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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
8
Government crop revision shows large year end shortages across corn oats and wheat but hay gains offset losses. Final estimates from the Department of Agriculture indicate acreage and production shifts, with corn down about 335 million bushels and oats down 211 million, while hay rises by 6.48 million tons and wheat by 101 million bushels.
Arkansas Senator Jefferson Davis of Arianana breaks tradition by delivering a long speech after nine days of service. The address, provoking debate on apprenticeship rules, recalls Davis's earlier career including Arkansas Attorney General and three-term Governor.
As the Atlantic fleet sails to the Pacific, the North Dakota keel is laid at Quincy Massachusetts. It is expected to surpass Evans command in power, with a displacement around 20 000 tons, heavier than the Pacific bound vessels.
The report lists 1907 farm crop data with corn 224,615,000 bushels valued at 86 cents, corn acreage 99,931,000 and production 2,592,820,000 bushels. Oats show 31,887,000 acres, 724,443,000 bushels valued at 443 cents. Total farm value for 1907 is 3,404,000,000, up 42,000,000 since 1900. The December 1 values include corn 1,340,440,000 and winter wheat 301,217,000, plus spring wheat and oats. Other notes mention naval comparisons and shipbuilding timelines for the North Dakota and sister ship to the Delaware.
Described as homesteading fever in Death Valley with tracts staked irrigation planned and transport links to Greenwater borax works. Notes speculation on water from Telescope Peak and a Texas court ruling on waters and receivership amid ouster proceedings. Also reports the death of Col. A. S. Colgar, aged 80, Nashville jurist and Confederate congress member.
A jumble of stray lines from a bygone paper cites bad circulation, rising living costs, an Aurora physician on peanuts as a beauty diet, banker calls for more dollars, and a string of humorous or odd anecdotes. It touches on divorce suits, railroads, army recruiters, and Saturn rings disappearing, all in a frayed, satirical tone.
A history of lighthouse illumination over 85 years shows a rise from 44 000 candles by 1874 to 820 000 with electric lights in 1882, then ongoing improvements culminating in nearly 3 000 000 candles of power today.
Leyl T. Breckway of Anoka Minnesota recounts five months in a hospital after illness, claims doctors could not cure, describes kidney trouble and fatigue, credits Dean's Kidney Pills, 60 cents a box, with restoring health and energy. Also includes unrelated snippets about a Bucknell professor and an anecdote from Plainfield.
A patient describes eleven years of hand eczema with cracking and bleeding. After trying many remedies and doctors, she used Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills, reporting complete improvement. Also included is a humorous dentist chair exchange involving Mrs Kerrathers and Mrs Kajones.
A garbled OCR style notice touts a one unindlved dollar reward amid a mélange of claims about Cheney and financial obligations. The text drifts into product pitches for remedies and a stray Chicago telegraph claim, interwoven with personal letters and nonsensical phrases.
A Philadelphia man vows total abstinence from strong drink but is entangled in a wife led scheme to “save” the money he would spend. Beans valued at six cents serve as counters for charitable donations, as the couple’s relatives allegedly conspire to invite drinking every day. The scheme supposedly boosts charity receipts while the man wonders about the real gains. In a separate anecdote, Caruso recalls writing an opera and a Roman peasant’s odd job tale about a driftwood bargain.
A damaged OCR fragment shows a playful domestic exchange about a cat eating food before the wife could stop it. The husband's reply promises to fix things, but the text is incomplete and garbled.
Rest and sleep are presented as the best and cheapest remedies for fatigue and nervous exhaustion. The text argues that sufficient sleep prevents insomnia and neurasthenia, noting overwork and sleep deprivation worsen mood and health. It cites McCall's Magazine and includes a quip about shouting during danger to attract help.
A garbled column mixes a stormy sea romance with disjointed market patter. The scene hints at a beset bride asking love, interspersed with quirky product pitches and Uncle Allen quips about sharing milk and coconut custard recipes.
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