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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1899
Page
4
An aging ad touts Shilohs Cure and Shilohs Vitalizer for coughs digestion and kidney issues. It claims rapid relief from indigestion sour stomach and loss of appetite with warnings about consumption and encourages subscription via wood donations.
Irregular ad style copy touts Steyrer Phan with claims of durability and luxury, inviting readers to write for full description from Steer & Co Chicago. Also includes testimonials praising Kurla Clovar Root Tan and Shilolys Cautrrh Remedy, with medical claims and local sellers listed.
The article notes a quarrel over when the century begins with January 1, 1900 or January 1, 1001, explaining numerically 1900 ends the nineteenth year at midnight December 31, 1900. It also reports James Reed of Clay, West Virginia, injuring his leg in a cake of ice and finding relief after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm sold by Steel’s Pharmacy.
An article notes Kansas and Oklahoma women own or run about 30 percent of farms, with 50 percent in Mayes County engaged in farming. It argues war-time duties by the Twentieth Kansas veterans boosted wives’ farm work, predicts record crops despite a light wheat yield, and cites strong female labor in both states. It also includes local ads for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and dress goods.
A jumble of testimonial blurbs for patent medicines including Chamberlains Remely and Shilohs Cure, mixed with an ad for a Dewey biography, a gambling grand jury note, and local market notices. The text includes names like Beaumont Texas WoW Massing and W.H. agents, plus legal references to Mayor Hough and a grand jury proceeding.
American naval observers note Manila street lighting meets U S standards with a large electric network. An American firm ended a 20 year contract in 1895 supplying 140 2000 candle power lamps and 1000 20 candle power lamps for 60260 Mexican per year ensuring all night operation. The system lights barracks churches warehouses and stores. many residences boast hundreds of lights. The fleet’s ships benefited as electric lamps were shipped to Manila to illuminate decks and quarters improving comfort amid tropical heat.
A 1900 report by Prof. B A Bigelow analyzes meteoro logical and sky conditions along the May 28 eclipse path in the southern United States. Observations from 87 stations in 1898 show interior Georgia Alabama better conditions than Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Mississippi and Louisiana, advising stations in northern Georgia Alabama near the Appalachians over coastal sites toward the Atlantic or Gulf coasts.
A list of representatives including HON J. N. Haugen from Northwood and state officials L. E. Fellows A. N. Hobson with district assignments. Also includes town graded schools led by Prof Perryman and GC G Graham with multiple staff, alongside church notices for Methodist Episcopal and Erman Baptist congregations detailing service times, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and youth society meetings.
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