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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1904
Page
8
A long practical guide explains a method to restrain a stubborn hog using a rope loop device, detailing how to position loops over snout neck and rump for control. The piece blends this with diverse farm notes on crops and livestock management, including butter marketing and vineyard disease prevention.
A Michigan gardener shares celery growing methods including soil preparation with manure, row spacing, and blanching. He cites White Plume and Giant Pascal as recommended varieties and describes a homemade two-runner, 5 to 7 foot long setup to craft a scythe knife.
A compact rural note discusses a one man corn sled designed to prevent bucking, and praises single sleds over doubles. It also includes farmer reflections on sowing clover to improve soil fertility, high seed costs, and a Maryville contest awarding a prize for a wagon load of farm products including a tall corn stalk and diverse crops.
A sprawling Iowa wire-graph reports a Rock Island double tracking plan, a boy accidentally killing a comrade near Hastings, right of way cases for Iowa City to Muscatine, and various town notices. It notes deaths, suicides, civic meetings, school board races, and business openings across counties from Davenport to Des Moines, with livestock, road, and railway developments shaping the season.
Cor-Jain murderers Sliven Niedemeyer and Harvey Van Dine face the death penalty for the killing of Francis W. Stewart in the City Railway Company car barn. The verdict, delivered after a long deliberation, shocks families and observers as jurors affirm the sentence. The case, one of Chicago’s longest criminal trials, involved extensive jury selection, high costs, and testimonies from witnesses across states.
The Citizens Alliance aims to curb Chicago's bad reputation for crime which depresses population growth and business. James W. Nye, its new president, cites strikes, lockouts, intimidation and street rioting, plus unenforced ordinances and pollution, as factors slowing Chicago’s rise to leadership among American cities.
After hours of agitation in the House a seven member committee was ordered to investigate the Bristow report alleging improper influence to secure increased allowances for clerks and post office rentals. William Alden Smith lauded Speaker Joseph Cannon as a model anti corruption leader, and named a Republican candidate for president triggering loud approval.
Toma estimates Tima earthquake damage at 300000. Fire destroyed Crystal loo plant and three Mia rouri Pacific cars at Vi elita. Insurance at 10000. Merchants' and Miners' ship Hanox collided with a schooner in Chesnpeake Bay. crew reported saved. Wasex sustained light damage.
The Senate approved House measures creating state insurance company examinations with a $2,000 two-year meritary and expenses paid from the treasury. Also debated were road-law changes, veterans preferences in appointments, extradition law fixes, and various fiscal bills amid a lengthy session with absences and near tie votes.
fragmentary notes outline funding of seven thousand five hundred dollars to the State Historical Society and road or streetcar related regulations. mentions civil service duties, township petitions, and proposed classification or regulation changes affecting local transportation and public works.
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