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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1894
Page
3
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson unravel a tangled Brixton Road mystery involving a poisoned victim, a mysterious ring, a German coded clue, and two men with differing motives. Witnesses recount a night of dim lighting, a door’s bloodstains, and a drunken lookout as Holmes guides pursuit toward a concealed culprit and a possible public motive.
George B. Newell argues Practical Dairyman guidance on cheese factories stressing clean water, premium rennet, and thorough curd cooking. He warns against poor milk, urges testing additives before use, and notes reputation and economy hinge on quality milk and proper methods for summer cheese production.
A rural guide covers clean water for fowl in a coop using a high frame or walled box to deter insects, plus sturdy support to prevent wear. It then discusses butter making improvements by heating milk to 130 degrees, lamb feeding for rapid growth on grain, an asparagus bed method with trenching and manure, dehorning calves with caustic potash, and oats for chickens with a curd cheese mash for rapid chick growth.
A brief snippet shows a pedestrian named Turnelt Wink offering ten cents to Thoggur for poems, explaining his aim to wait until he is down before publishing. The text reads as a fragmented exchange about money and poetry in a weekly issue.
A fragment from a theater piece shows Timothy Seed reacting to Lizzie being lost to Morpheus, with Mrs Seed exposed as scandalized and mentioning an engagement to a Mr. Tunder. The dialogue hints at a melodramatic plot and social rumor.
A Washington Post recount recalls odd incidents in the Forty-fifth congress including a demented man in the gallery, an evangelist cursing Congress for Sunday sessions, and a stubborn Mary Walker who refused to leave the speaker’s desk until carried out with her chair.
A Connecticut eel aged about fifty years was kept in a New London family well by G. O. Harris. It was captured fifty years ago and remained content in the well until the well was cleaned. When moved to a different water, the eel died within minutes. The carcass will be stuffed. The report comes from New York World.
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