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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
6
A man seeks a natural history gift for his zoologist brother. A bookshop clerk presents a volume titled Anthology with a bold claim. On the back, the shelf note reads All about ants, prompting a wry joke about misnaming by a best selling author.
A Yukon Oklahoma family recounts a two year old sufferer plagued by a severe itchy rash. After weeks of scratching and tender skin, relief came from Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, with no recurrence for over two years. The ad notes Potter Drug as sole Cuticura distributor.
An article notes Weston Ocean-To-Ocean Walker praising life’s drive after walking off gloom with Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder. It touts 30,000 testimonials and a free trial offer, urging readers to buy 25¢ packages and prepare to forget their feet while walking.
The Senate moved on tariff duties raising barley from 25 to 30 cents per bushel and hops from 12 to 26 cents, with potatoes up to 40 cents a bushel and shell eggs to 25 percent ad valorem. The lemon duty sparked debate. Taft's tariff report followed. further sessions planned with night debates and key speeches on coal oil and cotton.
Representative Moore of Pennsylvania introduced a bill in Congress to make October 12, the Columbus discovery anniversary, a legal public holiday. St Mary's Cathedral Covington Ky to house the largest cathedral window in the US and second largest globally. M H De Young buys a loft building on Fifth Avenue NYC valued well over 1 million dollars. US Venezuela diplomatic relations formally resume as Pedro Roaje presents to President Taft.
Hundreds of letters praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving painful or irregular periods backache and other ailments. The company invites confidential, free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Mass. A humorous House of Commons anecdote details a coat pipe mix up and a policeman intervenes.
A Newburyport veteran recounts a dramatic turnaround after switching to Grape-Nuts. After losing 47 pounds in 60 days and suffering severe illness, he credits the cereal with stabilizing his health, restoring appetite, and enabling a return to work. His wife supports the tale and offers to affidavit the claim.
The 1 year-old leper boy from Upton named James Archibald Thoman is banished to Panikers Island by board of health. He is described as an expert wireless telegraph operator and will help establish a station on the island to keep in touch with the mainland. His schoolmates plan to ship his receiving and sending gear to the colony, enabling daily communication for the first time.
A fragment from Newark Evening News and Chicago Tribune pieces contrasts spring verse with popular music. It teases printers and poets who favor ragtime and vivid imagery while noting flowers like crocus and violet. The prose also jokes about economy in domestic life and daily habits.
An old style ad claims back pain from kidney issues can be relieved by Dean's Kidney Pills. It features testimonials from Mrs. J. Spicer of DeKalb and notes the product costs 50 cents a box. Also mentions Marine Eye Remedy and Lewis' Single Binder cigars as other advertised items.
The California Fig Syrup Co publishes a full statement for every package to assure perfect purity and uniformity in their laxative remedy. They emphasize that only their original method of manufacture yields the medicinal principles and that the product uses California figs solely for taste while the active ingredients come from plants known to be beneficial.
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