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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
5
A fragment urges daily intake of cod liver oil to strengthen the body and resist disease. It recommends reasonable summer doses for those not at full health and suggests trying bore Row for improvement.
Iowa farmers are studying beet culture as a supplement to corn and oats. Prof Curtiss of the State Agricultural College provides circular guidance on soil preparation, planting depth, row spacing, cultivation, thinning, and timing to maximize beet quality and sugar yield amid favorable dry weather and late autumn harvest considerations.
Secretary Farr announces Fayette County Fair runs from Aug 1 to Sept 8 weather permitting. Officials pledge the grandest fair in the society’s history with strong community support and plans for a premium publication ready between June 1 and 18 to be mailed to farmers and businesspeople in the county.
An elderly farmer living about two miles northeast of Lane Chester drowned himself in a small creek Monday afternoon in March. He had been despondent for several weeks and made previous self destruction attempts, with temporary insanity suspected as the cause. Names appear garbled in OCR but reference to William Thigman or similar. The tragedy follows a recent suicide attempt on the preceding Friday.
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