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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1902
Page
3
Farmers discuss weed control, crop rotation, and pests as to the value of cereal crops, sugar territories, and livestock varieties. They note saulrrestatl grass, sparrows as pests, and the Cuban grown pineapple entering markets with lower prices. The piece references grain, stock, and market conditions across the United States.
A passage notes that six million French women work in labor roles traditionally filled by men including farm work such as plowing, hoeing, milking, feeding stock, and marketing produce. It highlights Illinois production of broom corn and the regional concentration of crops like peppermint, onions, and celery.
The passage argues that true wealth is created when outputs add new value through production. A farmer producing and selling crops, a miner selling ore, or a factory adding value generate genuine wealth, while simply reselling a horse or commodity at a higher price does not add new wealth.
A fragmented 1902 era column laments chronic lateness and financial neglect, then surveys a massive 2.6 billion bushel corn crop proposal and its limited railway handling. It notes dry weather tools fail in rain, sheep and cattle disputes in range country, and the countryside shift toward cattle and sheep tensions alongside farmyard reputation via rural mailbox ownership.
A reader reports high prospects for 1902 with large potato yields per unit area, more oats from smaller acreage, and hay output over six times 1901 levels, despite frequent storms floods and scattered crop disasters.
The farmers have enjoyed three prosperous years with rising land values adding over $1,000 annually per 160 acre owner. Wealth gains funded mortgage payoffs, farm improvements, education, land purchases, and securing futures, though some went into risky mining and oil ventures. The era should continue a year or more, and prudent owners will seize the opportunity.
A writer urges men to ask their wives how to ease farm life and improve homes. Many requests would be sensible changes such as a woodshed, better water, cleaner dooryard, and improved chicken house. A cautionary tale about a stock horse investment illustrates folly by overconfident farmers.
In a rural scene a county’s prettiest girl with a sun bonnet plows on a sulky behind three Percheron horses, proving women can handle lighter farm tasks. The piece contrasts this with women restraining themselves to indoor chores, praising practical labor over corseted restriction.
A Philadelphia Ledger summary reports on a British commission’s study of U S steel and iron industries. It notes Americans work smart and eagerly, with higher pay and steadier attendance, while foreigners do rough labor. Wages, cost of living, and industrial spirit are highlighted as factors in American competitiveness.
A Lancet columnist argues children should be taught to use nasal douds when learning toothbrush use. He claims daily cleaning with a mild astrigent douche and weak sea salt solution would cut colds and germ diseases.
Lord Leigh reports reforms school lads in South Africa have earned three Victoria crosses ten distinguished service medals two promotions to commissioned rank and four mentions in dispatches.
A stone and plaster Liberty statue rises over 26 feet on a Hempstead lawn. Crafted by a retired builder, it features a broad base with four stairways guarded by stone ironwork. Citizens hope to transplant the statue to Hempstead’s public square.
French artist M Emile Bayard invents the cellulotype a transparent tracing plate lighter and cheaper than copper allowing artists to trace directly over models. A girl in the illustration traces a design through the plate using simple readily available tools and adhesive supports.
A Western railroad trains its future crews through reflex action based education to ensure instant response in emergencies. Applicants must answer without hesitation, with quick habit formation emphasized before employment. Training targets youth, noting limited ability to acquire this habit after age eighty.
Leopoldo Batres, the Mexican conservator of national monuments, has completed a yearlong archaeological excavation at the Zapotecan ruins, reporting findings and next steps for preservation.
The piece notes a two cent per dollar tax in the Sacramento Valley to fund newspaper advertising and cites Nebraska railroads buying ad space to oppose higher taxes. It reports Naples rumor that a marble Madonna wept tears, later deemed auto-suggestion by a rector. A Washington dispatch notes Captain Henry Marmaduke, ex Merrimac and Alabama officer, to join Colombia’s navy to help quell a revolt.
In Germany women, notably Frau Clara Hophenrath of Berlin, craft artistic tin vases and tin ornaments. A silver-thistle imitation sold to the king of Roumania demonstrates growing skill. Tin shaping begins with punched designs and careful cutting, using few tools and quick skill gain. Delicate tin decorations for majolica and wood gain popularity among female artisans.
An official Tokio executioner was killed crossing a railway near Tokio when a fast express struck him. The body was found decapitated with no other injuries. Separately, after costs for the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition, $450,000 remained in Chicago’s treasury to be distributed as a dividend of 45 cents per $10 share, with the city receiving $235,000.
A clipped Chicago News item notes President Roosevelt’s assertion regarding Our Small Relation Cuba and its status under present authority, reflecting early 20th century diplomatic wording about Caribbean affairs.
A meeting of the Women’s Union of the Church of England Temperance Society deplored the lot of the 100,000 women employed in slaking bars and urged that barmaids be moved away from such work.
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