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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1920
Page
8
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans a long mission to Japan to locate enemies of the Japanese beetle and import them to New Jersey areas where the pest is established. The operation may last two to three years, aiming to study and deploy natural parasites to control the beetle.
The king of the Cannibal Islands questions a prisoner in a soldier's uniform and the prime minister notes he appears to be a raw recruit. A standard line follows about a girl needing frequent reassurance of her beauty.
A worried woman asks George to help with arithmetic about wages for a new cook. George grumbles from his newspaper but agrees to calculate if enough money remains to buy essentials after paying the cook. The dialogue preserves a quirky domestic finance moment from a London Answers column.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item reports an officer challenges a driver who claims to be a geometry professor. The exchange questions whether the driver parked parallel, with the officer asking about the driver’s business.
From the U S Department of Agriculture guidance the article urges rich loam for spinach and describes sowing rates and harvest method. It notes spinach is hardy, can be planted in early spring or autumn with mulch, and that chard yields leaves after each cut without harming the plant. New Zealand spinach is discussed with row spacing and seed germination tips.
The article discusses New Zealand spinach as heat tolerant and cooked like spinach, dandelion greens from spring sowing to blanching for tenderness, and kale as a hardy cabbage substitute. It covers sowing distances, thinning, mulching, blanching methods, and winter hardiness for various greens.
Instructions from an agricultural note emphasize careful watering to prevent drying or damping, transplanting celery twice for best growth, and using hotbeds or frames in the North. It covers soil needs, spacing, blanching methods, and winter storage options including banking with earth or digging for cellar storage.
Domestic animals show acute hearing and respond to vocal cues while livestock versatilely adapt to feed changes. Hogs benefit from change in feed and roam from farrowing to market. lambs mature early enough to self care. Clover and alfalfa with corn help brood sows. lambs gain about a quarter pound daily. corn and tankage offer strong fall pig rations. Town station reports high pig pasture on rape with forty per acre on good soil, though rape performance varies.
A farmerish tale from November 1916 recounts coal dust injuring a miner’s lungs, with doctors recommending climate change and later Milk Emulsion as a remedy. The testimonial claims rapid improvement, weight gain, and return to mining, urging others to try the product despite a money back guarantee.
An old advertisement touts Othine double strength cream claiming to remove freckles and blotches in a short nightly and morning routine. It guarantees money back if it fails and urges asking druggists for the product.
An advertisement extols Triner remedies as three essentials for effectiveness purity and fair price. It promotes American Tonic bitters wine, Liniment for stomach ailments rheumatic pains and sedative for colds. The piece cites Joseph Triner Company 1883 address in Chicago and urges consumers to seek Triner products through druggists.
A quotation suggests silence holds value while noting people may crave more speech but often miss it. The framing implies social behavior and desire for vocal expression without detailing events or people.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues often misattributed to other causes. The ad promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the remedy, urging readers to mail ten cents for a sample and to mention the paper. It also includes a separate note mocking young men for carrying canes and claiming self esteem rises at the jumping off point.
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