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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1917

Page

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Czar Nicholas Abdicates Throne as Revolution Spreads

London dispatch reports Czar Nicholas II abdicated in favor of his son after three days of Petrograd fighting. Empress Alexandra under guard as troops mutinied and joined revolutionists. A new cabinet is named with Looff as premier. About 600 slain. Kronstadt troops join the movement.

London Nicholas Hus Russia London Chronicle Petrograd Alexandra Nicholas Prussia Alix Hesse-Darmstadt Michael Alexandrovitch Committee of the Duma Duma Reuter Sys Human Committee Kronstadt Copenhagen Ekstrabladet Huapryands Sweden Premiser Sturmer Protopopoff Prince Looff Georges I. Looff Paul .N Milioukoff Manuilov Moscow University A. J. Guchkoff M. Ichingareff M. Tereschtenko Kiev Justce Kerenski Saratoff N. ‘Vy. Nekrasoff M. Godneff Kazan Germany Andrew Bonar Law House of Commons England

Iowa Road Bills Deadlocked as House Splits 54 to 54

Iowa legislative turmoil over Johnston and Larson Shortess road bills ends in defeat, a deadlock on every roll call leaves both sides evenly split. A potential reconvening or compromise remains possible, while other measures including a Klinker birth registration and state banking department bill move forward.

Lneup Iowa House Johnston Larson-Shortess House Highways Committee Pitt Cudea Klinker Albis Algona Ames Atlantic Belle, Plaine Carroll Chariton Cherokee Clarinda Decorah Eagle Grove Estherville Grinnell Independence Iowa Falls Knoxville LeMars Maquoketa Marion Missouri Valley Mt. Pleasant Newton Senate Committee On Education Senate Appropriations Committee Anderson Davis Whitmore Senate Committee On Military Affairs State University Iowa City Federal Reserve Morton C. Mumma Ang Gai James Rush Lincom

Treatments for tired nerves for wealthy women

The article describes home spa remedies such as hot water applied to the brain area, followed by a cold sponge rub. It notes these treatments are expensive and largely inaccessible to poor women and babies, and claims the heat opens blood vessels while the cold tightens them to restore vitality.

Hog Queen of the West Turns Rancher in Oregon

Mary Carr, once a Broadway and stage star, now runs a 2100 acre ranch near Fossil Oregon raising hogs and turkeys with plans to add cattle and sheep. She recounts long rides to learn turkey husbandry and describes her daily dawn starts, rugged work, and a life chosen away from the spotlight.

Portland Ore Mary Carr Fossil Carr Fame Maude Adams Frances Starr John Mason Lfe New York Feastl Tater

Somnambulist 75 in Critical Condition After Night Walk

Somnambulist James B. Lane seventy-two years old and Civil War veteran, from Frozen Brazil Ind, is in critical condition after walking outdoors in a state of sleep while scantily clothed. The incident underscores the dangers of sleepwalking in elderly individuals with prior war service.

Somnambulist Brazil Ind James B. Lane Sevventy-Tve

Simple formula for ideal weight by height

Dr. Harvey G. Beck of the University of Maryland outlined a weight rule at a Los Angeles medical meeting. Start with 110 pounds, then add 5 percent of the inches over five feet to get the ideal weight.

Harvey G. Beck University of Maryland Los Angeles County Medial Association Los Angeles Cink Popular Science Monthly

Education and marriage advice from a humorous ad content

A string of humorous lines references marriage, domestic roles, and a joking education claim. It notes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills from 40 years ago. It markets government purchase of coal mines at Yernie BC and reports a woman named as assistant attorney general of Colorado. It also mislabels the czar of Russia as a timber merchant.

Dr. Pierce Ady

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