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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1910
Page
8
Broad agricultural guidance on pigs cows sheep and poultry with notes on feeding quality butter stock, pruning, clover pastures, sanitary feed boxes, beekeeping, weed control, garden cultivation, shading and water needs, and the role of birds in farming, emphasizing practical husbandry and seasonal practices.
In Rome a beloved landmark, Hilda's tower, bearing a Madonna lamp and dove symbolism, is being dismantled due to crowding. A centuries old tale tells of a monkey rescuing a child from the tower, prompting a vow to keep the light burning forever. The tower will pass to new owners if neglected.
In Gloucester Philadelphia a woman named Mia Sophie Plum insisted on seven immersions in a river baptism. Pastor William Pickersgill refused the ceremony after warning against the practice. Mrs Plum entered the water, reached a cross set on rocks, was swept away, rescued by a man in a launch, and revived in a nearby building amid a crowd of about two thousand spectators.
The movement grew from about 80 active women in clubs to 800,000 under United States auspices, with over 2,000 clubs joining a special interest effort. They raise at least 500,000 annually, plus millions via state and municipal funding. Mrs Rufus Williams chairs the directing department.
A woman chronicles years of torment from eczema and how Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent cured her after tried doctors failed. Nine weeks later she remains free of the condition and urges others to contact her for proof. The tale ends with a brief, unrelated dialogue from Tit for Tat.
An 1890s advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward, explains the ear tube inflammation causing hearing loss, and invites readers to try the remedy. It ends with a humor bit about English usage and a Chinatown visitor joke.
Dr Martel offers his female pills as a seventeen year standard remedy for women’s ailments. Described as scientifically prepared and proven, the product claims quick and permanent results. Sold at all drug stores with marketing noting male confidences in shared knowledge.
Fragmentary ad text mentions Bor tar Mrs Winslow s Leorning Strup and Lewis Single Binder cigars with generic sales claims and aphorisms about survival of the fittest. No clear event or entities beyond product names emerge.
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