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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
10
Home grinding of wheat to make flour is simple and can be done at home, similar to coffee grinding. The New York Medical Journal urges buying wheat from seedsmen for cost and efficiency, notes grinding for cereals, and mentions long cooking with a fireless cooker. A local magnate anecdote and a line about mastica as a Greek substitute for absinthe are included.
Sweet and sophisticated seven teen explains loudly why she left her husband. She says he was a good provider but had no conversation at home, preferring a newspaper and slippers over discussion. She laments life beyond furniture and carpets without engaging companionship.
A fragment presents a dialog about identity and perception with lines about speaking, waiting, and responding. It hints at tension between characters named The Reault Quite Evident and others, mentioning a poll and a pushy nature within a confrontational scene.
Farmers are advised to list needed materials and assess equipment now while weather holds. By overhauling machines, repairing buildings, and stocking paints and hardware, outdoor work in bad conditions won’t delay plans. Having supplies ready saves time, trips to town, and extra expenses.
An illustration shows a pulverizer used to crush clods and pulverize the ground. It comprises a cutter-bar from an old binder bolted to the front member of a standard road drag.
The text explains an angled bar setup to keep trash from hanging on it. Guards will penetrate the soil, break up clods, and smooth the ground, yielding very satisfactory results, as noted by Popular Science Monthly.
Colony houses serve as winter quarters for geese and turkeys with open fronts for air. Shelter sufficient against cold, snow, and wind is needed. Ducks adapt to colony houses and runners kept for laying can be swintered in small flocks for better results than in large buildings.
The passage warns against entering the sheep business with cheap, poor-quality sheep, arguing such stock offers no advantages and drains the owner’s patience and enthusiasm. It emphasizes that poor quality sheep bring more discouragement than encouragement for any livestock venture.
Winter poses feeding challenges as dry stored foods raise costs. A mix of bulky greens like cabbage beets potatoes turnips and clover helps dilute grains, boosts health, aids digestion, and lowers overall egg production costs. Plan ahead by stocking such greens for winter use. Birds vary in greens: ducks and geese eat grass readily, while turkeys and guineas help control insects.
The article by Dr EH Havngnr of the Pennsylvania Department Station discusses grooming as essential to farm work horse care. It notes horses sweat glands remove bodily waste equivalent to what the digestive tract excretes in 24 hours, underscoring grooming and hygiene in equine management.
If glands clog with sweat and dirt a key waste channel closes. Keeping glands open and body in good order, grooming improves hair quality and vent condition. Feeding alone won’t shape a team, but proper grooming plus feeding goes far toward it.
An acre of ensiled corn yields similar or better feed than ground corn when storing ears and stalks. Husking and storing ear corn adds cost with little gain unless ear corn is to be sold. If feeding on the farm, silos are the most economical storage for the entire corn plant.
Workers can earn good wages during winter by cutting small bushes and cleaning fence corners. Rotted material up to 18 inches should be scattered on fields, while the pruning and cleanup improve the place's neatness and appeal.
Practical advice on delaying corrosion and rust in farming gear. Proper housing helps, but in damp weather coat all unpainted metal with a thick protective oil to seal air and moisture and prevent rusting and wear.
A vintage health ad promotes simple kidney care using hot water and Plenty of water with a small meal before each. It urges Dr Pierce’s Anuric and Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as the cure, citing a Ypsilanti man’s testimonial of recovery in three months.
A dog treed a cat on an electric light pole between Lexington and Mount Sterling, creating a cross or cult that plunged Mount Sterling into total darkness. The old-time lamp was seen as undesirable, yet one lamp could not extinguish every light in town.
A historical newspaper snippet urges mothers to cut food bills with Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti served two or three times weekly. It advertises a free cook book from Skinner Mfr. Co Omaha Nebr and notes the health benefits for children and adults. A humorous aside mentions a scientist on phosphorus and matches.
An assortment of vintage ads mentions Castoria with its signature, notes about Fletcher's Castoria, and a curious line about a curious flirtatious exchange. Additional snippets reference Dr Pierce products, a miniature automobile horn activated by an electric button, and general marketing chatter from a bygone era.
If your scalp is irritated itching and burning and your hair dry and falling out in handful try the following treatment spots of dandruff and itching with Cuticura Ointment and follow with hot shampoo of Cuticura Soap. Absolutely nothing better. Free sample each by mail with Book Address postcard Cuticura Dept. L Boston Sold everywhere Adv. Three hundred species of turtles and tortoises are known. All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
A quirky local inscription notes an ostrich with limited sight digesting all it encounters while a humorous exchange describes a wife and husband duo in an odd scene. The fragment suggests rural humor and unusual animal behavior attracting attention.
A widow notes a curious line about chimes and time while historical context explains that the bird’s name originated from its early import route via Turkey to Europe.
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