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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
8
A brief, period tone exchange shows a couple’s money squeeze with a playful line about loose change and a gentle rebuff as finances tighten. The Charged micro-scene hints at domestic budget concerns without broader context or action.
An old advertisement-style notice cites Scheele’s 1775 link between uric acid and rheumatism and promotes Anuric from Dr. Pierce of Buffalo New York. It claims the remedy removes uric acid before meals to ease pain in joints, headaches, back, and stomach distress and to outshine lithia in activity. It notes purchasable at drug stores or via a 100 package mail offer.
The article describes a saddle concept carried by an Indian woman in a cradle basket to free hands, and notes Kansas City inventors William De Lude and Albert H. Steele adapting the idea for firemen to rescue unconscious or helpless persons from burning buildings.
An advertisement asserts ten minute relief from eczema and irritation using a hot bath with Cutleura Soap followed by Cutleura Ointment. It offers free samples by mail and a booklet, with the address Catburn Dept. Ly Boston. The piece ends with a humorous line about judging two men by their enemies.
Health tonics promise strength for women with Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pallets laxatives. Advert tone cites May-apple aloes julap ingredients and 25 cent vials. The piece includes a divorce joke about Edith and Lord de Broke and notes Niagara Falls hydroelectric plant proposal.
Missouri Agricultural College expert LW Wing outlined plans to cut calf raising costs during Farmers' Week. He advised feeding calves whole milk for two to three weeks then skim milk, limiting to about three quarts per feed for large calves and two quarts for Jersey calves. After switching to skim milk, gradually reach 14 to 16 pounds daily, supplemented by grain such as ground corn or a mix of three parts corn to one part oats.
Secretary of Agriculture David J. Houston lamented low farming efficiency, noting under 40 percent of cultivated land in the country is well cultivated and under 12 percent yields are maximized. He urged taking stock of shortcomings and seeking a remedy.
For years people have noted that fowl manure outstrips animal dung in value. Poultry droppings from the hen roost, if carefully preserved, yield far greater returns. The plan is to heap the droppings, mix with earth to prevent odors, and shelter the pile to protect its value until decomposed and ready for use.
Calves should nibble hay as grain intake begins with timothy or mixed hay in the first two to three months. Afterward legume hay such as alfalfa or clover may be fed. For milk sellers, raising heifer calves is key to herd expansion and profit, with a method of limited milk plus grain, then a transition to heated calf meal.
Laying hens need a morning dust bath to maximize winter egg production. Dusting aids mite control, skin cleanliness, and helps relieve midrobal irritation from lice. Provide a raised box with six to eight inches of dusting material in winter, plus a slaked lime addendum for safety.
A farmer exhorts relentless war on lice that threaten hogs and corn profits. The pests drive up costs and reduce earnings as the writer argues that only a nimble, informed farmer can sustain feed and livestock under price pressures.
Official figures show Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment for pensions for the blind by a margin of 12 719 at the autumn election. A museum doorkeeper memorized rules before starting his post and quipped to a visitor about leaving time pieces at the door while seeking an umbrella.
An actress known to the public shares a home remedy for gray hair. The instructions describe mixing a half pint of water with Bay Itum Barbo Compound and glycorine, with full directions provided in each Barbo box. The mixture is claimed to darken gray streaks gradually, leave hair soft and glossy, and not color the scalp or rub off.
A brief, clipped exchange appears in the Boston Transcript humor column noting a pun on regular attendance and the speaker’s cadence. It captures a light phonetic joke about regularity and churchgoing with minimal context.
The advertisement touts Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as nutritious and economical for children, claiming it builds bone and muscle without causing nervousness. It urges mothers to request a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co. and mentions a Cupid license joke and a remark about dried tea harvesting by Chinese laborers.
An old newspaper fragment advertises Swamp Root as a kidney medicine with testimonials from a druggist in Marine, Illinois. It includes a 1916 date and an offer to send ten cents for a sample bottle, plus a booklet on kidneys and bladder. Also notes miscellaneous market snippets about feasting salmon and unusual agricultural tidbits.
Simple potato growing under straw or marsh hay uses quarters of medium potatoes dusted with sand plaster and planted eight inches apart on well drained soil. Bone meal or potato guano is spread, then covered with straw to twelve inches. No cultivation needed. harvest when vines yellow for six to eight potatoes per plant if not too dry.
One lot of Aye Jamba lambs grazed in the open all winter, gaining about 27.75 pounds per head while another lot of six sheltered lambs, bedded on straw with access to a yard, gained about 28.85 pounds per head. The sheltered lambs did better in rain, but outdoors yielded best in good weather.
The piece urges using dip or crude oil to combat hog lice. Rubbing posts or dipping vats let hogs self-treat, reducing disease risk. It argues that investing in dip or oil is more profitable than feeding lice.
Proper dairy feeding hinges on a correct ration for the right cows and removing boarder cows that waste resources. Seek county agent or experiment station guidance for ration arrangements suited to community conditions and use proper feeds with judgement all year.
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