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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1902
Page
8
An American party watches the coronation procession conclude as trumpets fade and guard horses parade. Street cleaners sweep up confetti while a royal pageant ends, and an American girl urges departure though her father notes more tickets will be sold for a grand concert and minstrel show.
A Washington pamphlet on U S post offices highlights dramatic growth from 75 offices in 1789 with 2,275 miles of routes to 16,594 offices in 1901 and 611,608 miles of routes. It details revenues, compensations, stamp usage, stamped envelopes, postal cards, registry, money orders, and total mail pieces from 1780 to 1901, predicting continued expansion.
A Miller County Nev legend recalls 1855 burial of Wilson in a cave with a whisky demijohn in his coffin. His dylog wish to open it after seven years and celebrate with dancing and feasting faded during the Civil War. A Brumley descendant now proposes a countywide picnic to fulfill the plan.
The Reichstag passes a law restricting suits against newspapers to the city where published. The text warns about mercury containing catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a mercury free internal treatment made by F B Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio with testimonials from Druggists.
Davenport Iowa manufacturer Brammer offers a free puzzle souvenir to readers who write for details. They tout the O K washing machine and a new air pastille invention by Georges Jaubert that releases oxygen when dissolved, promising wide use from theatres to submarines and a seaside trip in one’s room.
The article notes Kansas has 679 banks with 418 state banks 124 national banks and 42 private banks under the state bank commissioner. It also states Mathera recommends Mrs Winslow's Soothe ing Syrup for children during teething.
A sprawling essay surveys dairy milk value versus beef, cold storage pricing, and farm labor dynamics. It discusses fat hog and steer prices, June butter storage costs, strawberry production experiments, and the risks of flax pests. It urges practical farming paths with cows, hogs, and soil improvement while noting land migration to Western Canada.
The item recalls wheat prices, fodder substitutions for cattle, and fatal accidents from recklessness on small farms. It notes a proposal for a premium contest to reward the largest value of crops on small tracts, observes robins feeding in cedar swamps and netting for sale, and ends with horse and colt trade tales highlighting market values.
A cautionary note warns readers about dishonest seedsmen whose ads appear in religious periodicals. It urges buying from reputable local firms, as religious editors rarely police fraud, and ads in sacred publications do not guarantee truth or quality.
A farmer with about 80 acres abandons a hired man plan and adapts. He operates with two horse teams, a 25 foot drag and a rigged cart, rides all day, uses a hay loader in the field and a hay fork at the barn. His wife milks two cows, tends the garden, and drives the horse team when feeding hay, aiming for independence next season despite not expanding business.
Advice on growing corn as a fodder crop with early June planting, drilling a bushel per acre, two cultivations, and harvesting methods. Claims an acre yields four tons of high quality fodder for dairy stock, with stalks cut, bound, and shocked for ease of handling.
The piece reports widespread ppoor germination from seeds bought from a respected seed house with only about half of corn beans radishes lettuce beets peas and lima beans sprouting. It discusses possible causes heat and drought last season and mentions better seed corn performance. It also notes the Canadian Pacific will offer 45,000,000 acres to settlers and reflects on dairy and butter making evolution.
The article warns of the borer as a major enemy to apple trees. It notes borers cause death in trees that appear healthy and urges digging out borers with sharp eyes and a sharp knife to prevent losses.
Washington Post reports Juan Cortiza of Mexico City extols Diaz as a hard worker who never indulges in alcohol and rarely leaves his office before late evening. Cortiza predicts Diaz will not travel abroad and notes Mexico City’s large theater demolition for Alameda access as part of ongoing urban improvements.
A Washington Star remark quotes a courtier praising the king for an economical approach to coronation preparations. The comment notes the ruler’s medieval leanings yet signals restraint by avoiding a lavish court procession.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York received four Shinowara-to roosters and hens from Japan. Cocks boast tails up to eleven feet with four foot body plumes, hens about eight inches tails, and birds lay about 30 eggs a year. Prices reach from 15 to 25 dollars for extreme tails.
A vivid depiction of the Mississippi River surrounding New Orleans, describing its crescent shape and destructive potential at flood levels. The piece notes the river’s vast watershed, the volume of water, and the extensive levee system funded by Louisiana. It also mentions a surprising threat from crawfish and muskrat when levee integrity is breached.
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