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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
8
A brief humor item notes a speaker asking if the person makes a living by writing. The reply cites preferring a typewriter over a pen, suggesting practical habits in the work routine. The exchange reflects light workplace wit and era-appropriate technology reference.
Postville council awarded paving to Dearborn Construction of Waterlolo for ita streets. Farm sales include a Union Prairie farm at 275 per acre to William Rea, Miss Margery Bandie’s White Leghorn sale at O'Brien county, and large year reports from Clemons Farmers Cooperative. County-wide tax increases due to Story county land boom and high school extempore contest enrollments cited amid other 1919-20 farm market data.
Prince Juliate arrives in London as global affairs flash. Debates in Tokyo amid universal suffrage clashes. Roumanian cabinet crisis risk reported from Paris dispatch. Hunt nominated minister to Siam by Wilson. Mrs. Gregory and four children perish in Montreal fire. Franklin Murphy dies at 74 in Palm Beach. Influenza closes venues in Mexico City. Prohibition closes Cafe de Paris in New York. A sapphire weighing over five pounds found near Mogok. Soviet-style seizure of municipal buildings reported in Preve di Soligo. Britain’s conscription to end officially. Churchill speaks in Commons. British fleet reaches Constantinople and Bosphorus. Reval warns death penalty for Estonian mark speculators. Miss Morence Housel killed in South Pasadena. Food riots erupt in Ludwigs Haven with arrests. Moscow election shows Communist majority. German minister Pault linked to Washington post. The Hague rules former German crown prince pays taxes. Wilson accused of vetoing railroad bill. Assassination attempt on Prince Regent Alexander of Serbia and Premier Proti tle. both wounded. American whiskey seizure at Havre blocks. U S attorney warns warrants required for searches. Senate reaffirms peace treaty mandates with reservations.
Market items list prices for flour corn and rye plus hay cattle hogs and sheep. It records bids for choice to prime cattle and hogs with ranges for weights and cuts, and notes minor poultry and fowl prices.
Frank Staron, 48, of Los Angeles and Elizabeth Dixon, 41, Chicago teacher, wed at the San Bernardino courthouse after a 25 year courtship. Dixon had traveled from Chicago to California, while Staron waited at the San Bernardino depot through the long night for the late train arrival. The ceremony occurred promptly with the justice of the peace and deputy county clerks present.
In Los Angeles Darwin J. Beckard’s desertion suit fails as evidence of his wife’s infidelity and a letter to her is deemed insufficient for divorce. The court notes a husband who smokes does not gain a divorce, while another decree grants one to a deserted wife amid comments on smoking and marital rights.
In Key West Florida Bernard Siford and Wille Demeritt were sentenced to six and eight years in prison respectively for stealing four chickens.
Advert shows Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative aiding digestion and liver function. It claims relief from indigestion, nervous dyspepsia, constipation, and related ailments in households worldwide for over fifty years. Sold by druggists and dealers. includes unrelated line about women's roles and brides.
An advertisement touts Bayer as the true world famous Aspirin with the Bayer Cross stamped on each tablet and on packaging. It promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism and general pain with instructions and pricing for small tin boxes and larger packages. It adds notes on Bayer's manufacturing and the trademark Monoaceticacidester of Salicylate.
Advertises Cascarets as a convenient, mild laxative that banishes biliousness head aches and constipation. Promises quick relief with minimal discomfort, claiming the product cleanses liver and bowels and works while you sleep.
A fragment from a serialized tableaux of lovers by an open door. Wind and cold intrude as a lamp flickers while their whispered vows test family restraint and social proprieties. An abrupt interruption from above interrupts their ardor, adding a dash of danger and gossip.
Newark New Jersey states a woman recounts organic trouble causing immobility and pain before Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her health. She praises the remedy and recommends it to others while inviting free advice from the company and noting letters are answered by women only.
Patrons debated the value of a Navy themed film during a recent theater showing. Two women discussed the portrayal of naval life, noting scenes of daily chores and discipline. The overheard comments touched on marriage, patriotism, and curiosity about service.
The fragment discusses a character named Josh and others named Marner Corntensel and THT. It mentions price handling and alcohol impairment affecting following instructions, with Josh able to instruct or guide despite the others’ intoxication.
A buyer argues that finish does not matter as the seller touts upholstering and trimmings. The seller replies that his motorcars all share the same rugged finish, comparing it to a brick or a ditch.
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