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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1896
Page
8
Practical farm notes on harvesting clover in dry weather, mowing times, and loaders to reduce moisture. Includes strategies for weathered hay, use of wheat straw for curing, sowing mammoth clover with timothy, and cautions against overripe clover. Also discusses light and shade effects on vegetation, mulching, and seedling care.
Agricultural tips warn not to cut clover before dew dries and advise rolling wet meadows to prevent army worm invasion. Notes cover weed resistance, machinery upkeep, hay quality, crop rotation, manure use, and fertilizers. A Missouri reader reports flooding and army worm damage to grass.
A provocative essay by Henry Ward Bok on women and card parties, warning that a married woman indifferent to domestic ties ruins moral life. It contrasts well bred, intelligent women with those who seek idle amusements like daytime card games. The piece also promotes practical fashion notes for rain garments and guises social mores about trust and friendship.
A fashion write up notes women embracing mohair outfits with new designs and textures. Descriptions feature openwork braids in black and gold, octagon skirts, and dramatic jog-o'-mutton sleeves. The piece highlights fabrics like mousseline de soie and rich color tones including wood brown and royal purple as trends.
A fragmented recipe style article offers tips for cleaning, stain removal, polishing, and making a printable keepsake ink. It covers kerosene on ink stains, soap alternatives, mirrors and windows care, powder dusting with talc, and a cold water additive for polish. It also includes a recipe to keep writing ink paper with alumin.
A brief humor item from Chicago Record notes a diaried quip about a boy offering to fetch a three legged dog, with the quip revealing the boy’s blunt perspective on misfortune and counting legs as a measure of need.
The eleventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry to hold its first reunion in St Paul during the thirtieth national encampment Tuesday morning Sept 1 from 9 30 to 12 00. Regimental committee seeks names and addresses of all survivors. Chairman Wy O Wilson 212 Masonic Temple Minneapolis and the territory is Hen Brack Lindeke Warner & Beuhmuler St Paul.
In an early dawn exchange, a husband wakes with the claim the baby has just fallen asleep, while his wife questions the need to rise, as reported by New York Truth. The brief scene captures domestic tension and morning rhythm in a city setting.
The nerves are described as painfully acute and the text recommends steadying the tunic and tranquilizing assistance from Oostetter's Htowmarh Miltora, a nonbeneficial tonic for many ailments. A white glassful before retiring is said to confer sleep and aid persistent regularity.
A Dexter selectman during annual inventory asked a household if they owned any musical instrument. The family replied affirmatively and a cradle melody greeted the assessor. He then raised the cheerful taxpayers valuation to 10000. A London omnibus began from Paddington to the bank on Saturday July 4 1520.
OCR reads as a jumble of patent names and places from Washington and Minnesota, listing inventors like Bluntach Frazer Locke and MeIKXay while peppered with fraudulent investment pitches. It also mentions brokers Ghaondier & Co and a Minneapolis address.
A fragment from the New York Recorder shows a cyclone survivor asking for a pie, being served kindly by a motherly pit, and exchanging in coarse dialect about the cyclone’s location and a snub-nosed red-haired woman, with instruction and thanks.
The Morter Beauty is described as thriving on good food and sunshine with outdoor exercise, her form glowing with health and her face blooming with beauty. A gentle laxative syrup by the California Fig Syrup Company is recommended for cleansing the system. Iran has a navy of 408 ships, 200,000 tons, 621,000 horsepower, and eight vessels under construction.
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