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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1897
Page
8
A compact fragment from a historical paper offering a collage of anecdotes and advertisements. Includes mock quotes about emigration remedies, medicine claims for Stomach Bitters, testimonials on Piso’s Cure, a gossiping aside about a linguist’s son, tobacco ads, a coca-cola of oddities, and a brief note on the Moscow Chodinka meadow calamity with a large ruble figure.
M D Grant outlines practical methods for dairy and poultry care, stressing stock selection, breeding, and coop creamery viability. He notes cheese stock shortages, rising exports, and the need for better management, feeding, and marketing to boost Iowa’s dairy industry.
An egg dealer explains that Long Island eggs fetch a premium in New York due to perceived freshness. He notes mixing state eggs with Long Island eggs, and that white Leghorn eggs are favored by fashion, while Plymouth Rocks yield heavier, richer eggs. The piece also includes farming guidance on hatching and rearing, urging better management by farm women or hands to improve poultry stock.
In Rural New Yorker, Professor Georg D. Coleman argues that killing hens after their second year weakens stock. He urges breeding from older, vigorous fowls for stronger chicks, noting older hens lay larger eggs and better development. He warns against abandoning stock raising despite low prices and favors improving egg and meat production through old stock resilience.
The report lists patent grants awarded to Northwestern inventors including David J Arne and Frances W H Gorrell for improvements such as an automatic means to mark faucets, clay grinding machinery, seal lock devices, tagging needles and a disk sharpener among others. The docket also mentions a design buckle and an escape ladder.
A Washington Star excerpt describes Tiggins as the worst baseball crank ever met. It notes LE disliked the game and felt unable to discuss it intelligently, losing temper when others spoke of it.
A chaotic OCR-like jumble mentions a patent remedy marketed as a cure for constipation with prices 10¢ and 8¢, along with satirical remarks about a failing product and a mobbed response. It references a gag about breaking a window, a jab at a wagging head, and a quip about old Utah senators born in Salt Lake City.
A Saratoga physician credits Kickapoo remedies with curing many desperate ailments and urges readers to consider Indian therapies. The ad touts Kickapoo Indian Bagia as a key blood purifier said to aid stomach, kidneys, and liver, claiming thousands cured and promising medical guidance upon request from the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. in New Haven Conn.
A Nebraska chartered corporation with a $250,000 capital markets a radical “MAGICAL TREATMENT” for male vitality and nerve debility. It claims past patients, offers home treatment with guarantees, refunds, and travel coverage if cure fails, urging readers to request proof and write for details.
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