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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1899
Page
8
A jumble of comic speech and editorial quips from Chicago and Washington papers laments food, schooling, and honest earnings. A child narrator asks for college while family duties bite, while adults trade lines on morphine, honest dollars, and editor’s windows as a social cartoon.
A brief humorous dialogue in Jewelees Weekly features Dr Young advising better throat protection than opera drafts, and Mrs Young suggesting a three rope pearl necklace for such occasions, highlighting light social vanity and witty banter.
The Minneapolis Keeley Institute manager discusses the Keeley Cure, its claimed cure rate, and treatment methods. He states the Keeley Card has reclaimed over 800,000 from inebriety and that patients are not confined unless illness arises, with whisky abstinence explained by indifference rather than nausea. He asserts four-week cures for any drunkenness, notes pleasant daily routines, and offers literature to interested individuals.
A stray fragment mentions a jeweler selling soltalves at old figures while a man and a woman talk. A Dewey souvenir spoon offer invites patriotic girls to mail name and stamp for free engraving, from A Reed & Co jewelry department in New York City.
A fragment from the Chicago News quotes Giles on time as money and notes his lack of personal moments. The line appears in a cultural snippet stressing idleness leading to despair.
The issue covers USDA notes on caper burge Euphorbia lathyris known as wild caper and mole plant, its toxic milky juice, and dangers to humans and livestock. It also discusses migratory weeds spreading from cities to farms, risks from Russian thistle and Canada thistle, and tips to improve cider by selecting well-matured apples and proper pressing.
Royal Baking Powder is praised for its superior ingredients and inherent leavening power that leaves flour unchanged. It claims hot breads muffins and griddle cakes made with it are wholesome and digestible. It warns alum powders are cheaper but corrosive and hazardous to use in food.
A patchwork of quotes, ads, and jokes from a late 19th century paper. Pieces include a Washington Star letter about pessimism, a rheumatic cure advertisement for 5 Drops from Swanson Co., jokes about library costs, and travel and medical notices. Also excerpts on Pullman service to Texas via Chicago Great Western and a Hall’s Catarrh Cure testimonial.
An old newspaper passage urges readers to peruse advertisements for bargains and amusement. It mentions the publishers’ willingness to forfeit $1000 if testimonials prove false. A brief note hints at trade in leather goods with Australia growing rapidly over five years.
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