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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
6
A Chicago woman with chronic hand sores was told to expect no cure by three doctors before using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After three days the sores peeled, crusts disappeared, and hands became smooth again, allowing her to continue work in a dye house. The note is dated July 1, 1905.
A playful exchange questions whether a horse is an equine and whether a cow is an ox, with Father answering yes and clarifying terms. The fragment cites Tolumie-Ta Tubnale and Tohunie in a light language puzzle from the Thiladelphia Record.
A pretty milkmaid in Rocklyn writes she has recovered health after using Veruna and Peruna. The testimonial extols Peruna as a wonderful medicine and credits it with enabling her to do housework, milk cows, and care for the milk, while others in the scene joke and discuss remedies and roasts in a Lippincott's style vignette.
Tuffald Knute tells a woman at the house he is the same man who comes by every few weeks, though he says he fell from a pier into the lake this morning and was injured, altering his appearance. He insists he is the same person.
A Humboldt parish minister recalls a five year decline marked by collapse, nervous prostration, and weight loss. After starting Grape-Nuts, he reports renewed appetite, better sleep, weight gain, and restored energy, crediting the food with his return to pulpit duty. The ad promotes Grape-Nuts with Postum Co notes and a booklet titled The Road to Wellville.
The article reviews shifts in immigration patterns, noting a record high arrival rate in the last fiscal year and comparing five year totals. It highlights waves tied to Irish famine, European disturbances of 1848, and later surges from Germany, the British Isles, Austria Hungary, Italy, Russia, and Nordic countries. The piece emphasizes that growth in foreign-born residents reflects population size, with census figures cited for 1850 1890 and 1900 quantities.
Frisco, city of artisans and laborers in all trades, shows rapid reconstruction after a blaze. The California Promotion Committee reports strong demand for ordinary laborers in railway debris removal, while building trades seek mechanics across carpenters, bricklayers, electricians, plumbers, crane and iron workers, plasterers, sheet metal workers, and elevator constructors.
A fragmented column riffs on Alaska snow and European figures. It mocks Russia and criticizes U S political figures while joking about the Panama Canal progress. The writer jumbles many topics in a late era newspaper voice with satirical tone.
A Cedar Rapids accident leaves seven children dead after a river swimming mishap during a family picnic. Eight youngsters ventured to a sand bar by the Cedar River. one survived. Names include Luelle Sweeting Hazel Sweeting Glidys Sweeting Joale Sweeting Ruth Coyle Core Coyle Clara Usher Ruth Kiersey and Gora Coyle. The baby was left with the mother, then the bar collapsed and several girls and cousins perished while trying to save the baby. The basin area became the scene of a tragic rescue attempt.
Timothy D. Sullivan resigns as Representative from New York City to pursue the State senatorship. Harrisburg Democrats nominate Lewis Empery Jr. of the Lincoln party for Governor. Rich ard Croker expresses support for Bryan's presidency. The Cosmopolitan controversy elicits replies from Senator Bailey and Hearst. Gov. William T. Cobb is renominated by the Republican State convention at Portland. The Senate approves a bill barring corporate political contributions to elections, with penalties.
The Wile Railroad has issued orders for 1 600 steel cars to be built by Steel Car Company at Butler Pennsylvania. Cars include 42 000 pound capacity 46 foot underframes and 100 000 pound capacity 40 foot flat cars. Additional orders include 500 produce cars from American Car and Foundry in Chicago and 100 Hart convertible cars from Detroit works. Five new electric Rochester division cars were ordered from St Louis Car Company. The Great African Road project gains momentum with Cape to Cairo railway plans and broader continental development.
Mrs. Mary Wagner of Bridgeport Connecticut recounts severe kidney trouble lasting weeks with weakness backaches and painful irregular secretions. After using Deans Kidney Dink five boxes she reports marked improvement and a cure, noting initial relief from the first box. Sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY 50 cents a box.
Women describe persistent back pain as a daily burden with aching sensations in the small of the back. The excerpt notes ongoing discomfort and lack of energy, highlighting the deep impact on motivation and daily tasks.
A testimonial from Miss Maude Morris of Augusta Georgia praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female and kidney disorders. She describes long suffering pain backache sleepless nights and improved health after regular use. The ad claims the product restores regular cycles and alleviates monthly misery.
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