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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
8
A fragment from Youth's Companion recounts a man living in Mexico who misremembers and mispronounces Nahuatl place names. He attends spelling school to learn, finally mastering one word Ztubonolpilll while failing others like Menochtitlan and Tiacatecatl. The piece ends noting his struggle with spelling.
A distraught suitor recalls loving Clara Vane, and after four years of separation he stops a speeding train to reach her. Clara reveals she married Gen Peglar and mourns him, but she invites faint contact as she wanders Halstead and shows unresolved longing amid a tale of wealth, loss, and mistaken fortune.
A curious English press report describes George Pinkett’s attempt to ride a self made tricycle across the Channel from Cape Grisnez to Folkestone, cut short by seasickness. It also covers demonstrations of cannon firing models, a high power electric lamp under development at Vive Island, and various experiments on sunshine’s bactericidal effects, a fire damp detector for coal mines, and commentary on storage battery efficiency and future gains in traction cells.
The article notes English firms creating novel lamp shades from natural feathers dyed in colors and shaped into towers on skeleton frames. It mentions a designer, a young woman, and a patent protecting designs. It also briefly describes Mesmer’s experiments with bullets infected by bacteria and sterilized gelatine tests.
A fragmentary line describes Guo Memory and Little Ethel pondering why Adam and Rye faced a harsh fate after sharing one apple. Joly suggests it might have been a gift, hinting at a fablelike reflection in a quirky news piece.
A reader claims an old almanac advised mixing corn meat red land and molasses to kill roaches. The garbled note mentions Helena Montana and a line about national railway arrangements between Grand Northern and Oregon Railway and Navigation, noting Portland Willamette Valley access and districts in Idaho.
About 1,000 specimens found in a misty mine explosion over Wine Nobige county Iowa. A special G A R encampment train runs from Minneapolis St Paul to Pittsburgh September 8 10 with free reclining chair car and sleeping car. Round trip fare Chicago half fare plus 10 to Pittsburgh. return by Sept 25. Tickets Sept 8 9.
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