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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1903
Page
3
Wopyright, 4, by 3, B. Trigg, Rockford Iowa, Correspondenecs Bollet ted. The article discusses cooking and dairy prices, the impact of oleo substitutes, land use for stock versus fruit, and the push for good roads. It notes farming challenges from 1902 and emphasizes palatability in livestock rations, with remarks on turkeys hogs creamery butter and egg prices, skunks in farmyards, and a new irrigation law funding desert reclamation projects.
A study of several experiment station trials shows lantern amath traps do not catch the pests injurious to orchards. The traps fail to capture apple tree borer, codlin moth, curculio, or cankerworm moths, the four worst orchard pests, though they destroy many beneficial insects.
The author explains that grafting apple varieties on wild crab stock fails because the dwarf rootstock cannot support the scion, which outgrows the stock and is beaten down by wind or starves for support. Similar issues arise with tame plum varieties on wild plum stocks. The piece notes vast river lands of Minnesota and Iowa unsuitable for plow but potential for Wealthy apple orchards, and laments human destruction hindering forested hills.
A Missouri judge held that the money from farm eggs belongs to the farmer’s wife and fined a farmer for selling eggs and taking the proceeds. The article remarks many men do this and urges women to assert their rights.
The Russian agriculture minister appropriates 30000 dollars to train farmers in the dairy business along Siberian rail lines. Funds will support dairy schools and butter maker instruction as Liberia is poised to become a major butter producer due to favorable natural conditions.
For years farmers have been raided by a so called nursery from a western city. Investigation finds no actual nursery, only an office and barn with shipped goods. Bills show 76 to 100 percent markup on names, deceiving buyers. Warns farmers to ignore these fakes and avoid wasting money.
The University of California board appoints Dr Albert Shaw editor of the American Monthly Review of Reviews as lecturer for 1903 on The Morals of Trade. The appointment marks a new educational feature funded by H Weinstock, in memory of Barbara Weinstock, to promote higher business morality.
A compilation of agricultural observations and opinions on orchard care thinning fruit trees and the need for lawful arbitration of neighborhood disputes. It discusses farm labor shortages forcing consolidation, hunting and wildlife concerns, and a critique of cruelty in modern times. The piece urges hands on education at farm institutes and prudent cultivation to improve orchard yields.
The text argues thorough land prep a year ahead for a new crop, favoring fresh woodland or well rotted pasture as ideal, and warns against letting issues seed. it notes the saleable wheat variety as Red obe.
A piece arguing that smaller farms increase farmers, farm homes, schools, and social ties, predicting benefits for the county. It also notes electrical science adds value to waterfalls, enabling distant power to reach users, likening it to Arabian Nights miracles in progress and legend.
The passage describes a typical southern mule farm run by a colored man with a mule, cotton, corn, wildlife, and river fish contributing to the family's living. It contrasts with northern farming where land work requires barges and large teams.
The article argues that wild fruits, bee trees, wild game in fur and feathers, even when fenced or owned, are treated as public plunder. It urges public instruction that wild life and natural products are fully protected by law, equal to artificial productions.
A historical view argues for protecting birds for their economic value in agriculture and horticulture. It notes England's higher bird density and asserts birds tame pests to safeguard crops, urging generous inducements to keep birds through their brief summer stay.
A Johns Hopkins trained doctor notes New Zealand’s population grew from 696331 to 706068 over five years and per person revenue rose from £6 10s 10d to £7 14s 4d. Old age pensions now cost £167293 yearly and are expected to rise, yet compulsory arbitration laws are credited with preventing strikes and saving far more than pension outlays.
A historical note on 1908 conduct and credit use highlights bold warnings about debt. It cites a healthy twenty two year old man with over $600 in personal expenses, ruined credit, and likely lifelong poverty.
A dairy community discusses crossbreeding dairy sires with beef stock. Critics argue such crosses fail to improve beef quality, noting dairy breeds like Jersey, Holstein, and Guernsey are highly prepotent and will largely determine the offspring's traits. The Jersey breed is highlighted as unlikely to yield satisfactory beef outcomes.
A friend plans a 100 tree family orchard in northern Iowa and requests varieties. The list includes Fifty Wealthy, 20 Northwestern Greening, 10 Dutches, 5 Longfield, 6 Patten’s Greening, 6 Famous. It notes Wealthy keeps value if surplus, advises buying from a reliable local nurseryman, dedicating land, six years of care, vigilant borers control, and ten year value projecting to $1,000.
The text urges farmers to select and sow the best seeds and keep quality animals. It contrasts outcomes: high quality cattle produce far more profit, while poor stock costs rise and profits fall. It asks why more farmers don’t strive to be the top growers and breeders.
The southern states offer near year round farming with milder costs and seasons, despite less fertile soil, while Russia limits Mohammedan marriage age to 14 in Turkestan. Despite protests by Tartar and Turcoman chiefs, officials report 75 percent of girls married under 12 die before age twenty.
Connecticut ranks tenth among tobacco growing states in acres cultivated but is fourth in value of the crop. The 12,726 acres produced last year yield a value of $2,436,682, making tobacco the state's most valuable crop.
J H Fountain an elevator operator in a large Chicago department store suffered a mental breakdown after being worn down by incessant questions from shopping women. He went mad and is now a babbling imbecile, the incident reflecting the strain placed on workers by persistent customer inquiries.
Ex District Attorney James D. Ridgway of Brooklyn was strolling toward Coney Island when a large dog from Deacon Overton's barn suddenly barked at him. Ridgway fled in apparent alarm, joking with Judge Finnerty about barking dogs and the dog likely to stop.
Mrs A Fysh of Hulls describes prolonged illness with insomnia, fatigue, crying spells, loneliness, and frequent urination. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills she improves dramatically, saying she is a new woman and can work again with renewed vigor.
In an uptown school a teacher questioned a scholar about his absence. The boy said his mother was sick and implied she had the mumps, but he added the remark that she was his stepmother. The exchange ends with a joke about catching mumps and the stepmother.
An 19th century style advertisement promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It features testimonials from Toledo wholesale druggists West and Bain, Walding Kinnan and Marvin, and endorses Hall's Family Pills. The claims say the cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces.
A New York Post analysis argues Western patent systems shield inventors while Eastern regimes treat creators as artisans. It cites Japan and China as places where imitations undercut original designs, noting exporters face endless copycat competition and urging Japan and China to join international copyright efforts.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as the preferred remedy for infants during teething. It emphasizes maternal use and claims soothing effects for upset teething children.
A Washington newspaper man repeatedly dropped a roll of bills at a talker's feet and pretended to discover it. He tried it on Congressman Taylor, who promptly claimed the roll, saying he had just lost about that amount. The reporter begged mercy, but Taylor insisted on returning the money, and upon parting the man found his own money in an inside pocket. The prankster has given up practical jokes.
A Philadelphia Press brief records a courtroom exchange where the judge asks the woman her age and the witness replies she is at least five years younger than the neighbors suppose. The line captures a moment of disbelief and uncertain memory in a local trial.
The famous Richardson spite house, the country’s narrowest dwelling at about five feet wide by 100 feet long, built in 1802 by Joseph Richardson on Lexington Avenue and Eighty second Street, has been sold by his heirs after decades of blocking light to adjacent homes.
A cunning trick sword fooling observers by causing fake blood to spurt from a non penetrated wound. The blade has two rigid sections, curved arms, a flexible tube, and a collapsible bulb to push red liquid through the tube. It offers innocent entertainment for the glavat or showman. Also notes Belgian parliament members receiving brandy at government expense during speeches.
A toy item aims to thrill children who love animals and tire of inert displays. It includes two receptacles like a cave and a building, with rollers and a band holding animal figures. When set in motion, the animals roll forward as if alive, offering interactive play.
A Calhoun era horticulture marvel reports a titan potato plant with a 12 foot height and a trunk over one inch in diameter. Found in Pasadena, California, it reportedly grew without cultivation or irrigation and could redefine the potato industry if propagated.
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