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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1920
Page
6
An old advertisement urges women to dye fabrics with Diamond Dyes claiming easy, foolproof results for wool, linen, cotton, silk, and blends. It emphasizes simple directions and guarantees perfect color even for first timers, noting the product is available through druggists.
A fragmentary humorous column recalls Elizabeth asking a clerk how long to wait for a lover’s reply to a letter, with jokes about stamps and invalids. It shifts to a golfer’s wife planning separation unless he funds golf gear, then a Derby-era innkeeper who humorously insists on golf-ball money for alimony.
Meg Gendorfer Blatter muses on aging and perception, noting that worry shifts from seventy five years to the last five. The piece contrasts the average man's pursuit of perfection with the flawed self-image seen in a mirror.
Reports from Warsaw on May 7 say Polish and Ukrainian forces have routed bolshevik troops defending Kiev. Polish infantry and cavalry press the front as two red divisions were annihilated after being cut off. Skvira, 50 miles east of Berdychiv, fell to Polish forces amid heavy machine gun and artillery resistance. American relief workers, including women, are ordered to Tiflis as Baku falls to bolsheviks, with oil shipments and Caucasus rail traffic disrupted.
Postmaster General Burleson told Congress the war time government control of telegraph and telephone networks cost 14,005,665 dollars to liquidate. He argued longer government operation or delaying rate hikes could have avoided losses, noting deficits were small relative to billions in gross revenues.
Washington reports from the prohibition front show that in March four hundred forty seven stills were destroyed by state officers federal revenue agents and civil guardians of the law in Alabama Georgia and Tennessee. Ten beer plants were seized in Alabama. A copper still stolen from the Chattanooga city health department lab is among missing items. Marshal Joffre has returned to France after a ten day stay in Barcelona.
A rugged outdoors enthusiast recounts his happy outdoor experiences and reminisces about old friends from his hometown. The talk shifts to a friend’s fate, with one asking what happened to a mutual acquaintance and noting a surprising change.
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