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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1917
Page
8
Mrs Evsig J Van Der Sande of Paterson New Jersey says Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier cured her back pain irregularity fatigue and nervousness after reading ads. She urges other women to try the remedies and write for confidential advice from the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
An official summary from Berlin reports 221 German airships and 84 losses by opponents in 1916. Most losses occurred in the West where Germany lost 181 airships while the English and French lost 739 combined. The item includes brief notes on wartime airship tolls across fronts.
Guidance on selecting fields with good surface and subsoil, drainage, and moisture retention for sugar beets. Deep fall plowing preferred. firm seedbeds. early spring planting. abundant seed. proper thinning to leave strong beets. rotation and livestock use to improve soil. careful harvesting and topping. cover beets to prevent evaporation. utilize beet tops and pulp to boost soil health.
Seed testing pays by increasing yield and enabling discard of weak germinating kernels. Tests from ears across fields prove vigor and insurance, showing dead or poor seed can cut profits by dollars. Ear tests help save loss and disappointment and guide planting before spring.
A report based on about 700 farms shows 26 percent of receipts came from increases in young stock, feed, crops held for sale, and other capital items. A case study of a young farmer shows net worth rising from 151.77 to 8,116.98 with a gain of 1,530.06 for the year despite an overdrawn bank balance and discouragement.
George W. Brown of Hancock County Ohio describes a farm method to retain animals during floods. He favors woven wire fences across watercourses with dead man weights behind posts. Weaving via a small machine tightens gates to prevent hogs escaping during freshets.
Dr C W McCampbell of Kansas Experiment Station analyzes feed costs. A mix of corn and bran costs 20 cents per 100 pounds cheaper substitutes like alfalfa hay can cut grain ration by about 20 percent. Roughage such as corn fodder cane or arrow may supplement alfalfa to meet roughage needs.
Estimates suggest sheep numbers in 86 states could rise by 150 percent without displacing other livestock, with some experts arguing gains up to 500 percent. A 150 percent increase implies a $144,207,000 impact, highlighting the economic risk to the nation from sheep losses to a killing dog.
Sugar beet sugar production in the United States rose from under 700000 tons to about 900000 tons over four years. In the last year seven new localities were developed for beet production, though seed shortages limited a larger gain.
The article compares succulent feeds for dairy cows, ranking corn silage as the most valuable and noting beets and mangels are 20 to 22 percent less valuable due to higher water content.
The article notes a decline of ten million cattle in the United States since 1907 and argues that Americans are meat eaters. It suggests profitable opportunities for farmers who invest wisely in cattle for meat production.
A pointed critique of the weed as a parasite on productive land. The writer calls it the original something-for-nothing proposition, noting it consumes the finest plant food yet yields no value or revenue.
Tulsa report states Scout Younger, nephew of Cole and Bob Younger, seeks a rumored $68,000 treasure buried by the James and Younger gangs. He follows Cole Younger's description to Lost City Canyon, six miles northwest of Tulsa, hoping to locate the box of money.
It is claimed Cole Younger, near death two years ago, urged Scout Younger to keep seeking a buried fortune once found despite a new road cutting off the old cattle trail. Frank James, aging in decline, supposedly wished to join the search for the fortune near Tulsa but was hindered by ill health.
Alfred Pye of 859 Melville Street forced a kiss on Marie Becker, a shop girl, leading to her arrest for assault. Pye was convicted in police court, fined $50, appealed to the bounty court, and County Judge J B M Stephens upheld the police justice. With attorneys’ fees and trial costs, the kiss cost him more than $100.
Atlanta guardian story of Little Trixie Adair found buried alive in a Georgia graveyard last spring. Adopted by a wealthy couple near Atlanta, they plan to secure a $50,000 inheritance for her when she turns twenty one, making her their sole heiress.
A frightened Black man cried for mercy as a chimney trap suffocated him in a Des Moines grocery. William Gaines, jammed in the flue, was removed, half-dead from fear and asphyxiation after police believe he intended to break into the store via a Santa Claus route.
A Boston teacher asks students for a word ending in ous meaning full of and cites dangerous and hazardous. A boy responds with pious meaning full of plot, drawing a surprised moment from the class per Tit-Bits.
A 1908 advertising letter from Harry L. Swihart of Engleen-Fade Drug Co tests Swamp Root’s efficacy with sworn statement and Notary Public seal. It urges readers to mail ten cents for a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder, noting availability in drug stores with prices.
England urges a practical war economy with men wearing soft collars and office overalls and women in dark blouses and curtainless parlors as part of the save the laundry bills campaign. Authorities note that washing hands and faces properly reduces towel laundering needs.
The advertisement promotes Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative aiding digestion and stomach health. It claims effectiveness for disordered stomachs, headaches, constipation, sour stomach, nervous indigestion, and bile secretion, noting fifty years of use in the United States and abroad.
The note pairs quips about Wombat growing wealthy through a fountain pen service station with a claim on Song Birds In South Africa. It also states a moan credits the robin for spring’s arrival, contradicting the idea that South African birds aren’t song birds.
Dialogue excerpt shows Mrs Binx crying more than Miss Cayenne during a matinee. Miss Cayenne questions the scene and someone taunts for money, revealing a tense social exchange between two women.
In a brisk street exchange a baker and a customer quarrel over bread prices. The baker demands ten before winter, the customer resists paying there, and Mr. Dumdum exits.
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