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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
6
A discussion of pigeon varieties for squab production, naming Homer, Carneaux, Runt, Dragon, White Maltese, White King, and common pigeons. It covers housing, pens, flyways, and market prices per dozen for dressed squabs, with guidance on selecting breeders, age, health, and banding young birds for breeding records.
Dampness is sure to cause trouble among little chicks and Witt ducklings. They should not be allowed to get into or tip over their drinking water, or to sit down on a damp place in their brooder or yard. Dry quarters are essential to health and growth.
Farmers should inoculate soil when growing legumes in areas where they have not previously been cultivated. Use soil from an old legume field at about 300 pounds per acre and harrow in on cloudy days to preserve bacteria. If old soil is unavailable, use a pure culture of bacteria mixed with seed before sowing as advised by Dr. Ira D Cardiff.
The article advises new farmers entering the livestock field to avoid purebred stock unless they have substantial capital and experience. It promotes grading up a herd with a purebred sire as a safe, low cost starter and cautions against selecting promising grades as sires too early, urging use of a well bred purebred sire within financial means.
A brooder must provide constant fresh warm air under the hover for chicks to breathe. A warmed box without proper ventilation recirculates air and becomes practically poisonous for the chicks.
Wendell Long once a newsboy, now pursuing study at a Pennsylvania university, demonstrated a novel method for extracting square and cube roots. He impressed teachers by solving problems in seconds using a memorized table of cubes to nine and an internal numeric key, with Prof. Yocum and others calling the approach technically interesting.
An advertisement touts Ethine Double Strength Ointment as a guaranteed remedy for freckles. It instructs one-ounce doses from a druggist, applied twice daily, with money-back guarantees if it fails to remove freckles and claims rapid lightening results. The copy hints at cosmetic improvements and references medical-sounding cautions.
A collage of 1900s ads touts Cuticura soaps and Allen's Foot-Ease with free samples and mail offers. A London taxi driver, rejected for army service for poor eyesight, jokes on night driving by measuring crashes to gauge safety as police investigate at Scotland Yard.
In Atlanta a pink faced baby girl named Dixie was rescued after being buried beside a fresh grave for 11 hours. Rev T J Noland says the infant, found in Adairsville, is now at the Decatur orphans home where the mother is known and community men will care for and educate the waif.
On a Delta to Redding train, Mrs. Frank Brown spotted a riverbank body through a window. Frank Brown, the grieving father, confirmed the corpse as his seventeen year old son Jesse. Relatives had searched two weeks with no clues. Death reason remains undetermined, possibly a fall while avoiding discovery.
Advice on properly fitting horse collars to avoid shoulder injury. Ensure the collar fits snugly with a hand's width clearance at the neck bottom and sides, then adjust harness to the collar for safe work.
Keeper Manley of the Zoological gardens was locked in a cage with an ostrich for two hours after the bird swallowed his keys. Police and staff freed him and recovered the keys after the incident in Philadelphia.
A shopper asks for samples, but the salesman explains samples were discontinued after misuse. Some customers reportedly had them made into bath ing saits.
A diplomat reports to a friend that a woman’s reply is only partially satisfactory but sufficient to keep negotiations alive. She adds that if she marries, the man will be of good looks, courage and ability, according to Judgs’s account.
A dialogue on hosting events notes Mrs Exe praising her skill at drawing guests and Mrs Wye Oh advising directors to tell men the affair is casual and women it is formal. The exchange highlights social expectations and party dynamics.
In a light note, Peggy praises Kitty-Rogey Loft for his constant kindness to animals as he pats them on the back. The exchange highlights his gentle demeanor and affection for dumb animals in a warm, domestic vignette.
James H. Darling who died December 3 1915 left his daughter Annie GC Darling the bulk of his estate in a February 10 1930 will filed in the orphans court. The nineteen word document cuts off his sons with but 1 each.
A young inventor showed a jeweler an adjustable engagement ring and proclaimed plans to patent it for a fortune. The jeweler questioned what could be patentable, noting only the adjustable feature.
An optimistic citizen asks about summer anticipation and a pessimistic reply confirms plans to travel out of town. The piece includes satirical remarks on importance and a baby’s rapid maturation, illustrating dated humor and social commentary.
About nineteen one million United States animals are worth six billion dollars. There are roughly twenty one million horses valued at two billion three hundred million. The despised muse represents five hundred sixty million dollars of total wealth and numbers about four million five hundred thousand.
William Jennings Bryan at a pacifist dinner quips that a Miami man avoided war by attending his wife’s spiritualist seances. He invited handsome mediums to obtain messages from his deceased first wife, halting the spiritualist agitation in his household.
A concise remark on performance talent notes that true artistry blends craft with charisma, implying that entertaining extremes require a born inclination. The line hints at the fine line between skillful execution and captivating stage presence.
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