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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
3
A jumbled rural column surveys seed corn longevity айd farm practices with notes on Georgia peaches, cattle prices, and hay yields. It cites stock values, wood prices, and cooperative grain concerns while mocking overextended farming investments and old stock issues. It references railways stock claims in Colorado and contrasts cheese versus beef in market debates.
An unnamed hired man earns high regard in his community by rising early to light the kitchen fire without being asked. The piece discusses farm byproducts like skim milk, butter fat, and casein, plus advice on settling accounts, pay-as-you-go credit, and the economics of land speculation. It notes livestock poison risks from wild larkspur and poison hemlock and warns about cropping and netting laws affecting sellers. It ends with farmland sale listings near Washington and a comparison of exhausted versus fertile soils.
The article notes a boarding house proprietor abandoned uncolored cleo after boarders refused it, preferring genuine butter. It also covers cautions on growing rape with small grains, warning it outpaces grain, injures stands, and should be stocked with controlled feeding for use and frost timing, with no hay value.
The article notes that other countries rely heavily on the United States for meat. It lists last year’s exports: $52,000,000 in animals, $113,000,000 in dressed and cured meats, $66,000,000 in fats and oils, $9,000,000 in dairy products, and $12,000,000 in other miscellaneous meat products, totaling $254,000,000. It argues that the best country is one that produces these meat products, with fertility increasing under such a system rather than deteriorating with grain farming and grain selling.
A 1902 rainfall pattern in the Mississippi valley disproves the notion that forest loss or drainage drives droughts. The piece argues weather cycles dominate, not human actions, noting forests affect moisture and floods but cannot alter overall rainfall, and extremes occur in cycles.
The article notes the Columbian raspberry produces a late crop with 90 large ripe berries from a single shoot cut on August 15. It contrasts fruitfulness with the broader farming shift toward rice, predicting rising rice production and highlighting irrigation as key to profitable crops.
The term nester marks homesteaders entering government land used as pasture by stockmen. Neighbors describe tactics to force them off, including crop destruction and arson. The text notes government support for settlers and predicts cattlemen will concede land once crops replace pasture.
A vast stretch across northern Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota once pine timber land is now burned and desolate yet fertile soil and 25 to 40 inch annual rainfall support native grasses and potential stock keeping. Prospers with settlement, profitable farming possible where markets by rail and lake access are nearby and fruit potential exists, especially apples.
An expert census office report argues electricity could soon enable artificial diamond production. Niagara Falls electric capacity and the arc furnace heat are cited as key factors, with Morganite and Molsan experiments noted along with ZG Acheson near Buffalo producing graphite for various industrial uses.
The day’s heroism features Michael Holuhan of New York, 68, who saved a baby from runaway horses by thrusting it from danger, and Merten Brechert of Jersey City, who, with smallpox, walked 18 miles to a pesthouse to avoid endangering others. Both may die from their courageous actions.
A Chicago libel case explores the curious epithet lobster used to describe a person. Interviews reveal varied opinions: a man defines a lobster as a buttinski interfering with others, while a young woman terms him a dense, stupid horn.
France unveils a new cable laying plow by M. A Bajac, claimed to cut costs on trans African lines. The device operates automatically for a single operator, drills 32 inch deep, and uses a two wheeled beam with rollers guiding the cable from drum to shore as it advances. The project aims to connect France with Madagascar and reduce the earlier estimate of 4.2 million dollars to about 2.8 million.
A 16 inch gun is shown completed at Watervliet Arsenal. The weapon measures 49 feet long with a 6 12 foot breech diameter and 2 feet 4 inches at the muzzle. Weighing 130 tons it is built from nine steel forgings and rifled with 96 grooves.
A recent traveler on the Niger describes bartering with a native woman who rejects copper coins yet accepts a 3-penny piece and offers a return double the value. The anecdote highlights a preference for white glass bottles over metal money in a playful exchange.
A traveler notes local barter in Nigeria where white glass bottles fetch eggs. bottles are shipped to Bida to be melted into rings about three to four inches across worn as bracelets or anklets.
Paris carries the city’s largest municipal debt at 400 million dollars. Separately, Russia begins opening new savings banks at a rate of 600 per year.
A marble sarcophagus unearthed near Konia close to the Anatolian Railroad shines as a notable 3rd century after Christ art piece. The lid features a seated man with parchment, and a hunting scene on a side, with animals and riders vividly depicted. It now resides in the Constantinople museum as archaeologists press for more finds.
A French court held that the shah of Persia, who ordered 43 000 clippings during his European visit, is a sovereign and not subject to judgment. The shah did not appear, and the foreign affairs ministry declined to note the suit.
A foreign medical journal attributes male baldness to lack of exercise of scalp muscles beneath the skin. It says women keep hair by frequent combing which stirs the scalp, keeping muscles active and nourishing hair. The article concludes that rubbing the scalp vigorously prevents baldness and notes about 3,000,000 people are always afloat in latest computation.
Dr Walaem reports autopsy of a 22 year old man in Berlin revealing a brain weighing 2,860 grams the heaviest on record. The finding challenges anthropological theories linking brain size to intellect as some scientists argue the line between madness and genius remains unclear.
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