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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1910
Page
3
A lyrical passage from Youth's Companion evokes a river country and wilds beyond city life. The speaker longs to traverse a land of frozen streams, hearing city clamor fade as the wilderness calls. It contrasts rough frontier imagery with the ache for home and simple, unspoiled nature.
In a cottage garden scene, Wilhelm explains to Mrs. Carr that Greta, the fine cook, should marry Fritz, his educated but job-hopping brother. He funds Fritz’s move to America, bank prospects, and a future together, while Greta fears a windfall of ambition from Wilhelm’s schemes. Tensions rise as Greta confronts Wilhelm’s hubris and brass-bound plans.
Kilmainham jail in Dublin reportedly closed this year due to insufficient prisoners to keep staff employed. The piece notes crime in Ireland is virtually non existent, with historical references to Kilmainham's role in Coercion Act days, Parnell, and later figures. It also includes assorted anecdotes and brief items on law and society.
Mrs Carr directs preparations for a cheerful scene on a sunlit morning, praising Wilhelm for arranging flowers and opening doors and windows to catch the sunshine while a tense remark about Fritz lingers in the dialogue.
A collage of gags and quips from late 19th and early 20th century papers. Jests touch on letters, jealousy, travel, shop talk, and social scenes with brisk lines and era voice. Names and outlets include Plain Dealer, Cleveland Leader, Washington Star, Boston Transcript, and others.
The article describes sun dried adobes used in ancient Egypt and Babylon, detailing how in Argentina settlers like Seymour built adobes. It covers selecting soil, preparing pisadera and pigadera, mixing subsoil and red sand, adding straw, shaping bricks in molds, and sun drying before edge setting. It notes adobes are suitable for single story buildings but not large houses, with brick cutters averaging two to three thousand bricks daily and significant physical effort.
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