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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1946
Page
1
Public notice records Elgin Echo Dial 8711 entered as second class mail matter Sept 1 1801 at Elgin post office Fayette County Iowa under Act of March 3 1852.
The piece urges readers to donate to cancer research, noting only four U S stations exist and suggesting hundreds are needed. Mrs. Burkart Riegel and Mrs. S W Kuster are listed as Clermont and Elgin chairs. Include the coupon and send contributions. The column segues to baseball with towns organizing teams and a proposed Big 8 league forming a fourteen game schedule.
A fragmented editorial urges baseball enthusiasts and readers to curb indulgence and reduce waste to aid starving people in other countries. It counsels small personal changes, notes a columnist quip about aging and advice, and ends with reflective lines about busy lives and worry.
Jim Bailey has the mumps and is confined to his room at the Jack Allen home. Elgin high school graduating class totals thirteen with nine girls and four boys. Mrs Frane DeSart is out again after a prolonged bout with mumps and grip. A baseball meeting at West Union included Harry Becker Fred Hanson Mel Kohler and C Christ with representatives from seven Fay ette county towns debating a possible league. Ben Gaumgartner has Sam Lehman and Will Kohler improving his home porch and general touch up. Mrs P Cashman and her son Spahr visit Ed Hanson and other relatives here.
The listing shows birthdays on April 25 to May 1 for individuals including Dors L. Medberry Arlene Medberry Earl Meyer Luther Hilbert Larson Myron B. Anderson Marjorie L. Johnson Mrs A N Helgerson Harry Stolle Fred Wede Gladys Feller Ardis Groth George Hanson Edward Kuehl Mrs John Stahl Lorne Barnett Mrs Bernard Hanson Mrs Amanda Wikan Erma Butikefer Em Baumgartner Virginia Schrader Robert W Helms Yvonne Chapman Mrs Mary Allen Ramona Butikefer Elmer G Larson LaVina Torkelson Otis L. Torkelsen John Fa3 Jerry Pinney Elizabethallelman Nellie Torkelson Melvin Gregerson Kenneth Mark Mrs Irving Leonard Mrs Edward Johnson Earl West.
Wan Candles lasts longer if kept cold in the refrigerator for several days before lighting. The note suggests chilling to extend burn time and improve performance.
Pasture soils are generally poor due to high acidity which hinders legume and grass growth. Improvements are possible through proper soil management and liming to raise pH and boost forage production.
Worsted yarn is made from long fine wool fibers with carding to straighten and remove imperfect ones. The fibers are spun into a compact smooth yarn, producing worsted fabrics with a smooth texture and little to no nap. They resist dirt and wrinkles and include serges gabardines coverts light weight suitings and dress fabrics.
The Fayette County Board of Supervisors orders landowners to cut destroy or control all noxious weeds by specified dates in 1946 including leafy spurge Canada thistle and field bindweed with penalties and weed commissioner authority. Notices to be published in county newspapers by Auditor Hazel Gehring.
Data notes show farmer’s share of the consumer dollar declining from about 40 cents in prewar years to 32 cents in 1943. The text also lists birth flowers by month, from carnat ion in January to poinsettia in December, showing variety and seasonal symbolism.
Dr. S P Bute California sues Dale R Mullins and Marlyne Mullins for 78 68 and 9 00 claimed as due for medical services with interest and costs. Veronica Baker seeks divorce from Vane Clair Baker for cruel treatment and custody of their son. Lois H Richardson seeks divorce from D Richardson with hotel furniture and equipment as property. Charles Rose arrested for intoxicated driving. Merritt brothers seek 180 damages from Gerald Gage and wife for lease breach and unpaid plowing costs plus brush removal and straw forfeiture. Several marriage licenses issued for local couples.
Interstate Commerce Commission statistics show 3,208 motor vehicle grade crossing accidents last year, with 52 percent occurring in daylight.
Canned food storage guidance advises sturdy well-braced shelves with air circulation. Leave about two inches between jars, set shelves for quart jars around 9% inches apart and pint jars about 74 inches apart, and 12 inch shelves allow double-deck can storage.
Alphie Thorson and wife transfer SE NW and NE SW and part NW SE 36 95 7 to E O Lien for $1.00. W H Antes and wife transfer Lots 1 2 3 4 ex pe and E 12 Lot 6 ex pe in Block 1 Sutter Add Elgin to B J Baumgartner and Fred C Mueh lethaler for $1.00.
Department of Agriculture nutritionists note that one cup of raw cabbage may supply nearly half of daily vitamin C. Freshly prepared cabbage also contributes B vitamins, thiamin riboflavin and niacin, plus calcium. Green leaves provide vitamin A.
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