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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
3
A June roundup covers markets for export beef in Toronto and Chicago, dairy, cattle breeds like Jersey, hogs and pigs, corn and oats pricing, barley as a safer crop, garden notes, and advice on beans, potatoes, wild grapes, and alfalfa. It highlights weather, harvests, and practical farming tips with local observations.
The piece argues 1600 workers lose jobs under the oleomargarine bill while urging farmers to stay with local creameries. It describes a push to form large creamery companies that buy and handle regional cream, potentially reducing competition and dictating prices.
A farmer in the Northwest faces pressure to adopt new agricultural methods and education. He clings to old practices like using scrup bulls and selling grain and hay while doubting professors and book farming. The piece notes he must change or quit, as land values rise and efficiency becomes essential.
Discussion warns that rainfall in the West and Northwest is uneven and that cheap land temptations lure settlers to buy land priced from six to fifteen dollars per acre. It debunks the idea that cultivation will bring rain and recalls a Kansas Nebraska victory as proof. A hired man ruins a maple tree to illustrate foolish land practices. It suggests two thousand dollars can build six good farm residences, implying excess spending on houses is vanity.
The passage condemns a July 1 tax cut of 73 million dollars that benefits stock brokers banks gamblers brewers and patent medicine men while the common people still pay high sugar prices on a 1 dollar for 16 or 17 pounds. It calls for a partial sugar tax reduction and warns that burdensome taxes should be kept only as needed. It likens the tax to India's salt tax.
A strawberry bed is renewed after a large first crop. Berries are removed with a scythe, the bed is raked and plowed with a garden cultivator, a narrow strip left, and well rotted manure applied. The strips will be cultivated twice more, then new plants will run and set for next year, after which the bed will be plowed up.
The article stresses corn as the country’s backbone of food and economic health, surpassing cotton wheat and iron. It notes corn’s central role for feeding the nation, and reflects on how even a bumper 1962 crop could not drive prices below profitability due to demand and depleted old stock.
New York World mocks military fashion with a feature on a grand dress coat for U S Army officers. It notes oversized length and wide front, bold red yellow and blue cords, extensive gold lace, and shoulder aiguillettes. It criticizes incorrectly oriented chevrons as misused heraldic symbols.
W T Hutcherson editor of the Dickson County Press in North Carolina died in Charlotte on June 2 at age 72. He had worked in a newspaper office since age 12 and wished to be buried in a winding sheet made of newspapers. His head rested on a copy of the last Dickson County Press issue and exchanges he admired were wrapped around his body.
The Steubenville Colorado mayor creates a fighting room where women locked behind a back yard fence quarrel. After an hour of abuse they release and often reconcile, ending petty clothesline spats.
In a terse exchange from the Pictaburg Press, the Jeweler’s daughter insists on a sacred promise before consent, while Hor Adorer questions what it means, and the daughter clarifies the pledge to purchase the ring from her father.
Des Moines July 30 nearly 1100 delegates from every county attended the state convention. The platform retained last year’s tariff and trust planks with an added tribute to President Roosevelt for anti trust law enforcement. The party mourned McKinley’s assassination and pledged loyalty to Roosevelt’s administration. They support reciprocity with Cuba and expect Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential election, seeing it as advancing national prosperity.
The ticket nominates W B Martin for Secretary of State from Adair County F Carnoll for Auditor from Davis County G Gilbertson for State Treasurer from Winnebago County O M Mullan for Attorney General from Black Hawk County Trudges Scott M Ladd for Supreme Court from OBrien County Chas A Bishop for Clerk of Supreme Court from Polk County J C Crockett for Supreme Court Reporter W W Cornwall for Railroad Commissioner from Clay County E A Dawson for Bramen County
The Iowa Republican convention adjourned after electing permanent officers and naming committee members. Resolutions debated the tariff plank from last year, adopting a platform praising national prosperity, Philippine policy, civil government, and Roosevelt's antitrust stance while opposing disenfranchisement by race.
The report covers multiple ballots for Crockett and Buchan with Crockett eventually named nominee. It notes 11-2 initial support, a fifth ballot tally of 642 289, and final unanimous approval. Supreme court reporter nomination also moved to unanimous, with Cornwall and Salinger named. Railroad commissioner race left Dawson and Blackmore as finalists before adjournment.
President Mitchell of the miners union issues a public reply defending law and order, disputing claims of widespread lawlessness by miners, and contrasting union conduct with coal region authorities. He asserts long-standing opposition to unlawful acts and notes fewer crimes among miners during the strike versus earlier periods.
The Brighton Derby in New York awards 10000 dollars. Hyphen ridden by Captain H. Brown dominates a field with Major Daingerfield and Homestead. Hyphen leads from the start and finishes four lengths ahead of Daingerfield over a mile and a quarter. Time 2 04 1 5.
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