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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
8
An Ohio bank tale recounts a young teller’s misjudgment when a humble customer asks to deposit a cent that grows into a four week plan. The old man proves wealthy, the teller is humbled, and the bank learns to value cautious service.
German authorities focus on training both hands in children to prevent right hand dominance from shaping the body. They warn one sided use leads to asymmetry, noting that carrying children on the left arm frees the right hand and may tilt the left shoulder. The practice begins in childhood and affects boys.
German education officials promote ambidexterity across trades and arts. Students learn to use both hands in tasks like drawing and writing, with examples including bronze work and large arm movements. Some painters like Menzel and Kumach practiced ambidexterity in youth. Japanese methods, contrasting, stress drawing and writing without support to build bilateral skill.
A skeptical essay argues the brown rat, a shipboard survivor, has adapted to urban life and outsmarts obstacles. It claims rats reason, plan, and prosper in cities by exploiting plumbing, cement floors, and storage facilities, making them a sophisticated citizen of the urban world.
An experienced trainer says animals including bears goats deer llamas and primates crave tobacco fumes snuff or smoke. He recalls a lama spitting in protest at a sailor and noting strong snuff breath as evidence of the effect.
In a brief overheard exchange Mr Blanque questions Miss Waldo about a Herr professor while Miss Waldo mocks German women’s attire as indecorous, saying the gut turals offend her ears.
Three Buena Vista County men report favorable impressions of Western Canada around Hartney Deloraine and toward the Souris River in Manitoba. They plan to move back to Iowa then return in March to buy improved farms at reasonable rates and urge other practical farmers to relocate for better wheat soils, schools, and markets. One Hartney renter bought the farm he worked from two-thirds shares, then gained cash equal to the price to buy it outright.
A passage notes that bower birds prairie fowls and the American browse display intricate dances. They beat grass with wings to prepare a ballroom, then move in twos and fours bowing their heads, dropping wings, advancing and retreating, turning on their toes and swelling their plumage as they cluck.
The Deering Harvester Company of Chicago pioneered bicycle ball bearings in 1891 boosting efficiency across machinery. Since then others followed with experimental roller bearings while Deering remained a leader in grain binders and mowers. Their 1899 catalogue showcases historical notes, the largest American factory, and the latest harvesting-machinery advances. Send for a free copy.
A fragment from a Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph column parodies political discourse with mock amendments and brisk banter. It mentions Mr Van Braam and Dinwiddie, plus a jab about policemen and tread, amid a satirical tableau of public life. It closes with an ad pitch for Cascarets Candy Cathartic and a jab at post mortem specialists.
Fragmented ad style text references Hinil's Catarrh Care priced at 75 cents and mentions various unconnected lines about remedies and opinions. It includes an endorsement attributed to Mrs Mulligan from Plumatoad Kent England dated November 8 and stray remarks about poets and obituary verses.
A nurse trainee candidate is asked about physical defences and a girl responds with a quip about a cowlick and a corn. Albany lawmakers wrangle over abolishing the death penalty as debate continues amid anxieties about justice and reform. The ad touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion and constipation.
A quirky Swedish venture uses an air locked box on a pier where a mail steamer places letters and locals pick their own, trusting in neighbors honesty. Passersby find their letters by turning over the box and selecting them without interference.
ParmiTs lists issued patents last week to Northwestern inventors including John Carlson Mandan N D with Acoty Jenguis generator final product and Arthur M inra engineer from Minneapolis Minnesota with carburetor and Ebenzer Murray Dead wood 8 T Bronstenhfeld August G Schaefer St Paul and John A Tulioch from Minnesota with drive chain chart wheel. The Pioneer Press Building St Paul is cited as patent attorney office.
Germany and Switzerland produce over two million glass eyes annually while Paris makers with finer work craft about eight hundred thousand. Eyes are formed from a hollow hemisphere and the pupil is skillfully created from colored glass. Most artificial eyes serve workers in iron foundries where sparks cause injuries. seldom do women receive a glass eye.
Advertises Allen's Foot-Kawet as the sole remedy for swollen, burning and sweaty feet with corns and bunions. Promises a powder to shake into shoes sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free sample offer. Address provided in LeRoy New York.
The London institute of civil engineers president argues a first class train is the safest place in the world. He cites 24 railroad deaths blamed on others, 1800 bed suffocations, 148 dining room choke deaths, 825 fatalities from falls. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad GM Underwood directs pass holders to be moved to stations on passes. Conductors will note station names on passes for future travel. Conrail Ohio Railroad stockholders meet April 26 in Columbus, with directors on the same day.
An experiment in storing eggs at Telth sealed 50 000 Beotch Irish and Danish eggs in snapparatus for four months. After curing, only a small proportion were addled. The process involved cooling storage and circulating air around the eggs with periodic turning to keep yolk surrounded by albumen.
A promotional note urges readers to enjoy the publication by studying advertisements. It praises advertisers as reliable and claims they deliver what they advertise, inviting readers to develop the habit for bargains.
Yonkers Statesman recounts a puzzled traveler in Florida asked to pay $3 for a half mile carriage ride. The native replies eagerly, insisting the fare reflects value, not health, in a humorous exchange centered on local humor and manners.
A fragmentary New York World item notes a sudden crash in a Boston man’s house prompted by a collapsed kitchen towel or similar household disruption. The report is terse and non-specific about causes or injuries.
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