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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1907
Page
8
A garbled dialogue cites Ardaps claiming poverty awareness and Short noting a wife with dirt bread prusia at a coffer mill. The scene includes editor Waditor critiquing an unfinished manuscript and dismissing poor grammar as uniquely independent from rules.
Western auto manufacturers see strong demand as farmers in Nebraska and Kansas buy more machines. The ranabout is popular for its low cost, helping farmers replace horses for work and transport. The trend hinges on wheat and corn prosperity and farmers’ practical purchases rather than luxury.
Dr. Asher Gluck leads a group named Buck forming a colony in Chicago with converts sought in New York. Followers pledge fifteen months of strict living including vegetarianism communism equal sharing no sensual pleasures linen clothing and gendered apparel. The sect claims enhanced senses beyond five and aims to birth children with speaking power and early intelligence.
Across the United States and Canada, union activity and labor issues dominate. Reports note 86,000 on the Louisville and Nashville payroll, shipyard and printing sector shifts, rising eight hour work plans, large strike benefit payouts, and growing union memberships including the International Molders Union and the Structural Building Trades Alliance. Data show wages, hours, and charters expanding in 1900 to 1905, with labor actions influencing legislation in Missouri and Belgium.
An old New York paper touts a simple home remedy said to cure most kidney and bladder disorders before Bright's disease. The formula blends Fluid Extract Diondeliop, Compound Kuga, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, to be shaken and taken before meals in tea-spoon doses. A pharmacist notes ingredients available locally and claims the remedy has reported success for rheumatic issues as well.
A garbled item notes the Singer Building in New York nearing completion with fifty six floors and plans for finishing details. The report mentions an official duty related to progress and imagery of clouds above the roof, attributed to Cleveland Pain Deer.
A patient describes a year of relentless itching and sleepless nights before trying Cuticura Soap, Cuticura and Cuticura Resolvent Pills. The regimen, costing $1.25, allegedly cured the eczema, with the 1906 Chicago entry noting relief after use.
An English professor in a western college was noted for absent mindedness. He would catch the roll each morning before the class, and after calling a name with no response he would peer over his spectacles and ask sharply who it belonged to, creating a humorous pause in the routine.
An old coffee drinker finds quitting coffee hard but switches to Postum with no sense of loss. It claims Postum, served with cream, tastes better to the connoisseur than coffee and rapidly transforms the body within days. Read about the Road to Wellville and There’s a Real Bun.
A garbled timeline lists battles and political actions from 1200 to the early 1900s. It mentions Turkish defeat of Christians at Nicopolis, Yorkists at Bloreheath, multiple colonial and revolutionary events, and notes including the first newspaper in America, witchcraft trials, treaty actions, sieges, and technological notes such as alcohol as fuel. The text is broken and inconsistent, with many misspellings.
A fantastical scene in which a giant figure boasts of immense shoulders forearms and a massive frame and declares he does not diet on fruits and vegetables. His bronzed chest thumps as a roar echoes through the forest, striking fear into nearby carnivores.
B Frank Doremus of Roosevelt Avenue Indianapolis recalls chronic kidney disease after army service. He suffered headaches sleeplessness dropsy and weight loss to 125 pounds and a swollen leg nearly 34 inches around. He refused amputation and used Doans Kidney Pills. Swelling subsided and urine normalized with lasting relief nine years later. Sold by dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A fireman voices a blunt view critiquing smoke nuisance and endorsing tighter firing practices. The remark signals tension over fire control and aggressive measures. The piece comments on color blindness being more common among men than women.
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