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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
8
A fragmented verse depicts a mother overwhelmed by endless tasks and quiet days with children’s hidden playthings. The poem mourns the lack of time for pleasure and the desire to feel the child’s energy while watching a silent house.
In a rural school, teacher Peter Raymond battles Miranda Hemming's defiant mastery. After a tense nightly lesson and a moonlit confrontation, Miranda declares hatred then agrees to marry Raymond, who confesses he cannot be her father but plans a future together.
A farm note warns against unbalanced and low grade fertilizers sold as complete mixes. It urges buying balanced products from reputable dealers and cites tannery refuse as low value. Garden advice covers petunias, sunflowers, phlox, roses, moonflower, california poppy, zinnia, sweet peas, morning glories, and general planting guidance from the Indianapolis News.
A blighted romance ends in crime as a precious diamond ring valued at 800 is stolen from a pawnshop in Des Moines. Authorities link the theft to a plan for marriage between Miss Banks and Rogers, who sought funds for eloping. Police recover the ring after intervention by Chief Totes.
A New York Tribune item recalls President Minley of the College of the City of New York riding an elevated train when two men from upstate debated a theater matter. They mispronounced repertoire and wondered about a performer. A woman’s city conversations also surface in the piece.
The article discusses crossing wild turkeys with bronze varieties to yield larger, hardier birds. It notes wild turkeys’ vigor in forests and suggests nature’s infusion could improve domestic stock. It also covers transferring bees during fruit blossom, outlining methods, equipment, and steps to move combs safely while preserving queen placement. Geo. W. Wiii, Journal in Indiana Farmer.
The New York Herald reports a western New York case where a farmer killed his wife and a jury of married men delivered the verdict "Served her right" after the defendant described the wife as a habitual drunkard. The note adds that in 1900 New York state had 1,270,080 foreign born residents of all races.
The largest price for a single farm in Wremonk County was paid by Representative William Davis of Hamburg for Glen Lawn farm. The tract, comprising GSk nurex and wag, sold for about $75 per acre totaling near $75,000, purchased three years ago for $3,750.
A jumble of small town reports from Clinton, Lynas, Cromoyell, Davenport, LeMars, Neola, Des Moines and Keokuk details petty theft, injuries from falls and trains, a mayoral death, legal actions for damages, a park beautification movement, and local officials’ meetings. Notable items include a Davenport boy injured after a tree fall, a man injured in Davenport from a scaffold fall, a train crossing injury near LeMars, and Y. F. Campbell’s death from a paralytic stroke.
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