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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1920

Page

8

Bank Robbery Thriller Shocks Silver City Fans

Reports say nik.robéra blew open the Citizens State bank in Silver City and escaped with 3000 dollars. Wiseman, one of five men who escaped from the Woodbury bounty jail at Sioux City, was captured. The tale mentions two deaths in the spree, and notes a grand encampment invitation after a sensational year for the region.

Citizens State ‘Bank Silver City Wiseman Woodbury Sioux Aily Henandoah Grigadé Hampton Fred Hughart Jewel Iowa Thomas Hearly Northwestern Railway Company Gus L Corydon Das” Moines Waa Curtis Edwards de x Lateter Arlo Peté" Haton Muscatine Sherif! Wiley Sanders W. H. Cooper Slauson Broa Olliem John McCoriick Stilen South Prairie Cay Grand Hidlebaugh Bagley Jim White al McMurrin Tom Lapecno Anamou Henry Adams Anamosa Baker Tereinhe Burna Welles and Maxwell i James & Kickert West Liberty M. Parrott Extra Altack Littl Beasta Polson Afterhey

How to Prepare Capons For Best Price

Instructional guide on capon preparation emphasizing humane killing, dry picking, feather retention for distinguishing features, careful cleansing, and neat packing. Notes include preferred methods, timing for peak market months, and packing in boxes or barrels to enhance sale price.

Post Preservation Advice for Fence Posts

Advice on extending fence post life by protecting top and bottom ends. Water runoff at the top prevents soaking and rot. Treating the bottom with creosote provides above ground protection and improves durability.

Increased Profits Through Farm Transportation

The rise of motor transport for farm products is set to modernize farming. It will raise profitability by narrowing the gap between producer and consumer and accelerating distribution.

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Healthy and Vigorous Hens for Laying Pen

A fragment states that regardless of breeding or feeding, a hen must be naturally healthy and vigorous to be kept in the laying pen. It notes birds with physical defects should not be kept, emphasizing natural vitality as essential for egg production.

Federal Inspections of Fruits and Vegetables Increase

Federal inspections of fruits and vegetables moving in interstate commerce rose by 78 percent during June. The Bureau of Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture, maintains 26 market-center inspection points with sworn officers to verify product condition on shipments. A fee schedule applies for various inspection services.

Inter Bureau of Markets Tinkted States Department Agricul Humber Edie

Corn crop advantages over small grain in growth and moisture use

The text argues that corn has a longer warm growing period, dries and heats thoroughly, and produces more food per acre. It notes corn reduces soil moisture loss, suppresses weeds, and prepares land for subsequent crops, making it a superior producer despite critics.

Cut Sweet Clover For Seed

Sweet clover is hard to harvest for seed due to uneven seed maturity. Harvest when half the seed pods have turned dark to bundle with a grain or forage harvester. The woody stem is usually tough but stock may eat some of it. when too coarse for feed it serves well as plow under cover.

Plowing Declared Easiest Farm Task When Proper

The article notes plowing as one of the easiest and most satisfactory farm jobs. It stresses the importance of correct implement adjustment and soil condition for successful plowing.

Tuberculosis In Hog Herd Ties To Cattle Sources

Evidence links hog herd tuberculosis to cattle sources such as feed lots and pastures, with transmission through infected dairy by products or consumption of tuberculous carcasses. The fragment notes disease spread via cattle, feed, pastures, and by products, reflecting early veterinary concerns.

Global unrest and finance spark UK Ireland reports

A sweeping wire of Allied era telegrams notes a dividend dispute in New York, a London envoy’s report on Indian affairs, siege in Moscow, and casualties in Ireland and Scotland. It cites a $10,000,000 transfer, Armenian and Greek deportations, a Brownsville fire, a Kilkenny clash, and a Cork mayor’s death from starvation.

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May Gut Wages In Chicago Conference Over Construction Prices

In Chicago on Oct 29 a group of more than twenty contractors met with Michael J Faherty president of the board of local improvements. They said construction prices have peaked and foresee little reduction next year unless union labor accepts lower wages.

Chicago Michael J. Faherty The Board of Local Improvements

Market Prices Display Wide Wheat and Livestock Figures

A scanned late edition lists varied agricultural quotes including hard wearing patent flour at 30.00 and 10.70, soft winter and hard winter wheat prices, hay, and cattle values with ranges for choicest to fair grades. Livestock sections cover cows, veal, sheep and lambs with price bands, reflecting market activity and regional supply.

Saccpa Kansas Cattlie—Choixo Wathern Yourlings Sworn Honig

Mill Village Brides Reflect Independent South Carolina

A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt notes mill villages in South Carolina show many young women marrying early yet continuing work. It cites Greenville workers and states South Carolina mills absorb many women and men, with a state population around 1.5 million and mill payrolls totaling about one million weekly.

Mason and Dixon South Carolina Millaon

Mixed Speech on Altitude Record Comes Up Short

A fragmentary exchange spotlights a conversation about a high altitude feat. The dialogue hints at a tester’s achievement and a peer’s incredulous reaction, leaving the exact details and participants unclear.

Faith in Old Adage and Penny Saved Tale

A Rockefeller quote frames a Richford origin tale about a mean man who leaves a fortune. At a church supper a man cuts his lip and lacks court-plaster. a two-cent stamp stops the bleed with a parson’s aid, the squire adds a one-cent stamp, completing a small thrift parable.

John D. Rockefeller New -York Richford

Pleasant Mistake In A Letter From Mother

A reader recalls Willie receiving a letter that initially seemed to be another stern warning from his mother about a risky choice. Upon opening, he discovers a billet-doux, a lighthearted romantic note that changes the mood from concern to amusement.

Willie Billy

Woman’s Tongue Compared to Engine of Action

A dialogue contrasts a woman’s tongue with an engine of action, noting it has no exhaust. The exchange questions how speech can drive results and challenges expectations about women’s influence.

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