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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1905
Page
3
The narrative follows a train journey across China toward Pekin on the Grand Transasiatique. Amid diversions a telegram reveals a hidden imperial treasure worth vast francs, sealed in a mortuary van. Passengers debate risk, insurance, and security while a wedding between Ephrell and Miss Blyett looms on the itinerary.
A 160 year old Indian scalp rug made from 77 lives is shown at the Town in Stroud, tied to an onion festival ritual. A Persian Shah prayer rug, two feet square, with rose diamonds and emerald vines, is valued for its extraordinary craftsmanship. both rugs appear in a feature on historic textiles. The piece closes with a note on Van Dyck and Hals painting legends and a vignette about two great painters.
In a humorous exchange, Johnny Bumpernickle questions how a newspaper signals "further comment is unnecessary" and the elder responds that it often means the writer lacks additional information to offer.
Two back to back explosions at the Zeigler mine in Zelgtor N killed 34 workers and injured eight. Most victims were Greeks and Lithuanians. Rescue teams faced afterdamp and gas as they searched for entombed men. A six ton piece of equipment was hurled from the shaft and a worker on the air shaft escaped miraculously. Officials blamed gas buildup due to a fan being off since Friday.
At a Michigan Agricultural Society meeting Professor Green urged grass mulch for orchards. Citing Ohio and New York examples, he described leaving space between trees to grow grass, mowing, and laying mulch to conserve moisture, reduce root injury, and boost growth. He noted straw costs, soil protection on hills, and better fruit storage. several orchards showed vigorous growth and earlier bearing.
A projected multi million disbursement to the Five Civilized Tribes is outlined with Osage funds alone near eight million, implying per capita shares around five hundred if evenly distributed though actual payments will vary. Tribes hold vast land and oil wealth but many Indians remain poor as funds are spent over years amid sales and administration.
News note reports Mrs Onesie J Chadwick plans to write her life story detailing troubles and sources. James G Verguson sentenced in U S District Court to three years in Maryland penitentiary for robbing C W Marlatt, an 80 year old Chicago Board of Trends netting clerk, who fared poorly in a Toronto hotel. widow remains in Chicago.
The article explains careful onion cultivation, favoring rich clean land and deep soil prep. It advises early seed beds, row spacing, transplanting at six inches, careful hoeing and weeding, and mentions yields of about 400 bushels per acre with retail price around one dollar. Four pounds of seed suffice per acre when started in a seed bed.
In a jest during the Minstrals performance, Mr Guithers and Mr Golsizzle trade a quip about differences between a phrenologist and a man who rang in the dark. They explain it with a pun about bumps and the nose as the audience laughs through a musical countertenor's ballad chapter.
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