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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
3
The narrator recalls his secret phrase and clashes with Maud over its origin as they persist with ship repairs aboard the Ghost. The crew finishes masts and sails amid growing strain, while Wolf Larsen nears death, his silent intellect lingering in a tomb of memory.
Humphrey and Maud execute a daring escape from Endeavor Island aboard the Ghost, battling a fierce storm and steering through peril. After weeks of strain and sacrifice, they survive a hurricane season, bury Wolf Larsen, and find saved hope as a U.S. revenue cutter nears, sealing their bond with a final kiss.
A benevolent man offers work to a persistent panhandler who replies with a humorous plan to collect names and addresses to form a free employment network, claiming to be a philanthropist and to work only for incidental contributions.
Hillsdale Michigan a daze induced marriage ends when Judge Chester annuls the ceremony after witnesses confirm the bride forgot the wedding and regained memory the night after. Mrs Tena Straw testified she had no knowledge of the union and drove the bridegroom away the next day. Floyd Hewitt and Dr G C T Bower corroborate the strange events including seizures and dazed recoveries.
Dorothea Roberts of Waverly, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. B. Roberts, barely survived an incident when a chain around her neck became snagged on the car top over a culvert. Her father, driving in the rear seat, stopped when she grew unconscious. she remained unconscious for hours, but doctors believe she will recover.
Raymond Watkins of Homerville, 20, stood with friends on Munhall Terrace when a dare led him to kiss Estella Staunton, 18, on the cheek for a dollar. He was later charged with disorderly conduct, paid $4.50 in costs, and was freed. net loss was $3.50.
A Washington Park mother describes relief from female troubles backache and nervous spells after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Plus. She credits restored health youth and improved well being to the remedies and urges others to seek guidance from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for free advice.
Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Club reports distress over missing two sturdy actors to portray an elephant in the annual spring production. The front legs were dismissed for low marks, hind legs resigned, and the task demands a rare mix of athletic skill and comic talent. The piece notes the challenge of preserving individuality while forming a convincing quadruped on stage. Henry B. Dixey began as the hind legs of a heifer in an earlier production.
A fragmentary exchange reveals a husband misplacing perforated piano rolls mistaken for pedk a-boo shirtwaists and hidden in a wardrobe. The piece hints at safety with a cue to use the telephone.
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