next winter from Burton, chair of the rivers and harbors committee. No appropriation will be included for the canal in next winter’s bill, though funds for the Inner harbor may be considered. The committee proposes about 75 million dollars in lake region improvements, with roughly 15 million slated for that area. A third Saint Maurice project is urged to ease congestion, costing about 10 million dollars.
Lawrence Nicolai, former proprietor of the National Oil Company in Washington, testifies before a bankruptcy referee that Standard Oil paid him 3000 dollars annually to refrain from selling oil in the District of Columbia. He said the pension helped Standard Oil dominate the local market and push prices down, causing his bankruptcy after payments stopped. He adds that other Washington firms not claiming trust ties are controlled by Standard, and that several small outfits now out of business receive pensions from the trust.
John D Rockefeller said he knew nothing of Standard Oil dealings, having been out of it twelve years and not in its offices in four years. Prosecutions planned under antitrust and conspiracy statutes, with major court work in Buffalo and Cleveland. Federal grand jury seeks tobacco firm records in NY to illuminate monopolistic transactions.
Richard Burton in Boston studies G Bernard Shaw satire while portraying his serious intellect beneath a fool’s mask. Prof Angelo Hoilphin, editor of Lippincott's New Gazetteer, completes oil paintings illustrating Mont Pelee eruption to be exhibited publicly.
A testimonial praises Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pain People for curing stomach trouble and facial pimples. The writer from Washington Pa recalls severe stomach pain and eruptions, credits the pills with restoring blood health, and urges others with bad blood or stomach issues to try them.
Byron drafts biting lines in a mock review titled Ianglish Bards and Scotch Reviewers as he declares he will strike back and vent resentment. He laments lacking a real club to punch back against his foes while he continues to write with a pen of vitriol on the page.
A testimonial from a farmer who suffered ten years from dyspepsia and could eat little. He quit coffee and used Postum, regained health, gained weight, and has not needed stomach medicine since. His family also tried Postum after seeing his improvement, and they report feeling better.
An Ohio man recalls four years of agony after a foot injury in 1800, until Cuticura Soap and Ointment healed the limb after seven months. He notes the high doctors’ bills and credits the remedy as the best on earth, with a brief date and address.
An OCR fragment mentions Winslow’s Boorse Arbor for Children with claims about teething gums and colic relief, plus a stray jab about reform and political quips. It cites the Hungarian House of Representatives as the world’s largest with 751 members.
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