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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1942
Page
4
An early spring feature offering kitchen tips to perk up meals between seasons. Includes cabbage dishes with lemon butter, quick and slow cooking times, seasonal seasonings, table setting ideas, and emphasis on protein and vitamins. Also touches on livestock feed, postwar education, and crop residue burning costs.
Farmers plan now to obtain seed of novel disease resistant clover and other varieties for next season. The flush of production includes 117 billion pounds of milk in the U S last year. Flax performs poorly after sugar beets and weed killers like sodium chlorate show limited soil toxicity. Ladina clover, a giant white clover strain, thrives in irrigated sections of the northwestern states.
The Ames city council ordered the removal of a popcorn wagon that had occupied a downtown corner for 38 years and limited downtown parking to one such establishment. The surviving wagon relocated to the spot previously used by the former longtime operator.
Small ad notes an arrangement to supply two additional truckloads of good heavy oats at prices well below recent farm sale rates. Interested buyers should respond within the next few days.
Nearly 1 500 bushels of oats on hand with a delivered price offered. The ad promises savings and urges customers to visit soon for good oats and lower costs.
Farmers press seedings this week with river bottom fields leading due to faster drying. Early sowing on sandy bottoms aims to mature before hot weather, while higher ground lags slightly. Seeding is or will be over half complete by Saturday night. A group of youths detained in Rockford after a radio bulletin about their disappearance. A Grinnell resident in California sent a five foot tall wild oats stalk sample to the Herald-Register.
In a Grinnell College context the old racing bicycle of Fred Spaulding, a leading late 1880s bike racing contender at state collegiate meets and amateur events, is resurrected for civilian use during wartime and will be ridden by his brother Ernie as three youths aged around 15 flee to California.
A humorous dialogue mocks romance and fashion while urging homeowners to inspect foundations rafters and beams before spring rains. It promotes free inspections by a Draft Officer and recommends Martin-Senour Paints for improving home value with lumber paint roofing and other supplies.
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