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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
12
A compact digest discusses hops prices and crop yields, rabbit protection for orchards, and a mix of farm queries. It notes waterlogged corms, a big hop market, and urges practical dairy cow rations. It also comments on animal feeding, horse work limits, wages after thirty years, and the inevitability of hard work.
Denver contractor George W. Wilson recounts a remarkable incident in which a mountain sheep with large horns leaped from a cliff above a Cameron Pass ditch crew. The animal landed, rolled, and then sprang away across uneven terrain, escaping the men and vanishing down the slope. The tale, once dismissed as folklore, is presented as vindicated.
A Boston Herald note recalls Eugenie’s fading beauty as photographers yield few images from the last two decades. Most show profile views due to drooping oblique eyes caused by grief, while a Europe-bound piece hints at a nearly frontal gaze. The piece hails Wagenlé, once France’s empress, as a dream of loveliness now scarcely recalled.
In the Holy Land the annual Epiphany rites draw Russian pilgrims to the River Jordan. Crowded along the Jericho road they endure fatigue and sleep before gathering at the banks. Priests bless the waters as a jeweled cross is laid upon them, and pilgrims dive in for baptism, leaving soaked and content as they head toward Jerusalem with renewed joy.
The managers of the Swedish state railway have ordered a special locomotive designed to burn peat fuel exclusively, marking a unique propulsion experiment. The project aims to utilize peat as a steady energy source for rail traction and reduce dependence on imported fuels.
A farmer beware cloth peddlers offer five dollar blankets for one dollar and thirty yards of calico for a fraction of value. The article describes how both partners in the couple are drawn in and how the shame leads to hiding the buys rather than admitting the loss. It cautions readers to beware of con artists on the highway and to keep valuables secure.
Sunday chores disrupt the day on farms as feeding, milking, and caring for livestock occupy workers. The piece argues a rotating system between two workers helps maintain church duties, noting even an old farmer avoids the Kingdom due to Sunday work and his hired man’s courting.
A run of household expectations shows a wife and mother controlling Sunday rest and easy prep meals, with a husband who cooks and cleans while the wife rests. A neighbor’s practice of hosting and serving dinner before guests arrives is noted as an example of shared labor. The piece contrasts two approaches to domestic workload and prayer. In science news, Lingis reports alfalfa growth tied to soil microbes, trialing inoculated soil from Kansas and Nebraska to boost crops where alfalfa previously failed.
In Woonsocket Rhode Island the Women’s Club fights for scenic preservation. A landowner plans to block a waterfall view with a building. The club persuades him to auction the rocks, then buys them back at a higher price. The episode highlights clubwoman ingenuity and local wit.
Professor A EH Dolbear of Tufts College has served nearly thirty years at the institution. He is now 65 years old and a long-time member, with a notable birthplace and a strong connection to Benedict. The text notes a Sunday as a hard day, and mentions Arnold’s birthplace as part of the biographical sketch.
A Philadelphia woman profits from a new scheme called shopping on commission. She acts as a professional shopping agent registered at first class stores, earns 10 percent on goods bought in her name, and charges patrons 10 percent of the amount advanced. Her list of 600 patrons pays weekly installments, yielding about 20 percent overall in 11 weeks. She oversees strict accounts, hires assistants, and notes that many patrons are businesswomen who keep buying year round.
The Chicago Tribune notes a heated exchange as the plaintiff’s attorney questions Miss Gurleigh about her knowledge of the defendant, past relationships, and when another woman began courting her, revealing strain in the breach of promise case.
The Des Moines Register reports that in parts of Australia children under seven have never seen rain and some districts have droughts stretching four years. Famine is sweeping the island and aid appeals to England have been issued as severe earthquakes add to the alarm.
The Dawes commission advances plans to allot 7,000,000 acres in the Five Civilized Tribes within three years, with Atoka to host a land office on Feb 1 1908. Expect 4,000 newcomers on opening day February 1 1903 to file on allotments, creating a vast market for 700,000 acres this year while coal mines and rich resources draw investors and laborers. The piece also notes a young 16 year old in Atlantic City drilling with Morris Guards, amid debates over foreign military association.
A Sugar Grove unionist asks what chance there is for reform when a man can go with a ripsaw and get drunk on a fence, after a Kanans man discovers brandy can be made from sawdust. The Sugar Grove Record notes the provocative claim and the broader debate it sparks.
A London letter surveys eccentric traditions tied to mayoral office in 19th century Britain and Ireland. Weighing in High Wycombe, coal gifts in Limerick, marriage dowers in Cardiff, horn wakings in Ripon, Knill ceremonies at St Ives, and a singing mayor leading Old Hundredth.
The National Housewives' association of Chicago considers dropping the term servant in household work to free employers. The plan faces fear that replacing the term will lead to the mistress withdrawing from the kitchen and the financial head experiencing nervous prostration.
In the Kansas and Oklahoma wheat belt, farmers grow wealth and prominence. Wealthy planters like John T. Stewart and D. W. Blaine illustrate rapid transformation as farmer fortunes soar, with dozens becoming millionaires through wheat, land, and diversified holdings.
The regimental leader in Canada forbids a Halifax amateur production titled Gentlemen The King where actors would wear military uniforms. Separately, William H Day plans an art community near Glen Head on the Hudson to rent studios to artists, and General Baden-Powell, at a luncheon, discusses killing with a joking remark about fear.
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