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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1917

Page

3

Iowa dairy contest plans and crime news across Iowa

The Iowa dairy departments plan a state contest through local creameries with a scorecard on cleanliness and equipment. News briefs include a rock island arsenal guard fence in Davenport, drowning deaths of Chet Welch and Clifton Briegleaga after ice gave way on the Mississippi, and extensive winter hardships recorded in Waukon and Postville.

Iowa State College State Dairy and Food Department Odell State Agricultural Department W. B. Barney Rock Island Arsenal Davenport Chet Welch Clifton Briegleaga Muscatine Mississippi Mont Peller Waukon Postville J. M. Thoma Carl Boxmann August Sanders Coon Rapids Boxmann Germany Martin Hermansen Clinton Fulton Will Mason Snyder Delaney Osmund Osmundson Ossian Fayette County North McGregor Hampton Dysart Iowa St. Katharine's School Treut H. C. Ward National Guard Field Artillery Megara, McCullough & O'Malley State Automobile Department St. Paul Waukon Beautiful” League City Beautiful Patrick J. Quigley Dubuque Daily Telegraph-Herald Cedar Rapids

Saint Patrick’s lasting influence praised by Rev McDonough

A reverent tribute to St Patrick highlights his humble beginnings and vast impact on Ireland. The essay deems him a national hero whose life bridged culture, faith, and patriotism across fifteen centuries, praising his enduring spiritual and cultural legacy.

Apostle Ireland St. Patrick Asint T. P. McDonough Patrick

St Patrick birthplace dispute fuels Irish debate

In a long debate from the Magazine Ireland, authorities and scholars argue over St Patrick birthplace options, weighing Brittany, Scotland, Wales, and Gaul. Proponents cite O Sullivan, Healy, Bury, Rhys, Lannigan, and others. critics note Romanized Celt identity and lack of conclusive evidence.

ST. Patrick’s Boston St. Patrick Homer Patrick Scotland Wales Brittany Keating O'Hanlon Professor Moore Lannigan Don Philip O'Sullivan Father Morris Canon Menning Miss Cusack Father O'Farrel Archbishop Healy Professor Bury Doc Tor Healy Henry of Tuam Philip O'Sullivan Bretagne Bonnayem Tabernine Healy O'Sullivan Boulogne-sur-mer Picardy Britain Rhys Severn Bristol Channel Banwen Baonnavéntn Gle- Morganshire Cardinal Moran Colgan O'Tioherty Sir John Rhys Argyle Gaul Ireland

Irish Equality and Its Role in Irish Independence

The Celt’s art and literature embody pure, noble ideals and a love of equality. This leveling trait fosters social uniformity but hindered unification for independence. Their sensitiveness resists conquering authority and perpetual persecution fuels enduring resistance to bondage.

Raca Curran

Driven From Their Country in Irish Emigration Tale

A historian notes eighteenth century Ireland faced political oppression and emigration after the treaty of Limerick. Penal laws tightened circa 1700 as many Irish fled to Europe and America, bearing memories of English rule and a ready sense to oppose it.

Ireland Limerick William Europe America

Church and Tower at Kells The Book of Kells Origin

The celebrated Book of Kells was written in the sixth century at a church and tower in Kells. Kells is famed for its historical associations as a town that grew from a monastery founded by Saint Columba.

Kells Columba

Lofty Ideals Among the Celt

An ancient reflection praises the Celt as the most moral and religious of barbaric races, linking such high ideals and vivid imagination to pleasures of mind over material needs. It questions whether improvidence is a worthy tradeoff for the perceived cultural gain.

Remember Native Land Be Proud of Irish Heritage

Fragmentary OCR shows a colonial era voice praising Irish devotion to native land. It depicts Irish children fed on fairy tales and the “little people” as moral guardians, warning that wrath falls on disobedient children.

Grudge Ends in Bold Mockery of Tiger Tale

Jones recalled a supposed hunt in West Africa and challenged O'Connor about tigers there. O'Connor denied the claim with a calm quip, admitting he had killed them, sparking the exchange.

Jones O'Connor West Africa

California Syrup of Figs advertisement and quotes

An long scolding ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a harmless laxative to relieve "constipation poison" in children. It urges using a teaspoonful for sick children and warns about counterfeit fig syrups, with directions for all ages and adults printed on the bottle. It also includes miscellaneous quotes and proverbs.

California Ady

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