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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
8
A testimonial from Mrs. Lee of New Orleans credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with reversing severe fatigue and nervous decline after long illness. The letter notes improvement after the third bottle and recommends the product to others seeking vitality. It references an ad seen in a daily paper and includes the brand’s promotional assurances.
Reports from druggists show many people suffer kidney trouble without knowing it. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is promoted as a remedy with a strong success record. The ad urges testing with a sample and mentions availability in medium and large bottles at drug stores.
A London Opinion quip critiques modern fashion and behavior noting a cynic claim that the era’s slogan is Never put off till tomorrow what you can put off today. The remark links dress timing with a broader habit of delay.
Advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use for wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics and guarantees no streaking or fading. It instructs buyers to tell their druggist fabric type before dyeing. In other notes, Mrs Worth hears Aunt Dinah, a seventy year old workwoman, has married for the fourth time and quips about fate and marriage.
Greenfield Indiana authorities charge Mrs Glare Gibson Carl with the murder of her father in law Alonzo B Carl by arsenic poisoning after a series of deaths linked to the Carl family. Indictments cite motive to obtain insurance and property. prior husband Robert Groan died under mysterious circumstances. Bodies were exhumed for chemical analysis. arsenic found in Frank Carl stomach. further results pending. Mrs Carl, long a Greenfield resident, showed calmness under arrest with little known of her past.
Helen Ferguson Dressler was sentenced to six months in the reformatory after her first trial for marrying 18 American soldiers and sailors during World War I to obtain their allowances. Upon release she faces further trials in Baltimore Norfolk Holyoke and other towns where her husbands live. Most husbands hailed from Chicago's Great Lakes naval training school. She laments that she will be making the rounds for life.
Mrs Anderson filed for divorce from Leon A Watson of Cleveland after testifying she spent 8000 on automobiles and 15000 of her own money in efforts to keep the marriage. The court heard details of her expenditures and alledged effects on the union.
A historical note explains why illicit liquor is called moonshine in America headed to the Alleghany hills and describes British parallels such as mountain dew. The piece contrasts American secrecy with British smuggling by night boats, noting differences in terms and origins.
In a courtroom a witness mocks a plaintiff claiming insanity for declaring himself the prophet Mohammed. The counsel questions the reasoning and the witness admits, If I am the prophet Mohammed myself, that is proof of his insanity. The quip reflects a juristic jab on self-declaration.
Bishop Candler in Atlanta mocks such debates as idle. A parishioner asks about Adam’s drying paws. In Alaska Eskimos hunt musk oxen with dogs, using a formation to anchor the herd, then shoot with bow or gun to dispatch the animals.
A fragment recalls an exchange about short skirts and gender roles. Dub argues attire does not determine behavior while the prompt hints a young man's duty to cover expenses when his partner expresses a wish. The text reflects dated social attitudes and incomplete dialogue.
State of Washington notes its origins as part of Oregon, creation as a territory in 1858, and admission to the Union on February 22, 1889. The record highlights the territorial transition and formal entry as a state in the late 19th century.
A vintage advertisement urges parents to trust Fletcher's Castoria for infants and children, praising its long history of use and the famous In Vee signature seen for over 80 years as reassurance of safety and effectiveness.
Gregory XII completed a calendar in 1682 and Pius IX in 1846 broke a papal tradition by preaching a sermon. Padre Ventura planned to preach in Rome but crowds cheered when the pope arrived and preached a simple, plain sermon. Many men make their mark by not writing.
A Louisville Courier Journal note hints that Treaven is pursued by many after a risky mark. A sharp, modern girl resists being labeled an angel by a man, revealing tension between identity and perception.
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