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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
8
An analysis urges farm owners to seal costly leaks by improving fencing, feeding, and record keeping. It warns against selling productive farms for city life, stresses proper seed selection and manure use, and advocates better planning to boost profits. It also reports on dairy stables, praising American practices for space, light, ventilation, and cleanliness while noting global contrasts.
Friend Hardin sells his 150 acre farm for 10 000 and moves to a manufacturing suburb near the city. He is 51, with a long farming history and modest debt payoff, planning eight room house at 3000 dollars and boarders for extra income as his son remains a bookkeeper nearby.
An 18th century method describes placing hard ashes and bones in a barrel with water to keep it moist, then heating and softening the mixture. After crumbling the softened mass, it is mixed with dry loam to form a usable manure that leaves a distinct mark when applied.
The Jersey Bulletin warns against abrupt rations when cows move to grass in spring. Sudden cuts of ground feed can ruin digestion and reduce milk flow, risking a drop that may not recover as grass strengthens. Keep feed up gradually to maintain production through the season.
A major collection associated with L C Fer rer, Superintendent of Public Documents in Washington, is highlighted as among the most important outside the Library of Congress. The library reportedly houses nearly 70 000 documents and maps, with many of them of significant value.
Virgil Stattay, 18, shot himself after a denied marriage to his sweetheart. The couple traveled to Bethany Missouri to wed but were rejected due to age. He left notes for his mother and loved ones, asked to be buried in Shaka cemetery, and died within hours. The story sits among county census notes noting population shifts and land disputes, including government actions to open Sioux City and St. Paul railroad land to settlers, with a Muscatine livery barn fire causing $5,000 loss and horses rescued.
Fragmented news items report a two year old drowning near DeWitt in a watering tank, a Chcago businessman to start a hose supporter factory at Newton, several drownings in Waterloo, a water meter mandate in Dodge City, a farmer’s death near Woldyville, and various local incidents including a quarry murder near Keokuk, tax costs in Dennison, a Davenport high school cornerstone, and a lightning sparked fire in Town City.
A chaotic Iowa wire service style summary reports drownings, court actions, fires and census notes. It notes the 6 year-old son of Take Boesmann of Burlington drowned while skinning a cheek, Willian Humes of Joy Street years old stands 80 inches high and weighs 30 pounds, Dayton citizens organize a highant power company with 10000 capital to install an electric light plant, John Nelson in Des Moines caught stealing pennies to serve two years in the Madison penitentiary, Hertha Cavile Giluert loses suit against Northwestern at Mort Dodge for 10000 for injuries, a Keokuk quarry accident kills a man and wounds another, a white-clad figure near Wallview cemetery prompts heightened concern, Mrs Elizabeth Melslag sues Rock Island for 10000 damages over her husband’s death, Keokuk experiences a peculiar storm with a brief hail scare, Nathan G Roosa aged 78 dies after long postmaster service, a quiet wedding in Waterloo uses sign language with a 12-year-old interpreter, census figures for Warren Montgomery and Crawford counties are listed, a pig with an almost perfect elephant head is owned by William Lynch, sixteen War of 1812 widows receive quarterly pay from a Des Moines pension office, Davenport notes city tax revenue, a boy named Robert Helwel survives a rope incident, Verne Ogden dies from injuries, Mrs June Finda Ganson refuses to convert to Catholicism over a bequest, Town population shifts forecast with Washington residents moving, city sidewalk taxes are debated in Superior Court Des Moines, government crop report notes warm weather and good planting conditions, and two license ceremonies occur in Des Moines for Miss Carter’s marriage choices.
The New York Central Lake Shore Twenty Century Limited was restored to its eighteen hour Chicago to New York schedule after a formal review of the Mentor, Ohio wreck. Officials found no evidence that speed contributed to the crash and cited safety as the priority in returning to the former timetable.
A Rochester Herald summary of tangled items notes Norway facing a kingless future possibly taking a jack or ten spot disputes over divorce and media, general Miles deserting Russia, cords between Henry James and newspapers, Mae Wood sympathy, Patton remarks on a $10,000 misdeal, Mayor Weaver tussles with Toga over Lawson, John Paul Jones remains removal, and insurance concerns amid a nine story church plan tied to Cleveland.
Wallace Hesigney chief engineer of the Panama Canal and a commissioner resigns to take a New York subway post with a $40,000 salary. He objects to minor officials, seeks War Department permission to depart, and the yellow fever crisis on the Isthmus worsens with more sickness than in the prior twelve years. The administration moves to improve sanitation under Gov. Magoon and Major Gorgas as pressure rises over costs and project timelines.
The weekly weather bureau summary notes mixed crop conditions across regions from the upper Great Lakes to the Pacific coast. Heat deficiency and drought affect Washington and Oregon, with heavy rains in central and western Gulf districts and parts of Missouri Ohio valleys. Corn advance varies by state, Texas rains improve corn, and winter wheat harvests progress in several areas. Some rust and weevil reports in Ohio and New York. potatoes and apples show mixed yields. spring wheat and barley grow well in the north, with coastal areas favorable. Theodore Slansen, first secretary of the Kagalan embassy in Washington DC, is noted as an accomplished pianist who donates concerts for charity.
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