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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
6
Ad offers a free book on a supposed appliance for rapture and cure claiming instant relief where other methods fail. The letter urges readers to send name and address to C. H. Bracks at 21-A State St Marshall Missouri for a portal card with information.
The Wentworth Robert Browning settlement provides boots to poor children with a system of a small weekly rent until the boots’ price is covered. After final payment the boots remain property of the settlement and cannot be sold or pawned without permission.
A pair of promoters discuss stock sales with one noting nine thousand shares sold that morning and the other remarking the implication of substantial money. They invite a lunch, signaling buoyant fundraising activity for the mine project.
Milwaukee Sentinel notes a reflection on honesty with a maxim about self deception. The quote asserts no person is fully dishonest, yet each imagines others as moral failings beyond their own. The item appears as a brief editorial or syndicated saying in the paper.
A California businessman reports that a light Grape-Nuts breakfast with milk and sugar sustains energy and improves alertness while avoiding stomach overload. The letter, signed Postum Co, Battle Creek, promotes a book and advertises product claims typical of period ads.
The oldest citizens of Hopkinton gathered at A. B. Wheelen’s home for a banquet featuring Richard Cook Peter Guthrie William Danford David Gearhart A. B. Wheelen Mrs Gearhart H Moulton and R Mills. The event highlighted long lives and local ties in a community gathering.
A proposed Iowa bill would seal original notices of annulment petitions for ten months, restricting access to the petition and its entries. Hearings on child guardianship would be secret, and the case would only proceed to trial after the ten month period. The measure, backed by Rep John Jacobs, also touches on taxes and other state matters amid legislative debate.
Two women credit Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding surgeries after severe side pains and related symptoms. Mrs Beatrice Cary of Beatrice Nebraska and Mrs Hayward Sovere of Cary Maine describe relief, restored health, and renewed ability to care for families after using the remedy.
Advertising copy touts Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap for instant itch relief and clearing eczema ringworm pimples and blackheads with a gentle soothing action. Claims are universal use and safe on delicate skin including babies, with department 21K mail offer from Baltimore Maryland.
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