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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
8
A physician recounts urging a paralyzed man to try a health remedy after his wife’s persistence. The patient improves rapidly, claiming a return to full health within weeks. The doctor then prescribes Dr Williams Finis tablets for a lady with heart aspiration and nervous strain, noting dramatic improvement.
Early predictions for St Paul in September foretell a large turnout of Grand Army of the Republic veterans from New England to Michigan. H J Lacey of Fitchburg secured department headquarters while Gen Becker in St Paul coordinates posts in Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas. Michigan officials Pond and Foote have set up headquarters and expect about a thousand Michigan veterans to attend.
A Washington Post interview recounts naturalist Dr. Porter’s life with travels in Mexico under Diaz, his narrow escape from Saturnino Ossuna’s bandits in Rosario, fortuitous encounters, and a daring escape by horse through a narrow alley to reach safety. The tale centers on Ossuna’s notoriety, a brutal murder, and Porter's cautious flight to avoid further danger.
A 19th century style notice invites men women and youths to solve a Presidential Puzzle in last week’s issue to win $100 Racycle prizes. Readers are to purchase or reread the prior paper, cut out the ad, and mail name address job desired and frame height to Cycle and Mfg. Co. Middletown Ohio.
The Waco discourse notes bicycles supplanting horses in campaign outreach across city wards and county primaries. Candidates ride to multiple meetings, some thirty miles apart, while others favor patient burros and donkeys for verbose canvassing. The scene predicts bicycles will dominate future political campaigning.
A Springfield Republican reprint recalls mild hazing at West Point where a plebe sing the Cat Came Back provoked upperclass pranksters. The scene shows a moonlit hazing in sheets and a cartoonish pursuit ending with comic boasts, paralleled by Shelley Southey buttered cakes anecdote in a breezy reminiscence.
An Illinois man and others recount tales of a clever bellboy who “calls” trains and boats, solving travel plans by listening at doors in a Texarkana hotel and Shawneetown. The Rochester Times notes the entertaining if ironic sagacity.
A Boniface pig on a Monday afternoon created chaos as it charged along a narrow sidewalk near a hospital and a palace. A man and a boy were knocked down, then rescued as the pig paused to observe before resuming pursuit. The retreat ended with the hog returning to its yard, leaving witnesses amused.
A Ban Pequetaeo Call writer argues dried olives, if properly processed, could feed a family with nutritious, tasty food for about 3 cents daily. A Hallard, Santa Rovbara clerk supplied a sample to the board of trade, asserting olives rival bread in pulp quality and nutrition. California groves expand rapidly with about 98,000 trees planned across Orange, Colton, and Pomona areas, promising future olive production and sales, possibly tripling last season's value.
Senator Aldrich recalls a Providence to New York trip in which a wealthy friend doubted his duties as a United States senator. The exchange ends with the friend asking who the other senator from Rhode Island is, underscoring their long friendship and past friction.
A list of patentees and inventions tied to Northwestern inventors includes Arthur DL Adams Astotia Ore with an automatic gate governor, Herbert M Carpenter Minneapolis Minn safety coal hole cover Henry McGrover Anoka Minn car acu Samuel Ti Hoopes Minneapolis Minn Stage the trick James T Mc Dermott St Tal Minn power transmitter for windmills Edwin H Montgomery St Paul Minn combined a witch and tisd block Hans DB Ol atad Sioux Falls SD the upsetling machine Henry Sten Parihault Minn electrical lightshade Frank M Warren Portland Ore trademark enined flah T. D Merwin patent lawyer Pioneer Press Building St Paul Minnesota.
A collage of historical sayings and stray notices mentions Camphor remedies by Mogomants Iee, references to Patrick Henry’s oratory before age thirty, and a claim about Jim Wikdhow’s Bootling for children. It includes a reader letter, a wedding request, a medical ad for consumption remedies, and a mock exchange about a newspaper’s first issue plus a Webster praise line.
A quirky note from the Ubieaga Record quotes a passerby about starting a garden season. The speaker asks if the garden has begun, and the reply mentions flinging old things into a neighbor’s lot, illustrating a light community moment.
A fragment from a 19th century column mocks medical quackery with warnings about bitters and tonics. It mentions headaches and irregular bowels, Houlet ters Steamed Bitters as a supposed remedy, a dressmaker’s boy with a bill, and a prominent actress lamenting a nuisance while requesting writing materials.
In a terse exchange the hostess declares Missouri water unpleasant to taste and the guest counters that it is the best she has ever eaten. The brief dialogue mimics a social clash over drinkability and hospitality in a domestic setting.
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