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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1941
Page
4
An insurance offer urges readers to insure auto damage up to 5000 dollars and liability up to 10000 dollars for ten dollars. The ad prompts avoiding costly damage suits and promotes R. P. Strauch, agent in Elgin Iowa as the contact point.
A brief note explains the sandwich may be named after the Earl of Sandwich, famed for gaming obsession and consuming meat between bread as his daily fare.
Reuben Nelson of New Richland wondered why his cattle died after drinking from a tank. Investigators found an electric heater in a nearby small tank had short circuited, charging the shared water and electrocuting the cattle.
Prices of field seeds are down from a year ago while beef cattle values rise in auctions. Cattle numbers in the Corn Belt stay above 1934 levels with higher prices likely. Soybeans demand mineral-rich soil and weed control guidance plus salt use and preparedness garden plants with military names. Recommendations cover orchard recovery after a harsh freeze, weed seed timing, strawberry crown checks, and forest fire impacts on wood lots. Pocket gophers controlled by strychnine bait and fertilizer boosts for new trees are noted.
Hens are busiest this season as eggs become plentiful cheap and nutritious. Freshness is judged by firm white and round yolk with natural odor. Storage should be clean cool slightly moist basement. avoid strong odors. do not wash unless soon used. Recipe Crumbly Ham N Eggs combines minced ham bread crumbs butter pickles and eggs baked until firm. Garnish with parsley and serve with hard rolls.
A reader suggests a lentil free plate of veggies arranged for color and texture. It features buttered peas Harvard beets creamed celery carrot coconut salad on red cabbage lettuce with a halved hard cooked egg and a lemon quarter, plus notes on beet glaze and carrot coconut salad ingredients.
A miscellaneous page offers wood buying tips noting true walnut and mahogany show slow pores. It suggests lining drawers with dark flannel to preserve silver. It also describes making buttercups from bread, eggs in muffin cups with herbs, and a triple decker sandwich with asparagus egg ham and mayonnaise.
The article urges parents to address underlying needs behind theft. If simple possessiveness, grant more ownership and responsibility, explain violations, and foster proper attitudes toward property. Encourage restitution, legitimate means to obtain goods, and constructive activities like scouting to build belonging. Avoid punishment. provide steady support.
A noted saber champion from Czechoslovakia, John Winter, a refugee student at Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania, serves as fencing coach. The text discusses the mareating shark weight claim and Winter’s fencing credentials.
Admiral Alberto Lais Italian Naval Attache recalled after U S demand over alleged sabotage plot against Italian ships in American waters. First embassy official recalled by the United States since World War.
Streamlined snowmobiles capable of 80 to 120 miles an hour over good snow have been used with rent success by Montana coyote hunters.
For five years Mia Jae Herzberg of Spring Hill cared for an amaryllis started from a hybrid seed. This spring the plant thrived, blooming brilliantly in flame color with two blooms on each stalk and stalks measuring across.
An editorial warns readers to question out of town roofers about long term viability before accepting bids. It derides inferior goods and urges checks on warranty and service, citing Mule-Hide as a proposed product and noting the risk of untrustworthy guarantees.
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