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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
6
A compilation of early 20th century advertisements praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments, with letters from women claiming health restoration and motherhood. The page also includes assorted humorous and satirical clippings, stage notes, and brief local items.
Dozens of brief items span emigrations and trade, science and language. The notes reference Ireland’s grants, American crops, global mining figures, steamship plans to South America, and a Dutch linguist in Rotterdam. Also included are anecdotes on Max Nordau, a London judge, Agnes Knox Black joining Boston University, and Bulgarian wildlife affecting industry.
A compact, date rich digest lists events from 1518 to 1907. Highlights include Cortes in Cholula, Massachusetts charter changes, William Penn, early American Congress actions, Erie Canal completion, Croton water works, Franklin Franklin search, Stonewall Jackson cemetery dedication, earthquakes in San Francisco, and Roosevelt travels and the Knickerbocker Trust suspension.
Minnesota and nearby states report a proposed million dollar gas plant to cut gas price, Meade County land sales, a surge in creamery butter output to 87,044,817 pounds, legal banking inquiries into Charles W. Morse, a Minnesota grain inspection record with 23,705 cars in September and a peak of 1,200 cars on September 20, crediting good roads and early grain movements for the high throughput.
Grain yields rise across Western Canada with wheat averaging around twenty bushels per acre and some fields yielding thirty five. Oats and barley crops also strong, lifting grain prices for farmers. A Western Canada land boom grows as homestead regulations offer 100 free acres plus 100 more for $3 per acre. Prominent financiers hail Canada’s growth, noting land values rising from three to five dollars an acre to fifty to seventy five, while Americans increasingly migrate to the Moose Jaw Regina belt, welcomed by Canadian hosts.
Warns against mercury containing catarrh ointments and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo. Mentions testimonials, price, and encourage genuine product. Bibliographic snippet covers Sloan's Liniment for hog cholera, along with customer anecdotes praising its efficacy.
A shy woman timidly approaches a judge offering excuses for the interruption. The scene notes her hesitation and asks about days in the work as she tries to gain a moment of the judge's time. An advertisement for Allen's Foot-Hake purports to heal foot ailments and promoting free samples.
A dialogue notes concern about a dealer described as overly sympathetic as Mrs Upsome cites 1906 NYC arrest data. Mrs Oylwell counters that the dealer’s sympathy mirrors her own. The report states the average age of those arrested in New York City in 1906 was twenty three years.
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