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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1903
Page
1
A violent offshore gale drives a lifeboat crew to a wrecked steamship ashore. They rescue two women, including Madeline Graham, amid perilous waves and shifting fog. The rescued child pal extends to a cottage, while the tale shifts to a separate note about Three Black Crows folklore in Chip City.
A woman rejects marriage over age disparity while a suitor argues the future gap more favorable to him. The missive notes potential twenty year‑hence differences and imagines the seniors’ eventual ages. A stray editorial remark then mentions Dr Carmette of Lille and an antivenomous serum from poisonous snakes, followed by a curious line about Caluniny.
More than twenty thousand Methodist Epworth League delegates attended the opening sessions in Detroit. Four Pentecostal meetings filled Tent Ontario, the Detroit Opera House, and the Central Church with large crowds and speeches by bishops and other clergy. Bishop B Galloway linked Wesleyan origins to the Pentecost and drew applause for mentioning President McKinley.
Maud Jardine, 17, was found not guilty of murdering her infant sister after a two hour hearing in Bloomington. Detectives offered twenty four witnesses while prosecutors argued the girl failed in her duty as a caregiver, but the jury acquitted amid mixed reactions from onlookers.
The Kisheneff petition incident ends as Russia refuses to receive or consider the American petition. Secretary Hay learned from Mr. Riddle that Moscow would not entertain the document, signaling no further action by the United States. Other brief items note New York mayoral re election bid, a Pratt County fish hatchery, Okmulgee Bank startup, Utah inheritance tax ruling, a lightning fatality in Burwood New Jersey and Emperor William gifting a silver Dunch turcen to ship officers. Senator Clark plans a grand Washington residence and Utah gold production rose in 1902 to 27.88 million.
A subscriber shares practical fodder feeding racks built around fences to minimize waste. The system uses a inner feeding rack with an outer guard to limit access and prevent stock from pulling out fodder. A more elaborate version adds a hay rack encircled by guard poles for controlled access and reduced waste.
A Stockman and Home and Farm piece discuss clover revival after poor years with notes on alfalfa comparisons and forage value. It stresses ventilation for poultry during heat, recommending open-sided housing and avoiding roosts in trees or fences to prevent disease and cold injuries.
Practical notes and methods on apple tree borers including flat headed and round headed borers and twig borers with digging, wire probes, and soap solutions. Also covered are rain shelter for sugar buckets, dairy cow silage guidance, and a quirky tip on teaching a cow to bark using a wagon pull.
A prominent English breeder will display Old English game fowls and Dorkings at the World's Fair. Ten acres of small fruits can yield richer net income than ten times that land in wheat or carp, with less toll. Mildew threatens gooseberry growing. salt hay mulch may stabilize temperature. An experiment shows milk absorbing surrounding flavors from various jars. Allowing grass to grow exhausts soil more than cutting seed crops. Early cutting preserves mineral content. grain crops deplete soil nutrients.
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