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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
7
Vague OCR reads like a property notice listing a $2.00 fee and six months term with unclear decoration or continuation. Reads as disrupted item likely about rent or tariff. no clear parties or dates can be identified from the fragment.
A jumble of ads and notes from Elgin area merchants reports discounts on clothing shoes and household items. Entries mention Berg & Kohler and Schori Co, plans for auctions at Hackmann addition and a building sale, plus local church visits and sports remark on baseball segregation and dimmer recommendations. Flighty items include bread promotions and fly chaser products with prices from Weibel Mill Co.
The recollections recount Twain and Watterson as close friends among American literary figures. Autobiographical anecdotes describe Twain discovering a workhouse near Mount Street in London, a letter left on the table, and Watterson’s fear of disgrace. Geneva letters and a telegram to burn a flamboyant London letter conclude the reminiscence.
A plan to invite a known killjoy to an engagement party backfired as a male acquaintance was used to introduce the woman. A week later two theater tickets arrived from the engaged friend, and days after that the woman accepted an invitation yet explained she would not attend the party to keep her promise to another.
A British Association meeting debunked the popular view of giants as symbols of strong masculinity. Data show giants are usually feeble, short lived, and lacking true masculine traits. Giantism ties to overactivity of the thyroid and pituitary glands, usually arising before birth, though sometimes after growth completes.
A collection of glazed vanity pots from an Egyptian noblewoman's tomb has arrived in London. The pots show iridescent glaze from acids used on makeup and include a henna pot with traces of dye. The article notes similarities between ancient and contemporary beauty trends among London's fashionable society.
A historical note describes Virginia county sheriffs using Sunday worship attendance to collect writs and warrants. By 1668 planters resisted this intrusion and passed a law banning service of papers on Sundays at parish churches, forcing officials to seek writs on other days.
Brooklyn Eagle notes that ash length is not a definite measure of cigar quality. A well made compact cigar shows consistency, but tobacco quality varies. the ash color depends on strength of the leaf, with white ash from weak tobacco and blackish ash from strong Havana, while poor burns may result from lighting or construction.
A quotation by Clarence Ousley extols trees as Mother Earth’s arm and shelter. The piece celebrates their beauty and usefulness from homes to heritage, noting how they shade, shelter, inspire, and connect people, ages, and nations with enduring, poetic imagery.
The cottonseed oil industry expanded from four mills in 1867 to 618 by 1902 and to an estimated value of 125 million dollars by 1920. Increased use spans lard substitutes, butter substitutes, fish packing, olive oil substitutes, medicines, cosmetics, illuminating oil, tempering tools, soap stock, and glycerin after alkali treatment.
The text argues that no day is a true national holiday in the United States. It notes that Congress would be required to designate a national holiday, but this power is contested as belonging to the states. It adds the Fourth of July is nationwide yet not strictly national, existing through state acts and common usage.
A callow Chicago youth with an unusually large mouth tries to charm Mr Jones to win his daughter’s hand. The father interrupts to ask the youth to close his mouth and reveal his identity in this short vignette from the American Legion Weekly.
An office ad invites applicants to inquire for particulars about renting an 80 acre farm. The passage reflects on imagination and forward looking, mentions John Hipp, a Denver attorney, who in 1914 answered an ad about an estate in Germany, and notes the estate’s value at $6.24 in American money after wartime correspondence.
Louis Lehman sues to quiet title on sections 24 25 26 in township 94 north range 7 west Fayette County Iowa. He alleges ownership in fee simple and that unknown claimants adverse to him have failed conveyances and that title is clouded by long statute of limitations. Defendants warned to appear by September 1922 term otherwise default judgment. Attorneys Ainsworth and Anter.
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