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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1917

Page

1

The Country Club Robbery and a Ban on Love

In a suburban village a wealthy father Hilary leads an anarchist band that robs the rich and gives to the poor. after his death the gang plans a country club jewel raid. Elinor clashes with Ward the young clergyman while Huff and Lethbridge plot and Borodny awaits capture. The raid falters as police fear a wider conspiracy.

Elinor Synopals Hilary Kingston Wlinok Woffingham Renilty Huff, Borodny, Talbot and Lethbridge Mr. Ward Hitner Walter Huff The Fang Ore Boroday Talbot Inter Huff Ander Eilner Elinor Rew Milner Ward Boroda Old Hilary Borodny Thim Ime Russia Dolar Kiev T the Jews Prince Ovarsky Siberia Rusaliin Old Allary Ney

Elinor Faces Growing Public Disgrace as Heat Intensifies

The gang falls under mounting pressure and Elinor seems poised to endure public shame. Investigations tighten as allies fray and authorities close in, raising the stakes for all involved.

Elinor

Food in War Time: Rations and Rations Like Dog Biscuits

The piece discusses wartime rations with references to British bread substitutes called dog biscuits, French war bread that swells in hot water, and German pea sausage made from pea meal bacon and fat. It notes a Berlin cook’s method to preserve pea meal and mentions a sausage yielding twelve plates of nutritious soup.

Tommy Berlin

Conserving soil echoes from a rural wisdom talk

A speaker warns that neglecting soil health harms future vitality. The piece argues no farming action can be sustained without returning nutrients, fertilizer, or organic matter to the land. It emphasizes balance between extraction and replenishment to avoid ruin.

Cautions On Early Alfalfa Pasture Use

The article advises against pasturing alfalfa in the first season and suggests using it for heavy making in the second season to establish the stand. Do not graze closely as it harms crowns. horses and sheep cause more damage than cattle or hogs. Begin with short daily exposure, avoid grazing when dew or rain wets the crop, and take care to prevent bloating.

Ear Worm Destruction of Corn and Crops

An account of the corn ear worm or boll worm detailing its destructive larval stage across the United States. The worm attacks sweet corn, cotton boll, tomato fruit, and beans and peas. it is most harmful to early garden corn. Varieties vary in color from green to purple and pink. the larva is the offspring of an ochre yellow moth. The insect reportedly has two or three generations yearly.

Selection of horse collar care for shoulder health

The article stresses proper collar selection to prevent galls and chronic injuries. It urges thorough shoulder washing after work, using soap and water, followed by thorough drying with clean cloths as the essential daily care.

Depth for Drilling Wheat Yields Compared by Depth

Wheat growers clash over drill depth. Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station tests five years show drilling one inch and two inches both yield 28.7 bushels per acre, three inches 28.5, broadcasting yields 24.9.

Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station

Eradication of weed seeds guidance for gardens

If weeds have flourished in your garden mow them now. If they have not gone to seed they can be plowed under to help manure. If they have, remove them from the garden and throw on the compost. Composting kills weed seeds.

Inter

Retain breeding stock to safeguard meat supply and profits

Scarcity and high prices tempt sale of breeding stock. The article urges farmers to preserve mature breeders, expand breeding herds, and view livestock as a permanent investment to maintain domestic meat supply and future profits, warning against killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Kumi

Scarcity of Garden Seeds Prompts Home Seed Saving

The article discusses seed shortages and high prices driving growers to save their own seed. It urges selecting top radish and lettuce plants to harvest seed, noting a few plants can supply enough seed for a home garden. It also covers saving seed from peppers eggplant beans peas and more. Caution is given that mixed varieties in close plantings reduce seed value.

Plan for Killing Thistles in Fields

Plan outlines a three step approach to eradicate Canadian thistle and other thistles. Begin by mowing the plants to halt top growth, then plow and disk the land whenever new shoots emerge. Repeatedly cutting and soil disturbance aims to exhaust underground stems and roots.

Canada thistle and sow thistle control in corn crops

Growing a crop of corn in hills and cultivating thoroughly both ways and hand hoeing the hills is another way of eradication. Getting rid of the patches of Canada thistle and sow thistle now will save a lot of work a little later.

Corn and pest control guidance from old farming note

The text advises careful bee watching during harvest, late summer or early fall plowing of land infected with billbugs, crop rotation from corn to cotton, and long deep cultivation of wireworm infested fields. It suggests growing peas or buckwheat on sod before corn, fall tillage, and thorough disking to reduce corn root aphid damage.

Woman Recovers After Using Vegetable Compound

Two year illness left the woman unable to walk or work. After trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, she reports nearly immediate relief and restored strength. The ad promotes the product as a standard remedy for various female ailments.

Lydia B. Pinkham Lydia E. Pinkham O' Bryan Newport Ave Chicago Tyra E. Pinkham Lydis E. Pinkham

What Is the First Step To Have a Good Blowout

The prompt cites a joke line about making a good blowout by raising the wind. It presents a humorous exchange without real-world event or identifiable entities. The piece reads as a comic quip rather than a news item or factual report.

Freezone corn remover advertised by Cincinnati chemist

An advertisement touts Freezone, an ether compound from Cincinnati, sold in tiny bottles at low cost. It claims to remove corns and calluses painlessly by applying a drop or two to the affected area, loosening and allowing extraction without irritation, burning, or smarting. If unavailable, it suggests asking the druggist to order it.

Cincinnati Ady

Hoover Warns Food Control Will Drive Prices Up

In Washington during a filibuster on food control the food administrator Moover warned that flour could rise to 20 a barrel and meat to 50 cents a pound. He cited a hagged family man and urged limits as prices already climb. A man named Jones laments burning the candle at both ends to pay for work and books in the city and at home.

Moover Washington Pitt Ste Jones Hoover Philadelphia Bulletin

Commotion Sparks Customer Bottle Hit at Rapid Restaurant

In the Kansas City Star excerpt a cook questions a waiter about a dispute in front of the rapid restaurant. Hetoise claims Claudine is not fit, Claudine counters she is fine, and threatens to prove it. The customer ends up hit by a ketchup bottle during the clash.

Hetoise Claudine Kansas City Star

Political clubs used to push opponents out of office

A compact editorial urging voters to beware political clubs that aim to destroy rivals. It contains a sharp line about ignoring a king when a mouse is present, illustrating distrust of organized groups steering elections. The piece voices wary caution toward partisan manipulation.

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