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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1898
Page
2
A lyrical street pilgrimage from the courthouse and guilded towers to the bustling depot, passing church, funeral rites, weddings, and christenings. It contrasts aristocracy and poverty, notes dairy and harvest cycles, and ends among quiet farms, forests, and a painter’s delicate craft.
The code explains two methods for marking ballots. Mark a cross in the square opposite each chosen candidate, or mark a cross in the circle opposite the party name at the ticket head. Do not mark the circle if voting for individual candidates on mixed tickets, or the vote may not count.
Hints on quarantine urge public cooperation to stop disease spread. The warning card advises keeping sick in the top room, noncarpeted with minimal furniture, and restricting access to physician and nurse. The mayor can remove the quarantine, and caregivers should protect children by staying away from the home.
The text outlines household disinfection steps for contagious diseases including carbolic acid and chlorinated solutions, removal of noninfected juveniles, segregating sickroom items, burning infected rags, ventilating rooms, using sulfur fumes, and soaking bedding in corrosive sublimate solutions. It also stresses prompt physician calls for throat infections and clarifies that measles equivalents can spread infections.
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