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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
8
A compact, era flavored collage of quirky lines and ads including a joked exchange about a missed letter, a Victorian proverb about means and meanness, a pitch for Allen’s Foot-Hase powder, a joke about professionals in a pie, a medical ad for Green's Songs and dropsy specialists, and a note on double entry vestibule doors.
An embarrassed husband clings to his unread program while his wife and a matronly bystander argue about his literacy. The scene unfolds with whispered comments, a boost of pride, and the wife revealing he is a college graduate who cannot admit it.
A garbled page mentions Northwestern inventors and patent attorney firms like Merwin Lothrop Johnson in St Paul and a Pioneer Press Building address. It includes scattered items such as tempering apparatus, self dropping mechanisms, and a back pedaling brake, with unrelated dialogue about golf and a foreign tongue.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Hage powder to ease tight shoes and treat corns bunions swollen feet and sweating feet with a 26 cent price. The ad also notes samples and distribution details. A stray line laments fear of failure hindering men from starting, and a note mentions Algerian archaeological explorations hindered by lack of funds.
Seeds sent to recipients via Congressmen carry curious notes from the United States Department of Agriculture. Cannas are called an interesting genus with underground stems eaten in Peru. Lindley notes coffee substitute seeds. some are used as shat. Messages urge thirty year storage before germination. Marigolds touted for medicinal uses and soups, and zinnias named for Zinn. Lark spur linked to a dolphin in its name. All seed packets ask reporters to share trial results with the department.
An Utica minister recalls a summer supply stint in which a college bred pastor tried to stump him with a hard chapter from Numbers. He read the next chapter to avoid stumbling, and the exchange ended with a silent exchange of glances and a whispered retort.
In a fragment from an 19th century scene Miss Willing asks if belief in second love is real. Mr Woodby, a widow, answers with a fable about buying sugar: the first pound is sweet, the second pound should be sweet too, prompting reflection on desire and fidelity.
In a Collier's Weekly anecdote a parent explains they never take the newspaper home preferring to avoid crime stories and instead mention family life and bargain sales as the main interest.
The piece notes that long sashes at the side and pointed jackets conceal girth. It mentions panne and satin de chine as fabrics, praising the latter for its suitability and appeal.
A Philadelphia North American fragment recalls a prison visit where Tom is told he is allowed many liberties. The horse appropriator responds that they receive almost every liberty, with the exchanged quip reflecting the era’s satirical tone.
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