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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1894
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR mentions winter fuel, remedies for children, and a race topic. The readable text hints at weather preparations and humorous commentary on safety and warmth. Entities are unclear due to damaged text.
The New York World notes a stone below the Washington statue on Federal Hall steps preserved after demolition. The inscription marks Washington’s oath as first president on April 30 1789, read through a grate, honoring the nation’s birth and legacy.
A garbled sequence of quotes mocks druggists and insurers. It references oysters, Walter, Van Pelt, and Hanson with sales pitches for a corn salve, a causation claim, and a New York Home Life policy offered by Frank F. Loubis of St Paul.
Eany notes that getting married is simple only if a man finds a partner more attractive than he is. Ethel Knox adds that in some cases even that would be difficult, reflecting social remarks about matchmaking and marriage challenges.
A Confederate ad offers one hundred dollars reward for catarrh cure, with endorsement of a Toledo drug firm and Hall's Catarrh Cure touted as a blood and mucous healer. A stray line notes a college left tackle famed for head work on the field.
The article surveys advances in spectroscopy and materials science, detailing krushite as a new stone sawing aid claimed to cut granite and gritstone faster than sand. It explains krushite as chilled metallic shot, its processing in celluloid contexts, and compares it to emery and diamonds while noting storage battery progress and European telegraph trials.
A lengthy extract discusses Daniel Defoe born in Cripplegate London so called hosier and later political writer. It notes his upbringing by a nonconformist father a butcher who became respectable and educated at a Newington Green academy before he kept the counter. The report then shifts to excavations at Bissuriik in 1804 revealing Troy’s sixth layer with walls doors towers and store rooms. Willian’s funding and discoveries include a famous fountain and pottery artifacts. The sixth layer shows well preserved ancient Troy buildings deemed among the world’s notable architectural antiquities.
A Kabyle narrator and Algerian peers challenge modern science through a dialogue on weather and motion. A painter observes wind moving clouds yet questions if winds move celestial bodies, hearing a God commanded sun and clouds to move, sparking debate on nature versus belief.
A contributor to the Pull Malt Gazette recounts Grecian laundry methods. Women wash garments in a stream, while children poke clothing with sticks. Clothes soak until holes appear, then are laid to dry and beaten with a jagged piece of wood.
A historical note outlines methods to soften leather permanently. It discusses glycerine for suppleness but notes it sweats out in damp air. Alternatives include mixing beef fat with warm oil, egg white or dextrin, and applying before or after fat to improve pliability. It also mentions a stuffing formula using glycerine, oil, and fat.
Washington Post reports diplomatic translation from Luxembourg notes American denture production, led by New York factories. Porcelain teeth, enamel coating, and fifty tint varieties claim cost under 30 dollars or 85 cents, with 8 million teeth produced yearly. Dispatches warn factories should be quickly embraced.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a superior laxative. It claims gentle action on kidneys, liver, and bowels, relief from colds headaches and fevers, and wide medical approval. Sold by druggists in 0c and 1 bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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