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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
1
A collection of satirical and topical quips mentioning Wu Ting-fang, Massachusetts workers, a Bonapartier heir, Mexican gardens, Chicago fires, a theater owner marrying his cashier, a Nebraska hen laying 1000 eggs, the Chinese emperor's pension, and various social observations.
A Western account describes West African fetish houses where natives perform worship and offerings to deities. It notes reverence for illness including smallpox, colonial officials punishing leaders who encourage practices, and funeral rites with drums, chants, and posthumous feasts.
The article extols Queen Elena of Italy as a devoted mother who spends much time with her children, oversaw simple palace life, and promoted charitable work. It details her upbringing, marriage to King Victor, and the Montenegrin heritage, praising her practical lifestyle, early bicycle ride, and family focus at Capo di Monte and Rome.
The article argues management is a distinct discipline requiring broad liberal education over narrow specialized experience. It critiques current educational foundations and urges instruction in fundamental and secondary principles, mental analysis, and the skill to clearly communicate decisions to influence others. Cassler's Magazine.
A comic strip of misread fashion and wordplay travels from Boston to San Mateo with Eleanor Sears on a checkered trousered bicycle ride. A riff on gender, politics, and grammar follows, ending with a quip about campaign headquarters singular or plural usage.
In a Kansas City Star item a large cotton planter named Harry, famed for his loyalty as a servant, is described as a drunkard after a day in town. His mules drag his wagon beneath a shed while his wife and son Job fail to rouse him. The planter awakens later, puzzled by how he ended up sheltered, exclaiming that he must have been drunk.
Miss Sarah Calkins of Waukegan Illinois describes a three year winter outbreak that covered her body and limbs and caused intense itching and sleepless nights. After four months of Cuticura Soap ointment and Resolvent she fully recovered with no recurrence and recommends the products for any skin disease. A free sample and 22 page booklet are available from Cuticura Dept 1 Boston.
Unels Harris, an old negro servant of Colonel Slemmeng’s Monticello Arkansas family for forty years, returned from Memphis claiming he found a long-lost brother. He recounted to Miss Slemmens how a spare built man approached him on the street asking if he was his brother, and Harris replied, Sure I is. Who is you?
In a clipped cartoonish exchange Mrs Murphy asks if her son Dennis fell from his airplane while Mrs Casey notes he was learning to adapt at a correspondence school but paused mid lesson prompting Lippincott's quip on fitting in.
A fragmentary dialogue captures a tester’s claim and a sharp retort about love. The exchange hints at romantic doubt and social judgment, with one speaker asserting a negative outcome and the other signaling disbelief.
An OCR fragment touts a pain relief preparation by Cole & Co. of Black River Falls Wisconsin. It claims rapid healing and mentions a free sample offer. The text also references Cordelia, a widow in a political or social noting, and a Garfield Tea for digestion as a non sequitur product.
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