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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1897

Page

8

How to make butter and manage poultry in summer

A farmer's guide covers butter making in hot weather using a milk tank, stirrer, thermometer, and cooling water, plus a note on creamery cans. It warns against old churning methods and stresses cleanliness and proper equipment. The piece also discusses blackleg vaccination for cattle, detailing a single injection method, equipment needed, and outreach plans for stock owners. It includes a critique of poultry flock disruption by hens and a reflection on farm family economics and the distribution of poultry proceeds to homemakers.

Kendall Perry Wang Kitt Europe Africa Ita Texas Blackleg Mame

Where Chickena Rule in Texas Stock Journal

A short, old fashioned editorial fragment questions farmyard cruelties toward chickens. It recalls past gagging and shooing methods, cites writer Cora Hawking in the Texas Stock Journal, and notes a shift from protective screens to new practices during the present season.

Cora Hawking Texas Stock Journal

Breeding Poultry Separated Breeds Advice

Breeda Running Together. When batching season ends different breeds may run together in one flock says American Poultry Keeper. It would help to have no males with them but breeders differ on stock quality if males and hens are of different breeds. Separation timing discussed for eggs, with experiments noting male influence lasting five days, suggesting two months to be safe and avoid costly mixed-breed progeny.

American Poultry Aleter Tom

Vaccines and poultry management amid disease challenges

The text discusses European outbreaks, cattle losses, and the spread of a vaccine against blackleg developed by Arbing Cornevin and Thomas. It contemplates strict husbandry measures, including limiting movement in poultry yards, confinement of hens, and the risks of free mingling during and after hatching seasons.

Europe Arbing Cornevin Thomas Blackleg

Patents Tagged Northwestern Inventors Last Week

Northwestern inventors filed patents last week including Rolomon J Bentley Springfield Asia station indicator Alfred Benton East Merve S D ear couping George W Bigley Minneapolis Minn barrel Paul M D Carse tens Duluth Minn stringed instrument Robert Olich Combina don Montminet folding candlestick Charles Guillekwen Grand Forks N D telemeter John M Benton Lead door spring Godfried Laube Huron S D stove Wd Skane Kenyon Minn anionmtie wagon brake Charles D D Wagoner Hayle Lake Mhin sled propelles J D Merwin Patent Lawyer Pioneer Press Building St Paul Minn

Northwestern Rolomon J. Bentley Springfield Asia Alfred Benton East Merve S. D George W. Bigley Minneapolis Minn Paul M.D. Carsetens Duluth Robert Olich Combinadon Montminet Charles Guillekwen Grand Forks N. D John M. Benton Godfried Laube Huron Wd Skane Kenyon Charles DD. Wagoner Hayle Lake Mhin D, Merwin Pioneer Press St. Tau

Seedling contradicts tomb myth in Hanover tale

A German countess who mocked Christianity had her tomb built of solid masonry with iron clamps. A seed, blown to a crevice, sprouted and grew, lifting the stone over four generations. The tale, cited from Ladies' Home Journal, contrasts reverence with nature’s persistence. In Dublin, a soldier faked rheumatism to avoid arms extension. a doctor released weights, then cut the rope, proving the arm could rise freely.

Anayeran Goa Hanover Germany Dadies' Home Journal Dublin Tie Leyal

Arbitration Idea Explored by Citizens in Debate

An Impression remarks that it must be clarified what arbitration means while Mr Do lan offers a plain explanation. He says typically two quarrelers summon three or four others to give an opinion, aiming for peace or a possible free fight, with peace being the preferred outcome.

Ralverty Dolan Washington Star

Honest Farmer and Quirky Wordplay in Old Jokes

A collage of brief quips and jokes about potatoes growing oddly in baskets, daily life, and witty exchanges. Includes lines about honesty, editors, and neighbors, reflecting a playful snapshot of humor in past newspapers.

Fragmented quip on a bet and a Frenchman

A nun recalls betting on Corbett and predicting a Frenchman would fare poorly. The exchange shows confusion as two men react to the claim and a reference to Corbett’s photo stirs memory in a local Augustin Courier style dialogue.

Hoston

To Care Constipation Forever and Modern Methods

Fragmentary text mocks patent remedies for constipation and drugging money schemes. A stray quote from the Cincinnati Enquirer notes missionary claims about heathen India and a blunted line about Juggernaut with pneumatic tires.

India Clneinnath Enquirer

Unete Billys Window Mystery Phrase

Fragmentary OCR echoes a Quotation about Unete Billy and Robby with a remark on noise and racket. The source also mentions a Detroit Free Press piece and a New York Herald note about forgetting art and birthdays, plus a curious line about oranges and appetite suppression.

Unete Billy Robby Uncle Billy Detroit Free Press

Ball's Catarrh Cure Offered As Constitutional Remedy

A jumble of items notes Ball's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 7c. A Manchester woman is described with eyes that magnify strangely though unclear text. The piece also mentions an Appropriate Ticket and a dialogue about travel to Circle City in interior Alaska with a round-trip ticket discussed in Perkasie.

Trotter Circle City Alaska Perkasie Pucek

Diplomat and Father Clash Over Marriage Offer

A dramatic early 20th century exchange from the New York Journal features a father and a suitor in a tense negotiation about marriage. The dialogue centers on consequences and changing fortunes, with themes of bargaining, affection, and aging.

New York Journal

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