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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
8
U S Department of Agriculture urges central packing houses to standardize grading and packing for cantaloupes to improve uniformity of size, grade, and appearance. Emphasizes single standard crates, proper ripeness, and field guidance to prevent mixed quality shipments.
L B Call of the Kansas Experiment Station stresses harrowing corn at the right time to kill germinating weeds and break crust. For surface planted corn, harrow before up, then again after two to three inches of growth. Disk furrow planted corn can be harrowed safely any early stage. seldom benefits listed corn.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports over 12,000,000 specimens of two parasites released in 201 towns across Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 1914 1916 to attack gypsy moth and brown tail moths. Colonies established feed on the pests and progress reduces costs while states cooperate to contain outbreaks, enabling federal field work on infestation borders to slow spread.
The Department of Agriculture warns the public against credence in new long-range weather forecasting systems based on sunspots and solar radiation. It states solar conditions do not directly influence weather and such methods are fallacious and for sale.
A congressional bill introduced by Congressman Maher of New York seeks to curb podiatry in the District of Columbia and protect the public from empiricism. Colonel Hal l of the house bill room muses on the unfamiliar topic as a relic of past medical practice and wonders why the issue has arisen now.
The piece details Mrs. Wilson and prior first ladies devotion to flowers at the White House. It notes Mrs. Roosevelt favored old-fashioned blooms while Mrs. Taft preferred roses, and Mrs. Wilson favored orchids with violets and gardenias as past cour à bouquet choices. It mentions maiden hair ferns as ideal orchid foliage and describes White House grounds including a privet hedge from Taft’s era.
Woodlawn Mansion in Fairfax County Virginia, home of Nellie Curtis Lewis, is rumored to be a summer White House for President Wilson. Debates over European war concerns and proximity to Washington fuel the chatter as Wilson and wife visit Woodlawn recently. Built in 1806 by Maj. Lawrence Lewis and Nellie Curtis Lewis, the manor is famed as one of the upper Potomac’s stateliest homes.
A gas safety code linked to a national standard is advancing with cooperation from several engineering societies. The U S Bureau of Standards coordinates with these groups to cover life and fire hazards, mirroring efforts in electrical safety codes underwriters fire code and the national electrical safety code.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for dandruff relief and Cuticura Soap for daily use, promising a clean scalp and hair growth. It offers free samples by mail and includes a quip about endurance and sprinting, plus a line tying attractiveness to certain beauty aids.
Dear readers a reader endorses Anuric as a cure for kidney bladder and uric acid troubles after avoiding harsh salts or alcohol based medicines. The testimonial by Mrs Melinda H Miller claims complete cure and praises Dr Pierce’s Anuric tablets for backache lumbago rheumatism and general kidney relief. She notes years of using Dr Pierce medicines and calls others to try Anuric.
Tommy Twobble jokes about getting a nickel for each medicine dose as Sammy Duthwaite questions his apparent wealth. The exchange reveals a cautious, humorous view of sickness and luck through two children in a quaint scene.
An advertisement promotes ethine double strength cream to remove freckles with night and morning application. It promises complete cheekbone effects with typically one ounce sufficient, priced at eight dollars, with a guarantee. The text ends with unrelated maxims about exclusivity and self-love.
Mrs Blanche Jefferson of Des Moines Iowa credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after four years of illness and a planned surgery Her husband initially objected to the operation but she improved and now recommends the remedy urging others to seek guidance from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a pure vegetable blood purifier. It claims to cure weak vitality, bad blood, and indigestion by cleansing impure matter from the system. The product is said to be alcohol free and made from American forest herbs.
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