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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1899
Page
8
A crusty yacht club member watches a servant paint a welcome scene. The image features a smiling clubman with a brand on his picture, while a quip about ladies day prompts a wary remark. Cartoonish humor blends with a joke about timepieces and domestic life.
A fragmented clipping notes brandish of medical claims and domestic dialogue. Phrases reference Hall Catarrh Core, constitutional care, and a patient named Tia, plus unrelated adieu banter about a solitaire ring and a doctor’s cure claim from Cherry Valley Ill. Washington Star quote ends with political anger.
A man named Duddy sent 50 cents for a fat reducing receipt advertised to rid the body of excess flesh without drugs. The response he received insulted him as “Spell it to, the soap-fat man.” The item appears in a Boston Transcript variant.
Mrs Smith explains she must stop giving Robbie the tonic prescribed by the doctor. Mr Smith asks about Robbie’s condition as the child has fallen six times this morning breaking a hall lamp two vases a jug and a rocking chair glass and she feels she cannot stand much more.
The Philippine correspondents chair presents a four round robin. Otis jokes he is not a bird-darter while balancing blue pencils on his finger, eliciting quiet apologies from the assemblage.
Doubtful information from Waxapotls Journal mentions Wigeglus claiming plans last night. The passage suggests uncertainty whether he meant a dance, a brewery, or his laundryman.
The neighbor calls the bicycle a fine machine while Mrs Ferguson notes the crank length as Piya feet eleven and three quarters. The dialogue shifts to two Theortats arguing over a professor and market timing with a publisher claim of trade control and suppression.
A rural bulletin reviews dilution cream separators and experiments by the Indiana Experiment Station on milk dilution. It notes fat loss when diluting milk, advises against general use, and discusses poultry feeding with soft foods and breakfast meals to ease fowl digestion.
Wallace's Farmer notes hawks are a pest to poultry raisers and that killing hawks is hard. It suggests forming an alliance with King birds to distract hawks as they hunt. The piece also mentions King birds kill some bees, prompting people to kill them without mercy.
The passage describes two large Grey Toulouse geese, noting their compact bodies, calm temperaments, fattening weights of 45 to 60 pounds per pair, 30 to 40 eggs per season, and half a pound of feathers per picking. Goslings grow rapidly, reach 6 to 8 pounds at 4–5 weeks, 18 to 28 pounds by 3 months, and require only pasture. Gander differs from goose by taller, upright form and bigger necks.
Indiana farmers are advised against buying beta cans due to high price and dilution concerns. A Cornel Experiment Station bulletin outlines eight forms. farmers may dilute milk in a round can with a bottom faucet and set milk deep in cold water for better returns, rather than using shallow pans.
The article argues beauty matters in poultry breeding. Uniform color and markings enhance appeal, especially for the young, who are drawn to handsome fowls and may develop a lasting interest in the birds.
The passage riffs on beekeeping resilience and poultry care. It notes bees resist predator losses, warns poultry keepers against killing the king, mentions a wife raising "old biddies" with careless neglect, and recounts a hasty chick hatch from sixty eggs. Dyspepsia tips emphasize space, clean water, balanced diet, and exercise for birds.
A humorous Pearson's Magazine excerpt observes why horses pretend to fear newspapers. It argues the horse shies at a fluttering paper to maintain social standing, noting other animals follow social etiquette: dogs ignore small children, cats play with half dead mice, while horses act terrified by a newspaper to avoid being deemed ignorant.
A Stege California ranch near San Francisco serves as the frogs’ domain. The Stege property covers bay shore to coast range, with springs forming ponds stocked with frogs. Hedge enclosures and semi tropical grounds showcase a thriving frog population, with thousands moved to market yearly and no noticeable depletion.
A Paris dressmaker's shop is said to have been used to probe staff by collecting hair and handwriting samples from young women. The owner then threatened a search by a clairvoyant to identify the thief after an anonymous parcel returned the purse.
A vintage how to describe a small throwing toy using a cork, a horseshoe nail, and feathers. The cork balances on the nail, feathers guide the bob, and a string lets you throw it toward apples or potatoes to learn accuracy.
In Somerville Journal dialogue, a man and woman debate the difficulty of writing dialect stories. He suggests it is likely hard to craft such speech, while she wonders if the task is equally hard to read.
In 1897 India tallied 1596 tigers 4608 leopards 2053 bears 3142 wolves and 108000 snakes killed. The passage notes a claim about self trust as a secret of success attributed to Sue Cex and Emerson.
A Minneapolis Keeley Institute on Tenth Street and Park Avenue is advertised as delivering successful climate aided care. The piece notes nonpenal, comfortable treatment, strict rules, and high clientele including professionals who rarely drink again, while warning against Keeley Cure imitators. Explanatory literature available upon request.
A playful exchange unfolds in a Chicago Post item as a couple in a hammock ponder what single wish they would choose. The man asks for unlimited wealth or fame while the woman whimsically wishes for the moon to vanish behind a cloud, highlighting lighthearted social banter.
Northwestern inventors receive patents including John D B Beavis for manifolding account books, Harley G Bushnell for a folding table, Francis A Clarkson for railway tle, William J Holman for educational playing cards system, Ole Ringhelm for wind wheel regulator, Hane A Skreberg for traction engine, Jetter file, and others in a Minneapolis based roundup. Merwin Lothrop & Johnson defend, 010 Pioneer Press Bidg. St Paul.
One girl asks why others do not use rubberneck terms and the other replies with a pun about a peninsula stretching out to sea. The brief exchange captures playful wordplay in a Worcester magazine segment.
A call to readers to study the newspaper advertisements for amusement and bargains. The copy praises advertisers and their craft, inviting the public to engage with the ads for value and entertainment.
Dialog from a Chicago Tribune item shows a passenger arguing over a train boy being paid 20 cents for three lalf-ripe bananas. The cheerful passenger defends the payment as better than paying other robbers and receiving nothing. The exchange signals a traveling mood as the train nears Kansas City.
In a brief Windsor exchange, Johnny Jones jokes that his father has more money, while Yommy Swithh counters that if their mother wore better clothes, it would not prove the claim. the dialogue reflects idle rumor chatter from the town.
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