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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1925

Page

6

Mrs Fuller Praises Vegetable Compound For Nervous Ills

A letter from Mrs T. S. Fuller of Walpole New Hampshire lauds Lydia E Vegetal Scanned Ladia improved health after suffering from nervous ills and side pains. She credits the Vegetable Compound with restoring strength enabling her to care for her home and children and recommends it to other women.

Lydia Fai Ie Saath Somelae Fuvier Walpole New Hampshire Ston Tia Yaga

Communists promise millennium if in power says Mayor Shouse

Mayor Shouse of Danville denounces Communist promises of a perfect era. He ridicules egotism and defines a snob, spendthrift, and miser, then asserts most people think as they do while others fail to, quoting the Los Angeles Times.

Shouse Danville Los Angeles Times

Canada trims wheat varieties for steadier harvests

In 1907 Canada cultivated over 100 wheat varieties, but by last year the number had fallen to six. The dialogue notes pleasure in gardening and suggests national farming reforms aim to stabilize crop production and simplify cultivation.

Canada

Peters Ointment touted for eczema and skin eruptions

The ad proclaims the healing power of Peters Ointment for eczema and severe itching of skin and scalp. It claims overnight relief for itching and lists ailments like pimples, boils, ulcers, piles, chafing, and burns, urging readers to consult broad-minded druggists.

Peterson Zens Peters Olotment Co Buffalo

Kit Carson Centenary Echoes on Santa Fe Trail’s Rise and Westward Quest

John Dickinson Sherman of Council Grove Kansas recalls the Santa Fe Trail centennial and Daniel Boone’s Kentucky anniversary, linking Kit Carson’s 40 years of frontier work to the opening of the West. The piece traces Carson’s life from Kentucky birth to Bent’s Fort, Fremont expeditions, Indian diplomacy, and postscripts about his peacekeeping role and beaver trapping era.

John Dickinson Sherman Ouncil Grove Kan United States Missouri New Mexico Boone Kentucky Daniel Boone Woodman Christopher Carson Kit Carson California Overland Mall Pony Express Union Pacific Central Pacific Ogden Bent Arkansas Colorado Bent Brothers Mississippi Fremont United States Army West Madigan County Howard County Franklin Santa Fe Taos N. M San Francisco Bay Rockies Northwest Bent's Fort Washington Indian Point Neavajos Calvin D. Cowles Hartford Conn Kit Carson William Carson Ireland Pennsylvania Boones North Carolina Eleanor McDuff Lindsay Caroling Madison County Cooper's Fort Fayette Boonesboro Lindsay Carson Middle West Rocky Mountain Cowles Ecapitol Denver Hunter Ttrapper

Table Delicacy and Portly Orton: A Humorous Digest

The piece describes the ortolan as a famed table delicacy, noting fatness and edible bones. It explains trapping, fattening with millet, and the controversial method of drowning birds in champagne. It then humorously compares politeness of women to men and mentions British factories turning out over 100 million boots and shoes annually.

When Women Are Polite And Men Gentle In House Rules

A fragment discusses gender roles and politeness in households, noting an old man who resolved not to have women in his house and the implied consequences of such views.

E. W Howe

Indians Gay in Buckskin Clothes

The Flathead Indians near Glacier Nations park hold a holiday tanning event. Brav es bring down animals with rifles, while papooses and children are tended. Equaws turn pelts into shelter and clothing, preserving traditional beaded buckskin wear amid modernization and official Indian Department support.

Glacier Nations Park United States Indian Department

Tesla Turns to Mars and Niko Wesin Te Invention

The article discusses an inventor who sees life on Mars possibly one to ten million years older than Earth. He predicts future communication with planets awaits a proper apparatus. He cites Earth’s vibration frequency of 11.77 cycles per second as a basis.

Niko ‘Wesin Mars Earth

France Turns to Water Power for Energy Independence

France seeks to develop its water power as coal supplies are scarce and one third of annual coal consumption is imported. The country has about 8 million horsepower available in its water resources while fuel deposits are small and 23 million tons of coal are imported yearly from foreign sources.

France

Cutieura Soothes Itching Scalp Advert

An old advertisement promotes Cutteura Ointment for relieving itching spots and dan druff. It suggests gently rubating the scalp, then shampoo with Cutteura Soap and hot water. The copy urges making these products daily for clear skin and soft hands.

Old Theory Shattered by German Scholar Watz on Septuagint

Professor Franz Watz of Germany presents new factors claiming the Septuaginta stems largely from Hebrew words rendered with Greek letters and asserts Jewish scholars used Greek Hebrew texts for early Greek translations as far back as 200 B.C. This challenges the long held view of a direct Hebrew origin for the Greek Bible and opens a new vista on biblical literature.

Franz Watz Germany Hia

Deserved Rebuke in Puzzle-Word Exchange

A fragment describes a quarrel where a wife asks her husband for a one-letter word meaning domestic happiness after tossing a dictionary during a crogs-word puzzle. It notes men can improve in relations faster than new songs, and mentions repeated requests for a word.

Evern

Public school leaders see PTA groups as vital links

An annual inquiry across districts shows 112 superintendents rate parent teacher associations as crucial to strengthening home school ties, while 82 rely on PTAs to support programs aimed at improving education.

Woman Seeks Freedom in Japan Ends in Scorn

Yuriko Ikeda, wife of a young engineer, quits home in Tokyo to take work as an extra in a motion picture studio. Her beauty and talent briefly make her a star, but threats from friends and relatives follow, accusing her of disgracing her husband. After two weeks as a public figure she goes back home.

Japan Yuriko Ikeda Tokyo

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