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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
8
A mixed patchwork of 19th century ad copy and light anecdotes, praising Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription with broad authorities, Allen’s Foot-Ease for foot comfort, and a humorous boarder story. Also includes a faded scene of a patriotic sermon ending in a tune mishap and a quip about a tax assessor race.
Government figures show total wheat crop 508,000,000 bushels with 308,528,000 winter and 248,004,000 spring. Output trends suggest little export surplus unless winter and spring crops improve, and Kansas losses loom large as acreage is plowed. Spring sowing area revised down 7 percent to 16.4 million acres. June 1 spring wheat condition at 88.7 versus last year. Fraudulent pension cases noted at Washington pension office. new rule blocks ex-soldiers with under ninety days service.
Census figures show pneumonia near tuberculosis in fatalities for 1904 with about 45,000 American deaths attributed to pneumonia. The report notes rising death rates and outlines treatments and risk factors. It also surveys Minnesota laws on social care, juvenile justice, labor, education, and public health, plus political maneuvers around Knox, Platt, Bryan, Quay, and Governor Hughes.
The text attributes the origin of printing and gunpowder to the Chitesa and notes early practices in China. It cites Dr. Halde and Jesuit missionaries, claiming printing existed nearly fifty years before the Christian era, with references to celestial Tupive, Bunhoo lips, and a sequence from 745 as paper birth to 800 as Europe’s Dark Ages.
Fragmented ad style clipping recounts a woman cured of severe skin eczema after using Cuticura Remedies for six months. A testimonial from Mrs. Livzin E. B. Sledge of Selton Alabama claims total clearance and lasting relief since the prior illness about three years ago. The note appears alongside other short quotes and a Philadelphia Dress joke snippet.
A patient describes years of kidney pain and sediment in urine, suffering to the point of crippling pain and loss of weight. Dean's Kidney Pills are claimed to have brought quick relief and eventual weight gain, sold for 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
An item from the Houston Post notes a border resident who jokes about prunes at a grave's brink. The quip is used to illustrate the mood and character of the subject.
A fragmented ad style item touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female weakness and childbirth recovery. It features Mrs. Sadie Abbott of Jeoannette Tri and other testimonials praising relief from pelvic pain irregularity and monthly suffering.
A man with a large personality waits in a long line to pay fares for the elevated railway at Madison and Wabash. He searches for a nickel, then offers a $1 bill to the ticket monopolist as a bystander woman’s sharp rebuke is heard, ending with a polite thanks.
An overheard exchange notes heavy rain and a coat storm while a participant dismisses soaked attire. The text pivots to exaggerated figures on global coat consumption and industrial uses, then shifts to a promotional line for a child teething product.
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