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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
3
In a serialized tale Rupert and Agatha confront ruin as Louise urges Rupert to leave and pray for separation. Miss Garland returns to London as Algy and friends gossip about her past while Netherville parries romance and a jilted heart lingers.
In the London season Irene, a temptingly charming yet cruel beauty, discovers her power over men but battles a lingering ache for Rupert Carroll. At a Park Lane ball she spots Carroll with another woman, triggering memories of a past romance. Dessinger presses for attention, while Irene learns Carroll’s marriage has altered him, reshaping her plans and feelings amid glittering intrigue.
Trene steels herself for a social collision she knew would come. Irene has never known Cirroll’s standing, while Lady Garkend rails that he is an impostor, shaping a tense moment of recognition and doubt.
The Daily Telegraphs naval correspondent notes the Dreadnought as a descendant of Ericssons Monitor, the first all big gun ship with a revolving turret. He cites Britains adoption of the American design and a return to the original concept in larger, enhanced form as seen in todays battleship evolution reported by the New York Tribune.
A reader asks what a Jay ride is and a husband humorously defines it as the kind a married man takes when he travels alone and uses the smoking car.
Tiiante Andner quips that a big hit with a woman came from staying silent instead of speaking. The Kansas City Journal records the remark as a light, playful quote from the speaker.
A spectator notes the delay in starting the duel as photographers wait, sparking chatter. Meggendorfer Blatter attributes the holdup to the photographer, reflecting a moment of media presence during an event.
A Cleveland conference finalized details ending an eight year street railway dispute. Mayor Tom L Johnson backs a 3 cent fare with 1 cent transfer, a 25 year franchise revocable for breach. City may purchase lines when municipal ownership becomes lawful. Judge Robert W Taylor to set value and fares.
Dr. James B. Angell retires from the University of Michigan presidency after 38 years in office. He led during two leaves as U S minister to China and to Turkey. Dean H R Hutchins is named acting president pending a permanent successor. Angell says retirement brings rest and relief from duties.
Empliest In Des Moines church through E K Eberhart procures Rock Island System contract to manufacture signal flags. Women of Dex Molnea will produce about 2000 flags weekly to fund preacher and church expenses. Flags to be old colors.
W Breege of 812 Brand St Pittsburg Pa recounts severe hair loss after typhoid and infection. After using Cutburn Soap and Cuticura Ointment two tubes and a box, his scalp cleared and hair grew thicker than before. Advertisement notes sale of Cuticura remedies by Patter Drug & Chem Corp Boston.
A vender of plaster images, just expelled from a large office building, cries over torn clothes and broken wares. A friendly officer offers help while the victim blames himself for pressing the sale of a Noah Webster bust to a mock audience.
Frank J. Cheney pledges to pay a hundred dollars for each ounce of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. The witness, AL A. Gleason, notes the oath dated December 6 in Starn County. The same notice cites Hall’s Pills for constipation and includes literary quotes and a Massachusetts landmark oak story.
An Illinois wife details how Grape-Nuts transformed her husband’s poor appetite and stomach troubles. He improved steadily, returning to work daily for two years, while the family continued buying the cereal. The letter promotes the cereal with a nod to The Road to Wellville and the slogan There’s a Reason.
Horace Pletcher recounts teaching rapid fire rifle skills in Japan after publishing a pamphlet on shooting moving targets. He describes sharing American rifles with Marquis Oyama and Colonel Murata, their enthusiastic collaboration, and Oyama’s triumph when a moving target was hit, a moment he recalls with boyish joy.
A historical letter cites abuse of franking privileges by government staff and friends. It references Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Lamb as examples of free correspondence and moral critique. The text also notes 1908 London fire counts linked to electricity and gas as causes.
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