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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1922

Page

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Mary Marie Mary Marie By Eleanor Porter

An exhausted mother reflects on marriage, divorce, and a child’s future as she recalls past joys like music and society life. She confronts guilt, loyalty, and the strain of keeping a family intact while contemplating a letter from Jerry and a hidden diary. The scene hints at Eunice’s diary and the author’s resolve to withhold truth from her mother.

Eunice Ag Khe Wax Cotpwebby Little Mary Mary Eunlee Mother Jerry Hind Jerry Ja Toni Bunice Kuntes Jerry Gui J King Tfo Buntee Corre Maury Marie Mollie Maria

Beliefs and customs in Japan on funerals and grafting

The article discusses Japanese superstitions about using the same road to a funeral to mislead relatives and the practice of employing young men for tree grafting to transfer vitality. It notes educated Japanese view these beliefs as superstition or misinterpretation of tradition.

Japan

Improving Soil for Vegetables: Use Rye and Autumn Spading

The article from the United States Department of Agriculture advises autumn soil work to prepare next year’s vegetable garden. Plant rye to form a fibrous mat that absorbs nutrients, then till it under in spring. It also recommends spading heavy clay soils in autumn to break them up, while protecting against erosion and windwash on lighter soils.

United States Department United States Department of Agriculture

Stable Manure Best For Soil Health In Gardens

The text urges using green scrop or heavy manure to cover soil, stating manure improves fertility, prevents washing, and should be plowed in or left as a top dress after planting with remnants turned under in spring. It emphasizes applying manure after crops are removed and plowing before spring.

Live Chickens for Market Shipped Alive Encouraged

The United States Department of Agriculture says live poultry can net as much as dressed poultry. Use well constructed ventilated crates to ship. Avoid overcrowding and use partitions in large crates. If possible ship only one variety per coop or division.

United States Department of Agriculture

Cost of maintaining roads quoted by national chamber

The national automobile chamber of commerce reports last year cost to keep up roads and build new ones was 4 per person after deducting auto license fees. That equals about a cent and a tenth per day for each person, yet few would give up the street in front of their house. Roads are a major hiding of civilization, and the cheapest.

Automobile Chamber of Commerce The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce

Columbia Sheep Gains Favor Through New Range Type

The Columbia sheep, a cross of Lincoln and Rambouillet developed by the U S Department of Agriculture at Dubois Idaho, promises strong profits for range herds. Early tests show adaptability where feed supports lamb growth to slaughter weight at weaning, offering a potential balance of wool and meat value for western range operations.

Department of Agriculture Lincoln Rambouillet United States Department of Agriculture Columbia Dubois Idaho Department

Success With Hogs and Balanced Care on the Farm

Guidance emphasizes balanced rations, exercise, and dawn routines for hogs. It advises a dry, frequently changed bed, ready supplies of bedding, clean water, and avoidance of manure piles and dusty stalls. It also recommends sow management and maintaining clover, alfalfa, or soybeans to lower production costs.

Farm Buildings Need Care

Farmore reports decades of tackling feed problems for hogs cattle horses and poultry now warns farmers that buildings need nourishment too a painted barn lasts over a century while neglected structures rot in about ten years the logic aligns with rising repair costs and the need for proper upkeep on farms

Hogs Eat Alfalfa Change in Fattening Diet

Several state agricultural experiment stations tested alfalfa hay in hog rations. Results show alfalfa reduces feed costs and improves hog condition when added to grain. A leading trial noted corn and alfalfa in a favorable fattening ratio.

Beat Rae

Father Reunited with Long Lost Son After 15 Year Search

Bernard Leveque Jr spent fifteen years seeking his father with a worn baby photo. Bernard Leveque Sr, search led him to Montreal where a hotel lobby reunion occurred. The two embraced after recognizing each other, while hotel guests listened to their tale of patience and hope.

Montreal Bernard Leveque Bernard, Jr Ogdensburg N.Y New York Foral Bernard Lavegue, Jr Father

Sisters Have Same Husband in Bigamy Case at Hecla

In Brown County South Dakota Thomas Dunham a wealthy farmer will face a bigamy trial as two sisters Lucile and Hanoeh Gross appear in court. Both held valid marriage certificates to Dunham at the time of the preliminary hearing. The women formerly lived on their mother's Yankton County farm in the southeastern part of the state. Neither knew of the other's marriage.

Bronx Patio Anm Olicuit Brown County South Dakota Thomas Dunham Hecla Dunham Slatera Dunohan Lucile Hanoeh Gross Yankton County

Two Babies Born Amid Quebec Hospital Fire Alarm

Two babies were born during a hospital blaze in Quebec as it burned through the building. One infant arrived while the mother was being moved to safety and the second was born after the mother was placed in a nearby structure.

Burns Quebec

Fragmented Thought on Perception and Mood

A brief, reflective line notes that some people seem to live in a constant state of mind that to others appears merely as a mood. It hints at subjective experience and perception without forcing a conclusion or policy implication.

Discovery in tablets of Naquid promised by Dr Jerce

A reader testimonial from Anna Kelm says Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery restored her health after ailments and urges others to try it. She cites relief and strength gained from the product and notes writing Dr Jerce at the Invalides Hotel in Buffalo, New York for free medical advice.

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