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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1926
Page
8
The page lists a dense set of crossword style clues and garbled fragments. Several lines mix numbers with partial words, suggesting a puzzle or cryptic entries, plus scattered references to places and titles, all in a single irregular block.
A compact primer explains placing correct letters in white squares to form horizontal and vertical words. Each word’s first letter is numbered by a definition beneath the puzzle. Fill words into white spaces up to the next black square without using letters in black areas. All entries are dictionary words with noted exceptions.
Four new high yielding oat varieties Albion Richland Iowar and Togren developed by Iowa State College and the U S Department of Agriculture are discussed in Department Bulletin 1845. Albion Richland Iowar and Togren differ from Kherson Green Russian and Sixty Day by traits like yield and straw height and are already widely distributed in the Corn Belt. A bulletin copy is available from the U S Department of Agriculture Washington DC while supplies last.
American farmers lose about 50 million dollars yearly to the warble fly affecting beef cattle milk and hides. An USDA educational film titled The Ox Warble a Fifty Million Dollar Tune traces the fly from egg to grub to adult, noting hide damage weight loss and reduced milk. It also shows control methods and life history through actual photography and animation.
At Missouri experiment station soy beans replaced meat in a laying hens mash. A base mix of bran, shorts and corn meal gained 30 percent soybean meal and 5 percent mineral. Over two years results were positive but mineral supplement was essential. without mineral eggs per hen yearly dropped to 70. Oyster shell and grit were available.
The annual report of the bureau of entomology details widespread insect control efforts across crops forests and stored goods. It highlights progress against Japanese beetle boll weevil European corn borer and Mexican bean beetle with improved sprays soil treatments parasites and attractive chemicals. Dusting calcium arsenate for boll weevil grows as standard in cotton belts with cost reductions and better application gear. Airplane dusting surpassed 60 000 bales of cotton dusted commercially last season.
The seed acts as a busy factory with enzymes that convert stored starch to sugar, lowering vitality. Harvest timing and dry versus wet weather affect vitality, with losses when seeds are stored or sown late. Corn, wheat, rye, oats, and bluegrass seeds lose vitality quickly and must be sold or replaced each year.
Pastures may be improved by keeping stock off until spring start and by applying acid phosphate and ground limestone on acidic soil. Ohio experiments show 200 pounds per acre of acid phosphate increases yield by 88.7 percent and raises total feed value due to higher nitrogen content in the grass.
A historic guidance excerpt advises depriving hogs of food for 24 hours before slaughter while ensuring ample water. It notes winter concrete work requires heated mix and covered curing, warns against straw burrowing, and suggests storm shelters. It also mentions artificial lights extending hens’ waking hours to boost egg production.
A well known suburban speaker traveled to a northern city to give a dedication address but arrived hoarse. After a Turkish bath steam and a whispered delivery, his voice recovered enough for clear articulation. He credited an elocution professor's precept about whispering for making every word understood.
A Montreal Family World item discusses a lifelong worrier who foresees disaster in every event. It notes she drains her vitality and nerves, may ruin digestion, and ages herself while accomplishing nothing, since events unfold regardless of her fear.
The Virgin Islands in the Caribbean were bought from Denmark for 325 million dollars during World War I to block German submarine bases. Talks stretched over half a century from Secretary Seward’s Civil War era initiative to ratification battles in Danish parliament.
A letter urges converting a room into a dustless floor play area for babies and children. It laments mothers avoiding floor play and suggests requiring white house slippers to keep streets off the play surface.
A spinster in Tendon suburb reported harsh language used by two telegraph wire repairers near her home. The foreman, asked to report, describes a fall of lead from a telegraph pole strikingBH as one man jokes to another about caution.
The excerpt satirically suggests Americans at a race prefer bold romance over tragedy. It contrasts a flapper’s view with Shakespearean tragedy and ends with a witty quip about finding someone to live with rather than die for.
On a woodland path Toofus receives a falling leaf and pauses to chat with a tree. Willow Prime urges restraint, warning that people may think him nutty. Toofus insists he did not intend to talk, but the moment inspires further musings.
The article profiles Stanley M. Doyle known as Larry, and describes his rise in the Forty and Eight organization, from local chef de train in Glendive to grand chef de train and chef de chemin de fer. It traces his Minnesota birth, Iowa schooling, military service, law career, and Legion roles ending with his Omaha election to national positions.
Plans by the American Legion national commission aim to field over one million boys in a junior world baseball series. Leagues will form across posts, districts, and regions, with sectional winners advancing to a Philadelphia national final. Officials expect about 1000000 participants in year one.
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