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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Hoods Sarsaparilla as a remedy for spring ailments appetite loss fatigue and nervousness. It urges readers to take the product in liquid or tablet form and notes a price of 100 doses for $1.
A collage of promotional blurbs describes Minnicog on Georgian Bay as a scenic summer resort with hotel facilities and abundant fish. It includes a Chicago contact for illustrated information, then shifts to assorted items: a marriage-aspiration quote from a child, a patent medicine advertisement, a playful exchange about a vacuum cleaner, and satire on prices for luxuries and ball game seats.
The Senate defeated the Cumming amendment to require ICC preapproval of rail traffic pacts and rates by 29 to 45 with seven Republican insurgents and 18 Democrats for. The House debated railroad measures, adopted a physical valuation provision, and amended telegraph and telephone scope. Debates over long and short haul and other bills continued as the Senate passed a pension bill and the House advanced Indian land measures.
Senator Dixon denounces labeling opponents as agurgent and accuses regulars of allying with Democrats for gain. Senator Bourne praises Oregon election laws, while Senator Bacon protests Southern officeholder selection. Senator Carter suggests removing 69,000 postmasters as a political fix. House debates railroad bill with multiple amendments, including Knowland’s water-competition modification.
A telegraphic bulletin reports Federal Deputy Marshal Anderson killed ten miles beyond Oakman and Marshal Putman wounded while pursuing moonshiners in Walker County Alabama. President Taft granted a respite to Charles O'Neil condemned for murdering Minnie Sherbino. Kansas had not hanged since statehood.
In Chicago State's Attorney Wayman inches into a bribery probe after Representative Charles A. White confesses receiving 1000 dollars for his vote in Lorimer's U S Senate bid. White alleges a 1000 to 2000 dollar vote-auction, a 900 dollar stake in a slush fund. Lorimer denies any vote buying while Browne calls White's tale blackmail, Wilson denies knowledge of a pot.
Dr. Victor Vaughan, key toxicologist, testified on poisons found in Swope family remains. Findings include traces of strychnine in stomach and kidney, cyanide signs in stomach, liver, and capsules allegedly thrown into a street, with convulsions attributed to a convulsive poison.
Roosevelt dam completes the Salt River irrigation project in Arizona and the U S government closes its cement plant at Roosevelt. The mill saved over $650,000, and the reservoir becomes the largest artificial water body, with capacity of 61 billion cubic feet. The project, costing $8.64 million, will irrigate 240,000 acres and is expected to repay the investment through crop yields.
Clarence Wonda a 19 year old Title Guaranty clerk in Manhattan killed himself in a boathouse on the Hawken Sack River near Rutherford New Jersey after a siege by state militia and armed citizens. Earlier he attacked 17 year old Anna Kip for refusing marriage and wounded Deputy Sheriff Smith while fending off seventy officers before taking his own life.
In New York a three-bondholder involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against the Standard Cordage Company in U S court. The claim totals about 2.4 million dollars against admitted assets of one million. Judge Hough named Lindsay Russell as receiver.
The Brockton Massachusetts union workmen organize a cooperative store to supply life’s necessaries at the lowest possible cash prices, aiming to cut costs amid rising air travel expenses.
An advertisement touts Munyon s Paw Paw Pills as a cure for constipation indigestion and related stomach and liver ailments. It promotes free sample mailing from Munyon s Homoeopathic Co. 53d and Jefferson Sts Philadelphia Pa and claims superior laxative effects with expert opinion on education and grammar debate included.
In Iowa City Mrs. M. McFadden credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing years of backaches and bed confinement after doctors failed to help. She warns others to remember the brand Doan's and notes the product costs 59 cents a box, with Foster-Milburn Co. listed. Also recounted is a humorous New York Sun tale about a waiter who refused to tip after offering half a meal.
In a brief exchange the two strangers remark on slow time and crowded cross-town trains, observing many cross-looking passengers aboard.
Miss Lillian Brown of Liberty Massachusetts describes decades of intolerable scalp itching burning and hair loss corrected by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. After six weeks treatment the condition nearly vanished with only a minor relapse eighteen months earlier and now no scalp trouble remains.
A garbled OCR snippet lists various patent medicines and tonics such as Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, Murine eye salve, and Lewis’ Single Binder cigars. It includes partial brand names, prices, and promotional lines, reflecting a chaotic late 1800s newspaper page with consumer remedies and advertisements.
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