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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1920

Page

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Following a Crooked Trail in Saguache Hard Ride

Curly and Mac, two young cowboys, rustle horses for a rebel supply outfit and flee town after a night of drunken bravado. A staged escape turns deadly when Mac is killed by a volley, Curly is wounded, and a posse closes in. Curly reflects on friendship, guilt, and looming punishment as he faces a violent frontier justice.

Saguache Chuna Mac Warren Bil Cranston Lute Blackwell Bad Bill Curly Dave Warren Blackwell Cranston Bar Double M Bud Bill Hla ‘Horne Bill Mexico Gar Fal Finndran Slats Davis Davis Texas Mlandran Flandran Flonfrau Mae Slats Gurly Lute Sints Phindran Rad Double M Boys Davin Legutender Slants Standrau Mie Wiandrin Cullison Double M Colison Dutch Melandran Flamdran

Action Packed Western Tale With Boots On

A vivid old western narrative promises rapid pacing and frontier peril. The plot centers on outlaws, sheriffs, rustlers, and gunfights as characters pursue fortune, honor, and danger in a rugged West marked by romance and ruthless justice.

Mystery Clearer: Stepfather Confesses to Boy Murders

George Burrows Kenster, who returned to Clarion County, reveals long buried killings of two stepsons from the eighties. He confessed to murdering the elder boy to cover for the younger, whose body was never found. The boys fled westward years ago. the elder later rejoined their mother for a reunion.

Sharon George Burrows Kenster Clarion County Mercer County Wiliam Kenster Know Colensburg Keaster Keaster Homan Ton Pacific Coast Anne Burrows Keaster Gray Mother Day CO LE Roy Bue Rowa Billi Rowe Manning West Serth Street New York City

Blue Paint Drives Boy From Bath Towels Toward Tears

A Pennsylvania mother paints her bathroom blue to deter her twelve year old son who fears water. He storms in, protests the blue walls and tub, exclaiming in frustration that the decor is already cheerless enough.

Pennsylvania Avenue Indianapolis News

Swamp Lands Offer Drainage for Farm Potential

The swamp and wetlands of the United States cover about three fourths of France in area. Much swamp land stays wet except after heavy rains and supports heavy vegetation. Experts believe large tracts could become productive farms if drained and cleared by public or private corporations.

United States France

Woman 72 gives birth to twins in Shasta district

Mrs Dora McCants of Shasta California at seventy two becomes mother of twins making her family the leading contributor to a local district school. She has 27 children and aids school operations by sending enough pupils to keep the school open. Husband Jerry McCants is thirty nine.

San Francisco Dora McCants Shasta Cal United States McCants Stinsta Jerry McCants

Robber Fleeed When Bartender Brandished Silver Spoon

In Great FallsMont Edmonds a robber entered a soft drink saloon from the rear and held up the bar. Bartender George Edmonds grabbed a silver spoon from behind the bar, its glare like a revolver, causing the gunman to flee without completing the robbery.

Great Falls Mont George Hamonds Edmonds

Chicago Housing Crisis Aids 600000 Slum Dwellers

The Chicago Housing Association head says 600000 residents in Chicago live in slum districts due to inadequate housing facilities. The statement highlights severe urban housing shortages and calls for urgent reform.

Chicago Chicago Housing , Association

Never Thought of That in The Arkansas Gazette

A brief, obscure clipping notes a remark about cranberry juice as an antiscorbutic and implies a prior unfamiliar idea, attributed to a reader or columnist in the Arkansas Gazette. The fragment reflects light commentary on health remedies and everyday curiosities.

Arkansas Gazette

Prominent Physician Promotes Triner Remedies for All

A physician endorses Triner's American Huxir of Bitter Wine as a universal intestinal cleanser and claims it relieves constipation without purging. He also advertises Tuiner's Cough Sedative for relief from seasonal coughs. The ad notes Triner's remedies are stocked by pharmacists and healers, from Joseph Triner Company in Chicago.

Tunner Tuiner Triner Joseph Triner Ashland Ave Chicago n—Ady

Nothing to Prevent. Caudle-Did the robbers escape

In a terse exchange the question is posed whether the robbers escaped. Gable responds that they did so easily, while officers trailed them with bloodhounds. The text shifts to an advertising insert praising Cuthura Soap for complexion care, along with Onticura Tricum and related products as a beauty trio.

Mac Caudle Gable Ady

Quite Fitting Labor Strike Defense

The passage notes a labor strike defeated by capital management. It implies leadership and strategy by management, highlighting the clash between workers and owners and the outcome favoring capital control. The quotation suggests a satirical or critical stance on labor actions and management responses.

St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Back Pain Relief

An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil for lumbago backache rheumatism with a single application. It claims the soothing oil penetrates instantly, relieves soreness within fifty counts, and is harmless on the skin, urging readers to try a small trial bottle at any drug store.

St Jacobs St. Jacobs

Hapsburg Castle in Aargiu Named for Owl’s Castle

The fortress known as Hapsburg or Hopaburg stood in the Aargau canton of Switzerland, cited as the reputed cradle of the Hansburg dynasty. The name translates to Owl's Castle reflecting its storied origin in early regional lore.

Hapsburg Hopaburg Canton of Aargiu Switzerland

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