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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1908

Page

5

Hidden Perils Continues Amid Night at Winterfield Lodge

Athol Vere and Lorraine Shefford face foreboding as Dr Vere tends Miriam and baby Rourke Trenham. Horton Newley taunts then clashes with Rourke on a dim winter drive. A violent confrontation ends with a blow to Rourke and a grave, unsettled aftermath.

Chaptor Athol Ma. Gaveston Lorraine Dr. Vere Brent Mr. Gaveston Lorrattie Rourke Una Ana Abel Winterfield Lodge Mr. Newley Trent Rhoda Miriam Winterfield Atho Athol Vere Horton Newley Itheda Tin Newley Wimpleton Andrew Winterfeld Trenham London Lorraine Lke Kentuin Crimsoan Hey Rourke Trenham Vesthias Vestris Lorrraine Stourke Newlay Orton Newley Vere Tresham Arthor Lormine

Names and origins of various flowers revolved around people

The article discusses how many flower names honor individuals such as Leonard Fuchs for fuchsias and Andre Dahl for dahlias, with others named for Kamel, Magnol de Montpelier, and descriptive roots like foxglove and anemone. It notes translations and historical curiosities about terms.

Leonard Fuchs Andre Dahl Peru Kamel Japan France Magnol de Montpsier St. Louis Republic

Live Stock and Fertility On Farm Nutrient Recycling

The article discusses farm fertility through on farm feed like clover hay oats and corn stover with estimates of their fertilizing value. It emphasizes manure preservation and spreading directly to fields, crop rotation, and timing for best plant nutrient retention, citing Indiana and Ohio agricultural sources and practical methods for handling udder health calf nutrition and tree scale remedies.

Walter C. Bibler Indiana Farmer Ohio Connecticut Division of U. S. Department of Agriculture Columbus Chas. E. Thorne Ohio Agricultural ‘College Station

Dairy herd care and barn hygiene guidance

Milk cows do not gain flesh while producing milk and require ample feed. Keep sows in clean stables during storms and frequently disinfect to prevent odors. A malment for dwellings and animals uses equal parts turpentine, sweet oil, and camphor spirit applied to affected areas.

Culling as Key to Improving Poultry Flocks

The Epitomist urges poultrymen and farmers to select carefully, culling inferior birds and breeding only from top producers to steadily raise flock quality. It argues that this practice yields a profitable flock and promotes pride in individual excellence.

A Clean Poultry House And Foreign Study Spending

A farmer’s home journal urges thorough cleaning of poultry houses before winter, including whitewashing interiors with carbolic acid, removing old nest material, and painting roosts. The report notes 1907 Chinese government spending on students abroad totaling about $100,000, with Japan receiving nearly half and the U.S. about a quarter, and Bavarian manufacturing centers Nuremberg and Furth now near 400,000 population.

Farmerg! Home Journal Japan United States Bavaria Nuremberg Furth

Historic timeline of world events from 1838 to 1907

A compact chronology lists milestones across nations and regions. It notes Jamaica abolishing slavery in 1838, the American Anti-Slavery Society forming, 1848 Tremont Temple dedication, 1864-65 Civil War era actions, 1899 Niagara wreck, 1902 naval moves on Venezuela, and other political shifts including monarchs, republics, and treaties.

House of Assembly Jamaica American Anti-Slavery Society Philadelphia Harrisburg William H. Harrison Gregory XVI Boston Albany Tremont Temple Santa Anna Mexico Ferdinand of Austria Francis Joseph Louis Napoleon France Christ Church Montreal Queensland Australia Confederate Congress Kentucky Gen. Banks New Orleans Gan Longstreet Knoxville Indianapolis United States Cloretta California Washington Theodore Roosevelt New York Borussia Science University of Wisconsin Madison Cleveland Hendricks Kalakaua Hawaii San Francisco Turkey Niagara Lake Erie Germany England Venezuela Tennessee St. Louia Senor Palma Cuba Taft Himperor Nicholas St. Petersburg Roosevelt

Railroads seek steel and engines as line expansions surge

Rood YN officers seek quotes for 24000 tons of steel to elevate tracks for a new terminal. Chicago and Northwestern offers 15 Atlantic locomotives and 13 six wheel, 25 ten wheel engines from American Locomotive. Harriman competition widens as Kuhn Loeb finances Rock Island. Alton and Rock Island lines plan large locomotive purchases while Minnesota restricts depot permit and Ann Arbor orders 40 miles of track joints from Lackawanna. Prices sought on 4000 tons of steel for viaduct in Denver.

Chicago and Northwest#0 Chicago and Northwestern American Locomotive Company American Federation of Labor Rockisland Company Rock Island Railroad Union Pacific Harriman Kuhn, Loeb & Co Rock Island Chicago and Alton Railroad Chicago, Rock Island and Pacifcle Minnesota Railway and Warehouse Commission Holman Duluth, Afistairs and Northern Railroad Ann Arbor Lackawanna Steal Company Denver

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