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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1907

Page

3

A Revolutionary Tale Continues With Dunwoodie’s Return

In a tense scene, Captain Wharton and Frances await news from the field as Henry Wharton is recaptured. Major Dunwoodie tends wounded officers, and a wounded Dr. Sitgreaves and Colonel Wellmore receive care. Dunwoodie contemplates sacrifice and duty as troops retreat toward the hamlet near Locusta.

Francer Wharton Cayar Captain Wharton Henry Dunwyoodie Sitgreaves Singleton Dunnwoodle Dunwoodle Henry Wherton Peyton Kiesman Marjor Donwoodie Slater Frances Miss Peyton Sin Washington Andre Trenry Henry Wharton Dunwoodie Lawton Locusta Wellmore Colonel Wellmere Young Wharton

Relic of the Marflower descendant in Denver

Lula Electa Bartlett of Denver traces lineage to Josiah Bartlett signer of the Declaration and Mayflower passenger Elisha Bartlett. She keeps historic dishes from 1620 Mayflower voyage, once owned by Bartlett in Hastings Nebraska and Kansas City, Los Angeles, now in Denver.

Quan New World Denver Lula Electa, Bartlett Josiah Bartlett Menu Elisaa Bartlett Massachusetts Lula Electa Bartletta Bartlett California Street Hastings Neb Kansas City Los Angeles Tell[af Miss Bartlett Bartlett Brothers Lula Bartlett Denyer Denyer Times

A President's Daughter Learns Humility at School

Nellie Grant, daughter of President Ulysses S. Grant, a twelve year old pupil in a Washington private school, is schooled in discipline after multiple half hour dismissals. Mrs. Grant thanks the teacher and calls Nellie to be treated as any ordinary scholar. The lesson earns general approval.

Grant Nellie Sartoris Washington Ollyin Ty Alucore

Beveridge Warns New Congressmen to Stay Cool

In Washington Senator Beveridge advises newly elected congressmen to avoid appearing green. He urges them to think before speaking to prevent missteps and shares a humorous anecdote about a southerner seeking a photographer’s portrait, noting the charm of a plain everyday congressman. A separate quip suggests a clever girl can foil a kiss, ending with a light, offbeat note.

Senator Beveridge Washington Grean Buffalo News

Rural households embrace modern farm gear and comforts

A long rural vignette describes households upgrading with a steel range, bakery, piano, bathroom, windmill, engine, cream separator, feed grinder, silos, baling press, and new farming tools to boost efficiency. It notes women driving purchases, broader social ties, and a shift toward city-style goods while farmers debate wheat use and feed costs.

Atova Busimeas

Illinois Game Farm Showcases Wheeler Restocking Plan

Dr J A Wheeler state game warden heads a growing restocking initiative at a large scale game farm in Sangamon county backed by 100000 supporters paying a dollar each. The project aims to propagate 5000 game birds including quart prairie chickens partridges wild turkeys and geese to boost state populations and plans to distribute pheasant eggs to farmers next year for broader propagation.

J. A. Wheeler Wheeler Sangamon Dr. Wheeler Wolaa

Thinning Strawberries and Plant Suckers for Bigger Berries

At the Ohio fruit growers meeting W C Farnsworth urged severe thinning of strawberry rows and suckering raspberries. Using wheel cutters and a narrow strip, he found larger firmer berries result from careful trimming. He suggested pruning to about twenty five canes per red variety and treating unwanted plants as weeds to channel growth into productive canes.

Ohio W. CW Farnsworth

Parative: ial hitched earthward’ dn forward pullin

Fragmentary OCR snippet mentions a directional action and forward pull attempts. Limited readable context prevents full reconstruction of event, participants, or location.

Kidney Pill Provides Quick Relief and Cure

Napoleon Fifteen Years of Poor Vision and Debilitating Symptoms Ended by Dean's Kidney Pills. The user endured long-term blindness-like darks, housebound years, and irregular secretions until relief came, reportedly saving life. Sold by dealers at 60 cents a box, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.

Napoleon Godora Dean Ory Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo

Animals on jewels ignite London fashion

In London fashion claims animals as personal adornments with a surge of jewelry featuring carved heads of sheep, oxen, goats, dogs, and snakes on bracelets and necklaces. A Bond Street jeweler was tasked to craft a gold heads necklace for a renowned society woman. Two London women also wear small plaster mice on coat lapels as a bold trend.

London Bond Street Peta New York Times

Getting Round It Mountaineering Philosophy in Brooklyn

A famous climber, speaking at a Brooklyn dinner, argues that peaks once thought inaccessible can be reached by turning and twisting. He frames mountain climbing as a problem of getting around obstacles, emphasizing the art of circumventing difficulty.

George Sintgleton Hinglishman Dunwoodle Brooklyn

Postum Letters Contest Offers Cash Prizes

The Postum Cereal Co invites readers to write honest letters about coffee to Postum experiences. Prizes total 825 cash awards, with 10 and 8 dollar gold pieces, 2 and 1 dollar greenbacks, distributed to top writers. Entries must be received by June 1, 1907, and judges will decide fairly.

Postum Postum Cereal Co. Ltd Postam Ceres Co. Ltd Battle Creek Mich Widrewe

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