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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1912
Page
8
A fragment from a periodical snippet features ad copy for skin cures and a playful hotel scene in Western State. A traveler questions pie varieties as an old woman lists four types open-faced cross-bar kivered up and the like, reflecting lighthearted magazine prose.
Practical farming tips cover poultry care sheep and swine management, pasture and forage guidance, and care of horses cattle and bees. It urges dry sleeping areas, proper manure mulch for rhubarb, humane horse handling, and avoidance of extreme practices. It emphasizes water quality, pest control, and market realities for hogs and turkeys, with reminders on soil fertility and crop rotation.
A professor famed for loving animals ignores a duchess at a dinner party as his mind drifts to a stray thought. He awakens when pulled by the sleeve only to offer a chicken bone to his partner as a cue to pet the dog.
Philip Miller of Cimarron Kansas, Probate Judge in Gray County, reports relief from long standing palpitations and dizziness after taking Dodds Kidney Pills for about a year. He weighs around 200 pounds and remains active in his role while praising the remedy. Miller invites correspondence and notes additional offers for free household hints and music.
A Wisconsin reader recounts a year long hand eczema case in a son. After trying medicines, the family used Cuticura Soap and Ointment twice daily for six months, tying cloths on the hands, and the condition fully cleared with no recurrences. Ad includes promo for Cuticura products and a Boston mail offer.
The article outlines the National Dairy Show in Chicago from October 24 to November 20 featuring 1000 top dairy cattle, government educational exhibits, milk handling demonstrations, pasteurizing, cooling and bottling each day, a large creamery, and lectures on butter making. It notes open air schools growth and the spread of fresh air classes in tubercular and anaemic children, led by Massachusetts with 88 schools and New York with 28.
A safety reminder urges mothers to ensure each bottle of Castoria bears the Fletcher’s signature, noting the product has been in use for over 30 years as a safe remedy for infants and children.
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