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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
6
A compilation of practical notes on livestock care and farming practices. Topics include feeding dairy and beef cattle pigs and poultry, crop rotation and field cultivation, orchard maintenance, beekeeping, silage alfalfa and hay quality, manure use, and general farm hygiene.
London witham, Hesex town of 3,500 on the River Brain, marks a millenary celebration. Historic earthworks on Chipping Hill may date to Edward the Wider era, while Roman bricks appear in St Nicholas Church. The Spread Eagle inn, modernized from a six century old building, stands as a notable landmark.
In Trinidad Colorado a penniless Kansas mother Florence Stancel cared for a waxen “shuteye” doll after her small daughter died. With peritonitis, she clung to the doll in the hospital, dressed it in her dead child’s clothes, and asked doctors to let it share her grave. Attendants joined in the burial beside her in the Catholic cemetery.
Gettysburg Pennsylvania memorials on the battlefield are being restored after vandalism on the night of March 65. Lieut. Col. E. B. Cope of the national park commission leads the effort. Several monuments are already fixed and the rest are due for completion before the July battle anniversary. Damaged granite pieces found nearby are preserved and tinted to match stone where possible.
Joseph Frakes of Atchison Kansas once owned a 260 acre farm near here four years ago. The Missouri River washed away his land leaving him only 20 acres two months ago and the last acre recently fell into the river. He will cultivate a rented farm this year.
Mrs. Jessie Young married three brothers in Bt. Louis sharing a name after all three unions. The first two husbands were killed in a mine accident, leaving her widowed twice and still Mrs Young. The odd sequence highlights a singular family union amid tragedy.
The executors of Louis C. Green sue for 100000 dollars claiming he was fatally injured after being caught in the suction of a speeding Pennsylvania express train in Newark New Jersey.
An observed humorous survey notes how national tastes differ in boiling eggs. English and French prefer three minutes with dipping, Spaniards and Italians favor short boilings and liquid contents, Germans savor near liquid, and Americans often boil hard and eat with pepper and minced yolk.
Mrs Gee Clark of Theria describes severe scalp eczema, diagnosed as ringworm, covering her entire head. After using Cuticura Ointment and Soap, she reports permanent improvement, hair regrowth, and relief from intense itching and burning. Sample request details included.
In Philadelphia fifty four year old Jacob Rabinowitz used a heavy 800 pound safe and a wood block to kill himself by hanging. He placed a strap around his neck and toppled the block, the safe falling onto him. His wife found him. he died before help arrived. He had been despondent after losing a lawsuit.
A newly rich woman eager to impress the bishop presents her antique collection. She points to an old yellow teapot and claims it was used in the Boston tea party, recounting a history for each piece to her visitor.
A reflective piece notes misused phrases about suffragists and widowed women and observes that life is a temporary performance. It notes tombstone inscriptions as often overly ideal and simplistic.
A vintage tip from Mother's Magazine on padding ironing boards. Fold a thick quilt or old blanket to fit the board, sew two pockets with openings at each end, and slip in the padding to keep the board clean. Change pads regularly but not often to extend use.
A terse exchange notes that starting a joy ride may invite one to end up on the trouble wagon, highlighting caution in risky undertakings. The line contrasts risky thrills with consequence and prudent restraint.
A brief wry exchange between a Parisian gentleman and a speaker on politeness. The French visitor denies Parisian politeness, while the counterpart counters that politeness is simply a form of civil restraint.
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