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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
1
In a tale of romantic entanglements, Jack Dornton confesses love to Pauline Malling at last, amid past heartbreaks and a grim history with Ethel Mallett. Pauline capitulates, and the pair share a fervent, transformative kiss as their future unfolds with hidden, risky hope.
Ethel reads a scrawled note claiming her lover has broken faith and mocks her. she resolves to act for the relief of her own heart, planning to tell her father and inform Tack that she will not give him chance to free himself from the engagement.
The Scientific American answers a question about wheel slip on curves and why inner wheels slip backward while outer wheels slip forward. It cites Boston elevated road tests showing curve wear drops from nickel steel to manganese steel rails, with manganese steel greatly reducing wear on sharp curves.
A man moving to the suburbs quips about the country being congenial, while a suave agent quips that malaria makes it congenial because everyone shares alike, highlighting a dark humor exchange in a domestic setting.
Gruff patient challenges a physician about understanding the business of medicine. The doctor replies he has fifteen years of practice with no patient complaints. The exchange hints at skepticism and tall tales without graphic detail.
Emperor Nicholas rejects paying indemnity for Sakhalin. Russia refuses even a cent, while Japan offers half the island and relief for prisoners. Roosevelt and Meyer steer delicate talks at Portsmouth as hopes for peace hinge on money.
Equitable Life Assurance Society and New York State seek a full court investigation into alleged mismanagement by directors and officers. Forty nine directors admit loans of 250000 to Depew Improvement and 685000 to Mercantile Trust, blame individual officers, and say the board did not approve these dealings as a whole.
A collage of brief notes profiles Boni de Castellane anxious to head France, Emperor William II reportedly the only European monarch with a revolver, Admiral Togo to receive 3000 a year, Japan's emperor drawing 3 million yearly, Harold Speed quips about fools, Leonid Andreyev rising with Gorky, Thomas Sapling’s stamps valued at 500000, Alfonso the Brave after Paris bomb episode, Togo’s England critique, Count von Belz joining a Michigan City railroad shop, Mascagni duo with unusual teeth keepsakes, M d'Albi inheritances tied to Constantinople task, Sir Chieh Chen Lo Feng-loh noted as polyglot, Little Prince Edward showing math zeal and quips about multiplication.
A compilation of practices to revive fertility on run-down farms. Deep plowing, tile drainage, and barnyard manure appear repeatedly as core steps, aided by legume crops like red clover and cowpeas to boost soil nitrogen and humus. With selective use of commercial fertilizer and rotation, farmers with modest means regain productive land and sustain livestock and dairy gains.
From Wallace's Farmer the piece urges youths to study horse balance by measuring 46 three year old drafts. It lists relative body proportions and urges prospective breeders to assess plumbness to select sires and dams for the coming decade in Florida.
A cheap durable paint method for farm buildings is shared. Mix three pounds Portland cement into one gallon of milk, then add Venetian red powder or similar pigment to create a colored solution. Stir continuously during application to prevent settling, as cement sinks to the bottom.
Proper dressing, picking, and packing add value to poultry. Careful handling boosts selling price, as well-washed, neatly prepared birds tempt buyers more than inferior looking fowl. The cost of killing and packing is small next to raising costs, so good preparation improves returns.
H. M. Culbertson of Medina Wisconsin notes a method to kill potato beetles using Paris green mixed in water and applied by hand sprinkler knapstick sprayer or horse sprayer. A safer mix counters lime to reduce plant injury, and a test from the New York Station advises dissolving Paris green in ammonia to test purity.
The Inland Poultry Journal notes that sellers should target locals who travel often and pay fair prices, recommending alive sales to avoid dressing and shipping duties. When selling privately or retail, dry picking is preferred, leaving feathers on the head neck wings tail and preserving the weapon-like look described in the source.
A simple seed dropper from The Epitomist describes making a small gutter pipe injector about three and a half feet long with a funnel at one end and a flattened exit. Seeds can be dropped into a seed trench from above and guided to ground level, effective in windy conditions. If pipe unavailable, a tinner or narrow boards can be used to craft a similar tool.
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