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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1898
Page
8
The Wodlanapolla Journal notes Avery American hopes a local boyd will help raise 3,000,000 for a battleship project. Mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a low-cost remedy amid health claims and political remarks by Senator Sorghum about irregular methods in county politics.
A list of inventors from Minnesota and North Carolina appears for belt, toe clip, acetylene gas generator, rotary engine, sled, belt tightener, and other designs. A Russian estate at Savinewka in Ledolia hosts a large sixteen room paper house built in New York by an American engineer costing 80 000 roubles. The architect predicts greater longevity than stone and plans all furniture to be made of paper.
Mutbatt Sion discusses why men repeatedly give women diamond engagement rings, with Susie-Papa noting social expectations. The piece analyzes the tradition and motives behind engagement jewelry.
A brief note from the Indianapolis Journal recalls a dispute between a proofreader and editor over the spelling of Philippine. The proofreader urged double I spelling, highlighting tension around editorial accuracy and language.
During the 1860 Chinese expedition after Taku, British troops found a swollen river blocking passage. An officer devised a plan to gather available coffins from village houses, using a coffin bridge reinforced with empty enaki to support artillery and cross safely.
A speaker notes the silent audience with weak faces and asks for opinions. The reply says opinions remain from last election but could be swept away in the next twelve hours, per the Washington Star.
The Chicago Tribune quotes an exchange during a visit as an officer shows plans for a new police station. The mayor, trying to dodge slang, comments on the location where wings will be built and where the cops will stay.
A column stresses butter must earn its price by quality and cleanliness. It compares fair pricing to potatoes and argues on dairying discipline, hygiene, and efficient labor. It urges experiment stations to test silage and warns about vermin in poultry, advocating clean houses, dust baths, and pest control for healthy hens.
Practical farmer notes advise cleaning and brightening poultry houses, adding a south-facing window, and whitewashing walls. Improve roosts, bath dust, and grit, prepare nests with fresh straw, treat scaly legs with coal oil and lard, keep dry drafts down, and place turkeys in south sheds. Include ducks with warm roosts and litter, stock grain scratches, and avoid overreliance on corn while reading poultry journals for guidance.
W E Dana in Hoard's Dairyman describes a method to enrich nitrogen by growing a Kentucky Wonder pole bean in corn hills. Beans were planted when corn was eight inches high to let corn support the vines. Beans thrived, vines and pods developed well, corn was harvested with a McCormick harvester, and the beans processed without issue though silage quantity was limited.
An 1887 agricultural roundup covers cooling overheated pigs gradually from the nose to the tail, winter scratching pens for hens to forage, winter range methods with millet litter, hens at work for egg production, horn fly spread from New Jersey to Canada, and sheep feeding racks that prevent dust from fouling fleece.
An unarmed digger recounts confronting three men, keeping calm by looking away and whistling an opera air. The assailants rushes failed, as they were unable to approach at the zoo where the encounter occurred.
A fragment notes Smythe's upcoming performance in Old Madrid with a remark on her voice. The brief appears in a New Orleans newspaper, referencing Ale and a sense of relief about the singer's set.
A fragmented theater moment shows a poet named Puck in a tense exchange with Whiter and Long-Hatred as a barbershop setting erupts with sharp refusals and banter. The exchange hints at theatrical misplacement and satire within a public space.
A playful dialogue centers on a dish titled angel-cake. Characters Kath arine and lan't exchange remarks praising the treat, noting its goodness while joking about the notion of iron-jawed angels.
A returned volunteer recalls a miscommunication about a fish slime incident. The other volunteer asks if she missed him, describing his reaction as strict and distant, noting a wash over whether he had been out of town. The text mentions a person nicknamed Pennyweight.
In a playful quip from the Chicago Record, a speaker downplays sadness at seasonal changes by noting relief in having money to pay for leaf raking. The exchange highlights lighthearted urban humor about autumn chores and finances.
A Yonkers Statesman excerpt records a drifting figure dialoguing at a back door. A woman questions his intent while the wanderer clarifies he sought only one of her pictures not money or trend. The exchange centers on deception and social responses in a urban setting.
A rural spectator claims she takes a milk bath daily while an urban spectator mentions a glass showing chalk settled on her. The Indianapolis Journal notes the exchange as a terse, pointed comment reflecting social commentary.
A short classified note offers $15.00 per week to a man with a rig to introduce Perfection Poultry Mixture, touted as the greatest egg producer on earth. Address with stamp to Perfection Mfg. Co. Parsons, Kansas.
A Spanish lad is warned by his mother that delaying tasks harms him and his father laments the boy will fail to adapt to life in the country. A local quip adds that postponing duties should stretch past the coming week.
An ad explains shoddy rubber makes feet cold and hard while pure rubber stays soft. It touts Gold Beal overshoes as warm and pliable, sold by dealers or directly from Gandycar Rubber Co. at 98-102 Da at Seventh Street, St. Paul.
In North Carolina a stranger asks how citizens will vote as the Washington Star reports uncertainty. Officials say the decision will come with the ammunition rollout and no final method has been chosen whether by squads or platoons.
Mrs Corntossel warns Joslar against gambling while in town. He replies that he will seek out those gambling games mentioned by Tye, as reported by the Washington Star.
A quirky exchange recalls a claim about an ancient newspaper started a thousand years ago and labels it the original yellow journalism. The dialogue features playful, fictional speakers and mock-historic banter.
The witness testifies that the deceased man had a broadly developed sense of touch, with defense questions about prior feeling between the prisoner and the victim. The account is noted from a Philadelphia, North American source.
A fragmented Chicago newspaper clipping questions belief in political poetry as soap manufacturers stop using poetry in ads. The odd exchange notes satire on advertising practices and a claim of decline in poetic usage in marketing.
Fragmentary quotation from a witness describes a rapid altercation. The readable text mentions farewell to a wife and a brief dispute. No clear names, dates, or locations are established in the readable fragment.
Cincinnati Inquirer reports a prizefighter announcing permanent retirement tied to a warlike manifesto. The brief note connects personality and motive, detailing location and public reaction without graphic detail.
A columnist named Mr Weg-Well known for jokes about a single man facing bankruptcy signs off on a humorous take titled One Indianapolis Journey. The piece reveals a newspaper man’s penchant for satire and wordplay.
Mrs Downsleigh confirms daughter Mxabet is engaged to Fred Waddington and will marry in winter. Mrs Elverson recalls a minister’s remark about Fred’s likely troubled end, a memory that amused or unsettled the conversation amid the exciting betrothal chatter.
Frank J. Cheney and W J Cheney declare that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Holy's Catarrh Cure. Notary public A W Gleason swore to the document on December 6, 188 v. Ball's Family Pills advertised as best.
A fragmentary account shows a shopper recalling a hat purchase at a first store and contrasting with another incident at all the other stores. The text hints at a dispute or apology but is incomplete and lacks clear resolution.
A jumble of phrases mentions an Italian lady depositing seven bushels of cow, references to Happy Homes and Aphrodinine for women, tobacco halite, a relief remedy bundle, and stray lines about Aldermanic secrets. The text reads like fragmented OCR from a Chicago News page with garbled names and nonsensical segments.
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