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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1936

Page

3

Clermont Enterprise Local Newspaper Entry

Clermont Enterprise is a weekly newspaper published every Thursday from Clermont Iowa with Elizabeth Priest as local editor. The paper notes it is a member of Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association and is entered as second class mail at Clermont in Wayette County Iowa.

Elizabeth Priest Iowa Press Association National Editorial Association Clermont Wayette County Iowa

Legume mixtures furnish pasture two seasons

Farm Bureau News advises legume and grass seed mixes to supply pasture from the first season and into the next. For sweet soils a standard mix of late biennial white, sweet, medium red and alsike clover with timothy is recommended, with inoculated sweet clover seed and total seeding of 12 to 15 pounds per acre.

Farm Bureau News Korea

Fayette County 4 H Champions Named for County Contest

Leonhart Talcott of Randalia and Bernice Stelzmiller of West Union have been chosen as Fayette county's outstanding 4 H club boy and girl. They will compete in the county contest for top honors and advancement opportunities within the Farm Bureau program.

Farm Bureau Leonhart Talcott Randalia Bernice Stelzmiller West Union Fayette County

Iowa 4-H Members Named for National Club Camp

A report notes Talcott's seven years of 4-H club work and selection as Iowa’s champion dairy calf and Holstein club member in 1935. He attends Iowa State College as a freshman. Miss Steinmiller, from Union township, has seven years of club work, local and county offices, and served at the state health contest. She attends Iowa State Teachers College and is part of the campus 4-H club and village concert and pep band.

Washington, D. C Talcott Ile Iowa Iowa State College Lake Okoboji Iowa State Teachers College Vampus

Farm Record Meetings Scheduled This May

Carl C. Malone farm account specialist announces meetings for those keeping farm records during the first week of May. On May 3 at the Maynard school house and May 7 in the West Union assembly room attendees should bring their 1936 farm records for review.

Farm Bureau Tyra Carl C. Malone West Union Maynard School Malone

Shipment of Second Benefit Checks Reported

A county association treasurer, W C Robinson of Hawkeye, stated that the second payments of the 1935 corn hog program were received April 11. The administration disbursed checks totaling about 10 hundred dollars last week through township chairmen.

Farm Bureau W. C. Robinson Hawkeye County Association

Manchuria Marriage Customs and Dowry Rituals Depicted

The text describes traditional Manchurian marriage practices noting average marrying ages of 15 for girls and 20 for boys. It details the bridal dowry process, proposal on an auspicious day, the groom’s welcome ride, palanquin rites, three arrows at the palanquin base, the bride’s ceremonial entrance, veil lifting, and the silent role of the bride during the feast.

Rome

What Will Happen Next In Unemployment And Defense

A reflective essay argues that unemployment follows cycles driven by public action and spending. It emphasizes labor abundance, education, apprenticeship, and the impact of debt, taxes, and competition. It warns unequal profits and indiscriminate spending shape future welfare and social service needs.

Unson Iiven Advertiser Eldar

Easter Bunny Visits Waterville as Eggs and Rabbits Arrive

A lighthearted local note from Waterville reports children of the Tysland family discovering new rabbits and eggs after a homemade Easter display under their porch. The piece also mentions political candidate Mere G. W. Hunt seeking the Republican nomination for state senator in Clayton county, plus a Cedar Rapids reunion story and garden humor.

Tysland Waterville Allamakee Journal Jack Fellows Lansing Mr. Bunny G. W. Hunt Guttenberg The Press Clayton County M. Geshe McGregor

Grinnell College president bars VFW unit formation

Joann S. Nollen, president of Grinnell College in Grinnell Iowa, Friday afternoon barred the organization of a Veterans of Future War unit. Decorah Chamber of Commerce to sponsor a banquet memorializing Ben Bear's sixty years in Decorah business Friday the 24th.

Joann S. Nollen Gritnell College Gri Lowa Veterans of Future Wa Joy Grinnell The Decorah Chamber of Commerce Ben Bear

Sleigh Ride Through Main Street Captured In Apr 6 1936 Diary Entry

A reminiscence recalls a old fashioned sleigh drawn by a single man on a May morning in 1936, an Aer sca driven team on main street. An exchange mentions a mother calling a telephone operator to cradle a sleeping baby and asking to be alerted if the infant cried.

West Union Union Main Street

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Clermont Enterprise Select Orvin I. Thompson Postville Monona Clermont Nation’s Farm Loan Association Clermont, Iowa J. A. Erickson, Sec’y-Treas Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner's Loans R. V. Brandt Xray Gas I. C. Jerdee Clermont State Bank BR. L. L. Carr Farmers’ Savings Bank G. H. Hackman Gut Flowers Clermont, Jown N. H. Nelson Cas Clermont, Lows Oy Edson Chaise Oka Egabeth Preston Bally Cedar Haas Sam McGregor Dallas Texas Fred Allen Hollywood Ole Olson Highway No. 51 Herald Ole Atlantic Monthly Atlantic America the Atlantic Monthly Arlington St Boston Fred T. Cline Ford Borra Micky” and His Blowin Tt Lakes Bananers Mister Cocor Micky By Sam Iger
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