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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1924

Page

3

No Trouble When Baby Came Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

A nationwide canvass of women reports 98 of 100 benefited from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Crossan and others from Missouri Louisiana and Delaware praise it for pregnancy, confinement and postnatal recovery. It aids strength, restores health, and supports normal function after childbirth.

Mrs. Crossan Lydia E. Pinkham Joseph Missouri Lydia E New Orleans Louisiana A. Merny, JR Touro St E. Pinkham Conrad Oten Dakan Meyn Mire Crossan Comand

Lot to Contend With and Dust Particles Area Focus

A humorous dialogue contrasts memory and difficulty with a weather bureau note. The United States Weather Bureau has logged daily dust particle counts in the air atop the Washington monument for the past year, detailing continuous air quality measurements.

Alr Washington United States Weather Bureau

Lapps and Wit in Old Lore and Witty Sayings

A fragmentary set of old world says and jokes. Notes on Lapland witchcraft fame and sailors buying a wind. A quip about a bright wife and a misunderstanding with Miss De Style. A joke about separationists and Residents of Revo. An old proverb about beauty and pot boils.

Miss de Style

Iowa State News Briefs Highlight Local Agriculture And Health

Legislation and projects span Iowa counties with road work contracts in Polk county totaling 68 500 dollars for bridges and culverts. Wayne county to run four soybean variety tests while Bremer county reports 80 percent corn plowing. Monticello Canning secures 650 acres of corn in Jones county, up 200 acres from last year. Des Moines health center reports 13 508 examinations in 1928 versus 12 674 in 1922, and city physicians donated over 52 000 dollars in services to the poor in the past year. New building permits reach 304 with a value of 964 000 dollars, best April on record. Oakdale state sanitarium introduces radio as patient diversion and bedhead telephone wiring in rooms. Des Moines honors Lieut. Gov. George Lunn, who once sold papers in the city, visiting after 38 years away.

Decorah Wayne County Bremer County Polk County Monticello Canning Company Jones County Des Moines Health Center A.D. McKinley George Richard Lunn New York Des Moines Health Center and Public Welfare Bureau Oakdale

Partial List of June Primary Candidates in Iowa

A fragmented roster lists United States Senate hopefuls and state officers for the June primary. Republicans include Burton E. Sweet, Smith W. Brookhart, H. H. Anderson, A. J. Banks, John Hammill, Glenn Co. Haynes, W. J. Burbank, Jonas D. Buser, Clem F. Kimball, John R. Price, Walter C. Ramsay, Nay B. Johnson, G. G. Wolfe, Leon W. Aineworth, Edward McDonald, Ben J. Gibson, Pred P. Woodrum, C. W. Felton, B. M. Richardson, and others. Democrats name Charles R. Key, Daniel F. Stock, Daniel Anatcher, J. C. Murtagh, L. W. Housel, Maude Lauderdale, W. R. McGinnig, W. R. McGinnig, and more, for offices including governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney general, railroad commissioner and agriculture. The list is incomplete and includes place names such as Des Moines, Ottumwa, Council Bluffs, and Davenport.

United States Burton E. Sweet Waverly Smith W. Brookhart Washington Charles R. Key Agalnsan A Moines Daniel F. Stock Ottumwa J_ HH Anderson Thomson A. J. Banks Montour John Hammill Britt Glenn Co. Haynes Mason City W. J. Burbank Waterloo Jonas D. Buser Conesville Daniel Anatcher Wright J. C. Murtagh Clem F. Kimball Council Bluffs John R. Price Albia L. W. Housel Humboldt Nay B. Johnson Muscating G. G. Wolfe Mount Vernon Leon W. Aineworth Des Moines Edward McDonald Coon Rapids Ben J. Gibson Corns Ing

Seed corn ear testing and alfalfa adoption in Iowa

Iowa reports urge individual ear tests for seed corn before planting and emphasize lime inoculation as essential for alfalfa. Farm News notes 700 000 ears tested by extension service and Iowa State College. Benton county farmers seed about 75 acres to alfalfa as soil renovation and hay crop demand grows.

Iowa Tasta Farm Srops Extension Service Towa State College and Punty Om Kokk Town State College Benton County Vinton

Florida Wins Lindsley Cup For Legion Renewal Lead

Florida led national Legion renewals with 98.2 percent of 1928 membership enrolled by March 1 ahead of Mexico and Wisconsin. The award funded by Henry J. Lindeley of New York will honor the department securing the top renewal rate, as Oregon and other states surpassed 50 percent alongside ongoing campaigns.

Florida Legion Henry J. Lindeley New York Land of Flowers Department of Mexico Foreign Department Department of Wisconsin Oregon Badger State

Lindsley Bequest Ties To Legion Endowment Fund

Commander Lindsley’s offer to renew memberships in many states signals efforts to boost Legion drive. The late Dallas mayor and former A F E F war officer left a $10,000 life insurance bequest to fund an endowment for ongoing work, with the Legion to receive proceeds upon his death. He chaired Legion affairs from 1919 caucus in St Louis to Franklin D Roosevelt’s 1920 Minneapolis election.

South Dakota Tennessee South Carolina Iowa North Dakota Alaska Vermont Virginia Wyoming Kentucky New Hampshire Idaho Nevada Lindsley Eeech Legion Dallas Tex Wirk Insurance A. FE. F Harberd Sth Louis Franklin D'Oler Minneapolis

Colonization Plan Popular With Veterans

California lawmakers approved a land colonization plan for veterans as part of the home and farm aid law but it was put in abeyance due to high costs. A $10 million appropriation exists for farms and homes, with 430 farms already bought for veteran citizens and 1200 home and farm purchase applications received, risking exhaustion of funds before approval.

California Legisnature Legionnaires ‘and Welfare Board

Auto Show Brings Return for Jackson Ohio Post

The Jackson Ohio Post of the American Legion hosted an automobile show drawing local dealers, manufacturers, churches, fraternal groups and merchants. Nearly fifty cars were sold or contracted, and the post netted about 1000 dollars from the event.

Jackson American Legion Post

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