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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
3
A 1902 compilation of rural musings covers hay crops, dairy fears, and price shocks. It notes blizzards destroying sheep, cattle and beef talk, a nose for central price authority, and forestry trials by Illinois Central. It also includes humorous asides on women workers, strawberry bed maintenance, poultry business, and farmer youths’ interests. It ends with two tragedies from farm life in a Western state.
A large trial by the Towa State Agricultural College found grass alone yielded the best gains in market sheep. Grain and grass also performed well, with corn at 33 cents a bushel proving more economical than oats or barley. Mutton production is cheaper in summer on grass or grain and grass than on hay in winter.
The new law taxes oleo at 10 cents per pound to curb colored butter sales. It will reshape dairy markets by increasing cow milking and possibly raising butter prices, while offering a safer, cheaper substitute for consumers. The constitutionality may be tested in court, but the reform aims to curb a long standing fraud and boost agricultural needs.
A provincial tirade against town hogs and yard chickens. The writer urges retired ruralists to abandon farm habits in town arguing that odor and disorder clash with urban decorum and neighborly harmony. The piece hints at future changes if agricultural advances alter hog breeds.
A Swede running a small Minnesota creamery wins a $50 gold medal for the highest scoring butter in a year long contest. The prize, funded by the Reversor of Minnesota from his private purse, honors six dozen tubs produced monthly. The victory brings notable fame in dairy circles, likened to a famed Brazilian with a dirigible balloon.
A brief note urges fairness in small and large jobs alike after a man who lost a ten dollar assignment due to overcharging an eighty cent task. The message stresses that honesty benefits both worker and client in community work.
Questions on how to handle ragweed wild hemp cockleburs and other weeds in pastures fields and along roads. Suggestions include pasture rest summer fallow mulching straw and enforcing weed cutting at proper times to allow grass and crops to grow.
A mix of farm advice and world curiosities outlines the era's agricultural practices, with straw covering extending strawberry picking, gas engine substitutes for windmills, and market notes on horses and mules. It also recounts government advertising fraud with oleomargarine and lists diverse trivia on languages, explorers, cables, and a Formosan malaria contrast.
Some Dakota hailstones, reported by the Deadwood dispatch, fell during a tornado in Terra Ville and Central City. Large hailstones, disk shaped with smaller stones attached, rolled through streets as the twister lingered around Wolf Mountain for about two minutes. No wind accompanied the hail and potential damage was feared if wind had driven harder.
In Harrison county farmers signed plats to verify the atlas of the county but now face contracts to buy the atlas at six dollars a copy. They plan to take the case to court to overturn the bald fakes and seek a rightful victory.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts stands out in a long lead over colleagues with a latent effort in a watercoat and abirt of identical delicate purple fabric. The garment appears specially woven for him and surpasses anything seen at the capitol before.
The death of Jules Dalou, a distinguished French sculptor, is reported. He had been before the public for over 40 years, born in Paris in 1898, and studied under Carpiaux and peers. His first exhibition was at the salon.
Iowa College celebrated a new presidency as Daniel S. Bradley took the helm. The huge graduating class of 65 received their sheep skins as Prof. Josiah Royce of Harvard delivered the oration, highlighting ties to eastern universities and the West’s growing academic prominence.
In a formal inauguration President Bradley welcomes Dean John H. T. Main as town and state educators discuss the university’s future. A windstorm leaves damaged trees on the campus while a colonial theater premiere and Midsummer Night's Dream charm a full house amid remnants of past disasters and hopeful conservative growth.
Rev Dr Madison C Peters argues Jews funded and facilitated Columbus voyage at a Baptist tabernacle lecture. He cites Kayserling and Adams on Jewry’s role, noting Marranos funded ships, Jewish map makers and navigators, and Rodrigo de Triana as first to sight land with Torres as interpreter.
In a brief Chicago Daily News item two men joke about siblings and family ties. Singleton admits having three sisters, noting one by birth and two by annexation, while discussing a sighting with Wederly. The exchange underscores light domestic humor.
George Howegon once a noted architect and builder in St Louis was adjudged insane and removed to the asylum at Elgin Illinois. He is 67 years old and years ago built several office buildings in St Louis.
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