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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
8
A Bellevue Ohio reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with reversing severe illness and back pain after a period of weakness and despair. The ad urges sick women to write for confidential advice to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Holison quotes a view that little sleep is necessary and a future where sleep is unnecessary. Edison jokes about the era of the professional humorist. The text notes nature’s demands and Macbeth’s line that sleep is murdered, implying those lacking healthful sleep have, figuratively, murdered sleep.
Coed advertisement promotes Hay's Hair Health claiming it restores youthful hair color, hides gray, and nourishes scalp. It guarantees harmless results and offers pharmacist or direct orders, with stated prices and a Newark distributor.
A dialogue frames The Heated King asking if a man is a famous German air man and a plane expert. The reply confirms he is not an aviator but runs a publicity bureau.
W Warren Anderson of Cornell won first in the Ions collegiate oratorical contest at Mt Vernon with the prize of 3100 for his plea for prison reform titled Vengeance is Mine. Charley Bloomquist was second and James Delliver third among eight competitors.
A promotional piece on farming Western Canada highlights lower capital needs and strong yields. It profiles Carl Dickan of Russian Poland who settled near Alberta, detailing his growth to 100 acres, high yields, and net worth. The article notes Buck Lake to Pigeon Lake area offers timbered land, easy clearing, good wheat soil, abundant water, fishing, and game, with settlers mainly from the US and Canada.
A humorous note compares a costly exhibit watch with a wheel that only turns each four years to show years, months, and days. It jokes that Egbert cannot wait four years for a revolution in South America.
Salzer presents Salzer's White Sonanza Oats claiming J. Johnson of Lincoln County Minnesota grew 243 bushels from 244 bushels sown last spring. The ad challenges readers to beat the 1016 year achievement. It touts the variety as prize winning and highly prolific and promotes the company's seed catalog for alfalfa potatoes Timothy clovers and farm seeds.
An advertisement offers to mail a seed catalog and a collection of seeds for ten or twenty cents. It lists crops such as cabbage, carrot, cucumber, lettuce, radish, and onion, with multiple named seed varieties and a promise of spring and summer vegetable supplies. Orders to John A. Salter Seed Co., Box 700, La Crosse, Wisconsin.
In hospital after an anarchist attack on Mayor Gaynor, he recalled a former bartender turned police judge. A drunkenness case involving Mary McManus tested the judge who, after a moment, questioned her purpose, then offered a cigar as a light, final remark.
An old ad touts a medicinal remedy named Mothers, Mother Gray's Sweet Powdora for children. It claims to ease teething pain, upset stomach, headaches, and worm infestation, with effects in 24 hours. Sold by All Drugginte, 26c, at Rample Farm, Le Roy, N.Y.
A Boston Evening Transcript snippet quotes a bashful suitor asking about Rogers income. It notes he earns little as a bachelor and frames the suitor as a fresh, approachable alternative to a strict husband. The tone suggests social dating norms of the period.
A compact collection of sharp witticisms from London gossip noting the wartime tone. It cites lines about Tippers and trains, with quips on labor, marriage, and social pretensions.
A chemistry professor at a southern college quizzes a Kentucky student on water properties and the student briskly answers water is poisonous, prompting a humorous historical remark from the era.
A quirky ad-like note touts Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops as a remedy for throat trowbler and claims dramatic relief. It humorously remarks on mishearing collectors and half-heard truths, ending with a Toledo Bride reference.
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