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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1922
Page
8
Frayed ad text touts a kidney and liver remedy, claiming rapid positive effects and friendship gains. It urges immediate treatment, lists two bottle sizes, and offers a sample by sending ten cents to Dr. Iner & Co. in Binghamton NC.
A garbled excerpt from American Legion Weekly hints at a tense scene with scattered phrases about fees, threats, and a conflicted encounter. Names, places, and concrete actions are obscured, leaving a fragmentary glimpse of social tension and possible coercion.
A fragmented note argues freedom rooted in biblical teaching, contrasting mental enslavement with the idea that faith can empower individuals. It references Bible reading as a pathway to liberation and questions popular notions of liberty.
The article from the United States Department of Agriculture explains growing strawberries in hills, narrow, or wide matted rows. It covers spacing, water, and runner management, names Marshall Chesapeake Superb and Progressive as favored varieties, and advises planting in spring for strong early growth.
Instructions cover planting depth, not burying tips, and keeping soil mulched. Treats include spreading roots, avoiding deeper planting, frequent cultivation, removing blossom buds except fall-bearing types, winter covering with straw, spring fertilization with nitrate of soda, mulching, and renewing beds every two years.
Customary methods for sowing and storing turnips are detailed. Plant around late July in suitable soil and weather conditions, broadcast seed or drill in rows, cover lightly, and rely on natural conditions for a good crop. Turnips can stay in ground until cold but risk being pithy if kept too long. Store in pits with straw and earth or in a cool cellar, protected from freezing.
The article explains farm inventory procedures under USDA methods, combining supplies like seeds fertilizer twine and lumber with on hand manure under Supplies. It notes counting weighing and valuing shop equipment at cost plus transporting costs, giving an example of Bran priced at 46 dollars per ton including freight and labor.
Orchard sprays fall into two classes insecticides and fungicides. Fungicide sprays address fungi causing diseases. Insecticides split into stomach poisons repellent sprays and contact sprays to kill feeding or sucking insects. Bordeaux mixture and lime sulfur lead the fungicides, while arsenate of lead paris green tobacco kerosene emulsion and soaps are key insecticides.
A stylized advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a remedy to cleanse the liver and bowels of sick children. It claims a teaspoonful can transform a foul tongue, feverish, cold ridden child into a well, playful youngster within hours, and urges mothers to insist on genuine California Fig Syrup from their druggist.
War department figures in Washington show the United States Army total at 3,764,077 when hostilities ended. About 2,200,000 had been sent to France Italy and Austria while the remainder were in American mobilization camps.
A fragmentary report notes a dispute involving a person named Verre and an accusation about Clara swearing. It suggests tension over phrasing and behavior, with unclear context or outcome due to the source’s damaged text. Further details are unreadable.
A curiously truncated proverb fragment warns that makers and merchants shape destinies, advising care before purchases offered at a sacrifice. It hints that pursuing lofty aims may miss small but good things and notes trouble accompanies many acts while duties eventually cannot be forgotten.
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