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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1917
Page
4
If patients arrive on the morning train from Wigin, they may phone or drop a card to save a seat and return on the noon train. Alternatively they may come in the afternoon and return on the evening train.
Illyria residents held gatherings and visits with neighbors and relatives throughout the week. Families such as Macek Holm and G. A. Gibson hosted or were visited, with many Sunday appearances, birthday parties, and a Red Cross meeting planned. The Illyria Orchestra practiced, and local youths celebrated Irvin Shaffer’s tenth birthday. A skunk farm near Waverly expands to over 100 animals, noted for its profitability and unusual odor control.
The piece extols William Pinkney as not only a supreme lawyer but the nation's greatest, citing praise from John Marshall Taney and Story. It credits him with guiding the country through diplomacy, Congress, cabinet service, and even battlefield duties, especially during a volatile period around Jefferson and Monticello.
Professor Lindet of the French Agronomic Institute proposes a rapid method to gauge cream quality by measuring fat content. A drop of cream is baked at 105 degrees Celsius on paper, fat absorbs, spot enlarges, then area is compared to a pure grease control.
The article traces Corpus Christi Day from its 13th century origins in Leige, Verdun and England, noting Welsh doorways decked with maidenhair fern and a revival in Anglican times. It recalls London observances by the Worshipful Company of Skinners at St Mary Aldermary, and mentions a shift from war torches to flower poules in the procession.
Trench workers from La Loire constructed an underground chapel large enough for twenty men. The space features a parquet floor, carpets, kneeling chairs, a wooden altar, and a French flag donated by an officer. The design aims to resist bombardment and preserve a sacred area amid combat.
Eastern Connecticut chamber of commerce hosted a summer outing with the Webster Dudley chamber and Southbridge board of trade at a lake site once ground of the red man. Attendees struggled to pronounce the long name while gorging on clam chowder clams sea bass lobster and spring chicken amid a celebratory local scene.
As men age and slow down they need less food to satisfy their bodies. At 85 or 90 a person becomes a light eater. Occasionally excess eating happens and Chamberlains Tablet helps correct the disturbance. The tablets do not contain pepsin but strengthen the stomach and aid natural function and gentle bowels. Sold by Stoshr & Co.
The recipe favors a butterless cake over traditional butter egg and milk versions. It combines brown sugar hot water lard salt ground cinnamon and cloves with flour and baking soda warmed then boiled briefly. After cooling the batter is baked in two loaves in a slow oven for about one hour and a quarter.
On November 24 1917 at 2 oclock p m the Board of Directors will let the cream routes for one year beginning January 1 1918 to the lowest responsible bidders The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids Melchr Luchainger Secy
An old ad copy promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion and regularity with a simple diet tip tied to age and occupation. The piece also laments political change, asserting growth from a one billion to a twenty billion dollar Congress and public demand for more action.
A lengthy promotional piece extols West Union as the county’s center of politics religion and society. It highlights a strong school system, heat water and sewer services, drainage, lighting, parks, trees and homes, with parks like Lindes Park and a public courthouse area. It notes churches, low crime, population growth, newspapers, fair, Chautauqua, lectures, and a hospital. The ad invites readers to visit and offers farm, housing, abstracts and lending services.
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