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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1919

Page

6

Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Restores Health

Oregon Illinois woman Seeks relief from organic trouble after suffering greatly while raising 600 chickens The compound restored her health enabling full work and she highly recommends it to others Mrs D M Autris RR 4 Oregon Illinois urges women with similar issues to contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for advice Based on the company's four decades of experience.

Oregon Ill Lydia E. Pinksham Mra D. M. Autris Lydia E. Pickham Mra. Alters Lydia E. Pinkham

Two Fast Talkers in the House of Representatives

Oklahoma yields two of the nation’s fastest talkers in Congress, Representatives Scott Find Ferris and Charley Carter. The stenographers note their rapid diction while praising their clear enunciation and reporting ease, contrasting them with slow speakers who omit verbs and muddle sentences.

Oklahoma House of Representatives Scott Ferris Charley Carter

Uncomfortable Consistency In A Pacing Fine Exchange

The Boston Transcript notes a courtroom exchange where a driver protests a fine, arguing past leniency. The justice doubles the penalty to $50 to cover both offenses, highlighting inconsistencies in enforcement.

Doston Transcript

Iowa News Roundup Highlights Iowa Mentioned Events

The Iowa Official Register for 1919 20 is off the press. A forty acre corn field sold at public sale near Waverly for 56 an acre. Boone moving picture houses opened with managers hauled into court for law violations. Donald Culling of Sioux City recovered speech after a gas attack when a toothpick lodged in his throat induced coughing. The Iowa federation of colored women's clubs bought a dormitory in Iowa City for colored girl students. Byron Seymour of Ames bitten by a large animal. blood poisoning developed. Martin Luther sold 18.5 acres in Strawberry Point to G M Dodge for 15000. price rose from 13000 four years earlier. Iowa Day planned for Oct 29 in schools statewide. Universal Foundry near completion in Cedar Rapids. plant to open. Buchanan county farm bureau funds advertising pare bred livestock with a new trademark. Plainfield set aside 38 acres near town for an airplane landing field. Second all steel government barge by Dubuque Boat works. seven barges ordered. Fort Des Moines has Miss Mollie Russell as only woman editor of an army paper. Good roads bonds voted in numerous counties totaling over 20 million dollars. road building estimated over 60 million. Des Moines region hosts planned address by De Valera around Oct 14. Room shortages for Iowa City students prompt moving programs by local commercial club and churches.

Iowa Herman Dick Waverly Boone Donald Culling Sioux City St. Michiel Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs Suganne Sunier Iowa City The State University Byron Seymour Ames Martin Luther Strawberry Palnt G. M. Dodge Lamont Luther Errichlal P. EB. McClenahan Universal Foundry Company Incorporated Cedar Rapids Magsrs Ross, Willis and Beals Quincy Farm Bureau Buchanan County Independence Commercial Club Plainfield Harold Roach Dubuqne Boat and Boiler Works Dubuque Cosat Fort Des Moines United States Sha Mollie Russell Medical and Hospital Division Army Michigan Miss Russell New York Des Moines Good Roads Clay Kossuth Linn Palo Alto Buchanan Sioux Scott Johnson O'Brien Marshall Black Hawk Cerro Gordo Woodbury Benton Polk Osceola Dickinson Mayd Greene Lyon Emmet Hancock Plymouth Clinton Buena Vista Sac Calhoun Story Tama Franklin Hardin Cherokee Carroll Kammon de Valera Irish “Republic Towa City

Triple Bride Gets Yearlong Ban on Love in San Francisco

May Bradley-Kosack Davis-Porter, a 20 year old known as the girl who married the navy, received a Padlock sentence prohibiting affection for twelve months after bigamy. Her husbands include George Bartlett Porter, Francis J Kosack, and John Dallas Davis, all alive and not divorced.

San Francisco May Bradley-Kosack- Davis-Porter Navy George Bartlett Porter

Wallet recovered after canoeing mishap in Watershop Pond

A wallet containing 1200 dollars and papers belonging to Dr. W. St. Hodgson of Stoneham was found floating in Watershops pond in Springfield. A. A. Dunham found it and sent it to Hodgson. Hodgson had capsized during the trip two years earlier and lost a rifle and binoculars. a diver had searched but found nothing.

Springfeld Mass

Lift off Corns With Your Fingers Ad

An advertisement touts Freezone as a simple method to remove hard or soft corns and calluses from toes. It claims quick pain relief and painless peeling of the corn or callus, with a tiny bottle available at drug stores.

Pat Finnegan’s Irish gamble and America’s dry news

In Life, Mrs Finnegan, waiting in her garden for Pat’s fate after he left Ireland to seek fortune in America, hears from Mrs O Leary of the news that America has gone dry with the last alcoholic drink sold at midnight June 20. Mrs Finnegan boasts Pat’s claim and predicts success abroad.

Pat Finnegan Ireland Ameren Pat Imonger Ghurden

Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim

An old promotional notice offers $100 for an incurable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally and acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. Claims sales by druggists for over forty years at 7 cents, with testimonials free. 5B J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.

HALL Drugelats J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohl

Born Optimist Jones Keeps Spirits Up Amid Hard Times

A brief portrait of Jones as a perpetual optimist who faces every tough task with a smile. He refuses despair, urging others to persevere and believe the sun will break through the clouds.

Jones

He's Lucky at That

A short anecdote from a man and his youngest son in a restaurant ends with the boy joking that he wants anything but ham and eggs, contrasting home meals with dining out. The piece echoes a light, humorous moment suitable for a column or feature.

Chicago Tribune

Lawyer Wins 25000 in Alienation Case For Speare

A jury awarded Mrs. Anna Speare a $25,000 verdict against Miss Frances Goldstein of Brooklyn for alienation of her husband’s affections. The case hinged on mush notes read to the judge and jury, including intimate letters to “My Darling” describing Mendelssohn and Caruso, and the emotional impact on the Speares.

Brooklyn N. J Justice Glegerich Mendelssohn Caruso

Mysterious Phrase Sparks Debate About Washington Habits

A cryptic line about George Washington and daily life ignites discussion on historical habits and the idea of simple comforts amid small troubles. The fragment hints at cultural depictions of founding figures and their private hobbies.

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