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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
3
In a fragmented clipping from Callier's Weekly and the Indianapolis Journal, readers see a satire on ignorance and philosophy, a health ad praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestion and stomach ills, and a bizarre price note about elephants dropping from 10000 to 15000.
Advert libels Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring blood purifier and remedy for eruptions, catarrh, and scrofula. Testimonials from Mtag Prar LeGRirrin of Cald win Michigan, ALlvHA HaMinoon of Bloomington Indiana, and Kob Moorn of Mount Hope Wisconsin praise its curative effects with few details.
A chaotic jumble of ad copy and fragments presents patent medicines, land offers, college prospects, and miscellaneous notices. It mentions Capital City Gun Company, Emile Constanl, Pigo's Care for Consumption, and random quotations, with garbled names and places.
A private letter describes western farming advantages through irrigation. Idaho offers vast arable land along the Snake River with canals, abundant crops, and thriving farms. The Oregon Short Line promotes Idaho to eastern farmers as a land of prosperity. Lands are rising in value while irrigation ensures reliable yields.
A Sunday school teacher asks about the phrase from the lesson seat. A student replies humorously that it means the king “hired ’em out,” reflecting a child’s literal take on the parable’s meaning as reported by the Ohio State Journal.
The first meeting between Joh Milals the artist and Mrs Topling a London society woman happened at a private view of old masters at Burlington House. Milals flippantly noted preferring young mistresses, remarking as Mrs Jopling walked with a well known artist.
A survey of new electrical findings shows powerful shocks can disrupt heart rhythm, breathing, and nerve centers with potential revival methods using defibrinated blood. Advancements in gas lighting promise cheaper, brighter light via low candle-power mantles and improved water gas methods. A French motor carriage blends oil and electric power, with a dynamotor starter and mechanical speed changes. Mosquito species in India and Italy are linked to malaria, guiding drainage and chemical control. A safer hotel fire escape design uses a bench seat and synchronized rope reels with brakes for easy use by women and children. Ice bubble bursts in Siberia create dramatic pressure releases, while new disinfector closets and a perpetual calendar pen instrument surface in patent notices. A heat resistant hair drying comb and a street sweeper with a drum instead of a rear wheel appear among miscellaneous innovations.
A Pennsylvania inventor from Connelsville has devised a pie cutter with a flat triangular blade inserted under the lower crust and a vertical knife blade. A scissor-like mechanism manipulates the blade, letting the user cut through tough cake or delicate crust with ease.
Mocqrattons and Malawi note the discovery that mosquitoes spread malaria raises hopes for eradicating a major tropical scourge. Maj. Ronald leads discussion of new findings and potential public health impact in the region.
The readable line hints at a dialogue fragment with a character asking about a father and a cryptic reply about a lawyer and standing. The source text is fragmented and lacks clear news context or events.
This note extols Mrs Pinkham's medicine for kidney derangements claiming wide endorsement by city officials and readers. It invites suffering women to write for free advice and lists Lynn Massachusetts as the address for Mrs Pinkham.
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