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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1898
Page
4
Fairfield Neb Tribune urges readers to write and sign their views on town issues. Do not demand editors fix every wrong. publish accountable opinions to promote community good.
The account details a soldier boys daily schedule at Camp McKinley Des Moines with precise times for meals drills and duties. It notes early wake for the sick at 6 18 am breakfast at 6 90 am guard mount 8 am drill 9 am and afternoon brigade drills followed by fatigue duties cleaning and various amusements while strict orders prohibit leaving camp without a permit from the Colonel.
Monthly reports from Ugh School for May 1898 show 20 teaching days, 25 enrolled, and low attendance. Names listed as nor tardy include Amelia Lehman Emma Moser Carrie Mueklethales Lillie Oswald Rena Schmid Cornelia Boucher and E A Schirfelbein as principal. Intermediate and primary rooms report similar figures with numerous named students cited as neither absent nor tardy.
Daytona Florida residents read of a unique social night as Daytona's bachelor maids hosted a ball at the H R Y club on December 20 1997. The event featured half day gowns for honors and two sets of dances with lavender and white accents. Mrs Davidson supplied music and intermission refreshments, and the night ended with strong praise for the bachelor maids organization.
Harvard professor Dudley Sargent advocates free muscular development for women to combat aging. He cites natural movement and apparatus free exercises, emphasizing neck and shoulder strengthening to improve posture and circulation, with pupils demonstrating these routines and noting overall body benefits.
The text notes that one factory makes 37,000,000 units daily while other plants yield about 30,000,000 each day, forming a high aggregate. It suggests business opportunities in avoiding waste and ponders how many units should be distributed publicly. It reflects on English production and a general opinion that many units should not be scattered on highways and cycle paths.
In a Toynbee Hall London lecture on Two Generations of Greater Britain A Barnes lists towns and districts named Victoria. He notes Vancouver has a Victoria city Hong Kong has a Victoria Lugan and the Cameroons and Lafou Victoria Nyaoza in Africa. Victoria is cited as the richest colony forta size in Australia and Victoria in both the Antarctic and Arctic regions.
A quoted exchange discusses whether the American republic will endure, noting the queen of England’s alleged caution and a counterpoint about the limited view afforded to her by court introductions and Americana access.
The quotation contrasts two views of glory with a nod to a Rev Baintly and a novelist dismissing non sense. It hints at a debate about fame and fate and ends with a theatrical flourish about a platform.
For large double stage joh of tha West Indies show in Juba Puerto Rico is advertised as high quality. Cedar Rapids route offers crud cards with annual finish. For sale by railroad company 15 pack, two for 25, 1.50 per dax. Send stamps coin or money order. carts will be sent postage. Monon GP&T A. Cedar Rapids Ta.
Washington will host the annual convention of the National Education Association from July 7 to 12. The notice advertises travel routes, hotel accommodations, and points of interest for attendees, with contact information for E. O. Somim and J. Morton in Cedar Rapids. It also promotes Cedar Rapids Route playing cards and local medicinal products, urging readers to buy and arrange mailing or express delivery.
An unsigned testimonial praises a free watch sent to 18 year old Prince Boyland. The writer claims nine months of accurate timekeeping and endorses a Gold Watch valued at $25. Mentions a Watchmaker alliance and a London address for money orders.
A fragmented notice pleading for subscriptions and promising wood on subscription. It also contains health ad copy for Shiloh's Vitalizer and Shiloh's Consumption Cure, with claims of relief for dyspepsia and cough remedies, sold by W. He.
An aged fragment promotes Karl's Clover Ten as a pleasant laxative remedy for constipation and fatigue. The note mentions wholesale and retailer names but is incomplete, leaving unclear details about origin or date.
Fragmented ad copy promotes Shinon's Vitalizer as a cure for indigestion constipation and dizziness. Listed for sale by W. H. Finke with incomplete details and a street address likely 14.
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