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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1919

Page

8

Favorite Prescription Aids Women Through Menopause and Expectancy

Spanning ten years of testimonials, women describe how Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription alleviates backaches dizziness and nervous weakness during middle life expectancy and postnatal periods. Mrs J H Hayden Mrs J W Keiller and Mrs Stella Steckdall credit relief strength and improved well being to the remedy with personal anecdotes about family health and childbearing.

Dr. Pierce Lfe J. H. Hayden Tenth &T J. W. Keiller Gilbur St. Quincy Stella Steckdall Jefferson St

Mustarina Pain Remedy Promoted as Universal Cure

Advertiser touts "Mustarina" as a ready to use pain killer, a mustard plaster blend said to relieve lameness, sore muscles, earache, backache, headaches, toothache, and cramps. Claims it draws pain from sore feet and helps chilblains, offered in a yellow bottle for authenticity.

Muatarine Begg Mustarina

Montana ranch for sale near city with 30 new buildings

Advertisement notes Richland Meadows Ranch in Sidney Montana with 1 000 head stock and 25 per acre plus 20 000 in farm equipment. Seeks partner or no liability, plus 4 smaller farms. Rochelle salt battery experiment and Cuticura skin care ad also mentioned. Airplane transatlantic feat cited as daily wonder.

Montana Fenest Ranch Bend Richland Meadows Ranch Sidney Mont

Best Medicine Remedy Swamp Root Ad Venture

A verbose promotional nod toward Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root claiming kidney liver and bladder benefits. The ad urges samples by parcel post with ten cents and lists retailer availability, citing sworn statements and testimonials as proof. An additional anecdotal exchange contrasts youthful advice about smoking with stubborn certainty in men.

Kilmer Vale Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton

War-Time Fuel Priority List and Miners Strike Clash

The United States faces a coal strike led by the United Mine Workers threatening national operations. Government mobilizes, orders coal handling under Lever Act, and enacts a wartime distribution priority while seeking injunctions against the union. International labor conference and Belgians visit highlight wartime diplomacy.

Congress Edward W. Pickard United States of America United Mine Workers of America United Mine Workers Wilson Harry Garfield Washington Palmer War Department National Guard Hines Fuul Navy Army Lewis Indianapolis

Word Grenade in Ledger Ad Sparks Printer Board Debate

A Philadelphia Ledger item notes a curious error in an advertisement where the word verve was misread as nerve. The piece highlights the tension between vivid copy and precise printing in a mid-century newsroom.

Verve Nagaln Philadelphia Ledger

You ought to see Belle's Agure in A pose

You ought to see Nell's tee ther's Agure in Bradstreet.

Belle Nell Teether Bradstreet

Parlor Philosopher Quip Sparks Curbing Excess

Fragmentary remark notes balanced pleasures as a parlor philosopher muses that even good things can be too much. A foreman adds a caution about overdoing enthusiasm, mentioning a restless dog and a Janet danger, leaving the scene vaguely humorous and incomplete.

Philonopher

Quote Clash Over Indy Votes Divides Platy People

A terse exchange questions who counts as the platy people and who is excluded from Indy votes. The reply rejects applying the term to the voting bloc in question.

Save the Babies NANT MORTALITY a something frightful

A sobering warning on infant mortality cites that up to twenty two percent die before age one and over thirty seven percent before age five. It criticizes narcotic preparations for children and promotes Castoria, noting it bears the signature of Charles H. Fletcher and claims no opiates.

Chas. H. Fletcher Smolee Gomuiste Castoria Y Ldedee

Good Job of Painting and Odd Dialogue

A quirky dialogue fragment centers on painting praise and a pun about complex ions. A tramp and a stern feminist exchange lines about charity and a woodpile dinner. The piece juxtaposes wordplay and social tension in terse street talk.

Kidney Disease Warning Prompts Remedy Ads

An old medicinal notice warns that kidney trouble leads to fatigue sleeplessness and backache and urges immediate use of GOLD TEAL Haarlem Dik Capsules. It claims kidneys filter blood and detoxify the body and promises health within 24 hours with continued use. The ad touts three sizes and a money back guarantee if ineffective.

Nature Haarlem

Brothers Learn Peace By Half Dollar Reward Plan

In Indianapolis News a family scene shows three brothers aged seven nine and eleven quarreling until grandfather visits. He gives John a half dollar for abstinence causing a week of peace, then dimes for the others. The boys plot to maximize coins by more fighting, revealing children’s tinkering with rewards.

John Grandfather Indianapolis News

Prized Relics of the Magi in Cologne Cathedral

A British army chaplain celebrates a miss at Cologne cathedral altar of the relics of the Magi. The skulls of the three Magi, brought from Constantinople, were housed in a golden reliquary near the organ in the cathedral treasury after wartime relocation. The relics' history traces to Helene, Frederick Barbarossa, and Archbishop Refinald von Dase Rel, with a 1200 A.D. Romanesque basilica reliquary and the Cologne coat of arms showing three crowns.

Cologne Bethlehem Helene Constantinople Malan Frederick Barbasrossa Refinald von Dase Rel

Volunteer Worker Hears Joke Amid Christening Mop Request

A playful exchange aboard a ship during its christening features Thaddeus joking about mopping the bow with a sponge as a volunteer worker questions the task. The scene captures a light moment surrounding the ceremony and sailors' humor.

Thaddeus

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