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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
4
Mrs Bred Unrath, president of a Benton Harbor country club, recounts weakness after her first birth. She says a doctor’s tonic failed, but a week on Wine of Cardui restored strength, with weeks to full activity and strong praise for the medicine.
The first Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia opens amid pomp as tariff policy dominates elections. High tariffists versus low tariffists clash over duties, with the Senate pro free trade and the House pro protection. Premier Barton and all colleagues are protectionists, while the Labor party holds eight Senate seats and sixteen House seats, poised to be an aggressive force.
A note from The Gentleman's Magazine surveys Irish names in France highlighting OQuin OEtchepare and many others. It charts families descended from Owen Roe ONeill and mentions de Ballyhigus de Slane Mahon de Monaghan and several with O prefixes, noting the aristocratic codes and a Saint Patrick celebration.
In northern waters the bottom remains cold enough to form ice while surface water appears warmer. Ice forms as small cakes that rise and melt or freeze depending on weather. Scientists attribute this to an undercurrent of very low temperature. Heatmen rush ashore when ice cakes surface to avoid boats freezing in frigid conditions.
A list of prominent meetings with proposed special rates by B C R H N Ry and other railways across the nation. Dates span June to August and include conventions of Masons, Odd Fellows, Eagles, Knights, and educational and church groups. For full details contact Jno G Farmer at Cedar Rapids IA or OR N Ry representatives.
O H Talmadge of the West Union Gazette announces a forthcoming Fayette County Wall Map at a low price. The 14 inch to the mile map will measure about 18 by 4 inches, printed on heavy map paper with townships colored and details for every farm owner printed when possible. Previous map priced at 10. new map expected to be improved and offered around 15, with production to start in a few weeks.
A striking white wrap, heavy and long, encircles the figure with one end thrown over the shoulder. It features pale blue edging, bright yellow and black bands, and sharp color rays in the corners reminiscent of Indian decorative work.
A balloon launched at Cracow reached 4,000 meters and logged a minimum temperature of 23.9 degrees. Another balloon flight from Berlin to 9,400 meters is noted with 41,185 feet quoted in the report, but several words are garbled leaving the core ascent and temperature figures.
Fragmentary OCR text references Colorado travel by Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern lines with round trip rates and ticket limitations. Names and specifics are garbled, yielding a vague notice about reader eligibility and payments without coherent facts or dates.
The tally papers mention a Frenchman leaving 11,000,000 francs to Rouen for a prize tied to a marriage of two giants. The plan aims to improve the giants’ physique, a notion dismissed as a silly reward of vice. The text mocks modern philanthropy and hints at inherited law and plans hinted by Susan.
An old style note describes using a cup to forecast weather by observing bubbles. If bubbles move rapidly to the edge within hours, a quick change is expected. if they gather slowly to the side, a longer period of unsettled weather is forecast.
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