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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1922
Page
6
Fragmentary text discusses border planting and land hopes, mentioning May dates and August prospects. It references Cata border and cites a person or place with unclear names. The readability is limited and precise details are obscured by transcription errors.
An old advertisement fragment touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and a scented powder for baby care and skin relief. The text also mentions Cuticura Taicum dusting powder and references a social clash between a Bostonian and Montgomery woman at a reception.
Linjan Seltzel, acrobat and solo performer, performed a trapeze exhibition high above the arena floor. Her violent stunts included jerking movements that threatened her arm as she finally hung motionless by one arm under a stark spotlight while a child voiced concern about her eyes.
All resident students at the University of Arizona must sleep in the open air on porches. Fraternity houses adopt the same sleeping arrangement.
Labor leaders sent a telegram to President Harding outlining their side of the railway strike dispute and urging preservation of order. The message asserts railroads violated the transportation act and denial of any interference with mail service. Secretary Weeks announced the policy and ordered 18,000 troops ready to protect railroad lines if state authorities fail to maintain order.
Washington July 15 The federal trade commission urged Congress to pass new laws to break what it calls a Standard Oil monopoly in gasoline The commission says Rocky Mountain retailers earn 8 to 10 cents a gallon profit and the oil trade remains practically monopolized by Standard Oil interests It asks Congress to bar common stock ownership in corporations that were members of a combination dissolved under the Sherman law.
Washington July 15 hearings on the legality of selling liquor on American vessels at sea opened by Attorney General Daugherty. The opinion was sought by Commissioner Blair of the internal revenue bureau amid a dispute sparked by Anheuser Busch Brewing company challenging the Shipping Board over liquor sales aboard ships. Bix Die In Train Collision Kansas City Mo July 16 Six killed and forty eight injured as the Missouri Pacific Scenic Limited collides head on with a local freight west of St. Louis. Clifford Arrick Is Dead Chicago July 16 Clifford Arrick broker retired VP of National City Bank of Chicago and former publicity director of the old Chicago Telephone company dies of cerebral hemorrhage.
A Greenville Texas man, Jim Gilmore, age fifty six, labeled as having limited schooling, reportedly astonishes experts with vast recall. He quotes Civil War and World War events, recites lengthy poems, and claims mastery of routes from San Francisco to New York on major rails. Overviews of his talents reflect a society curious about remarkable memory.
Gap Johnson of Rumpua Ridge recalls his wife pursuing a blue racer with a hatchet in the yard yesterday. She tripped on baling wire after circling the track twice and sprained her arm, possibly broken, but she reportedly severed the snake's head during the fall.
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