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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
1
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A jumble of humorous bits and quips from Richs’s Pipe Dreams column, including jokes about whiskered wives, misadventures at home, a museum encounter with Venus de Milo, and spoof dialogue about salesmen and loans. The piece threads in celebrity name checks and light sarcasm, concluding with a note about Horace Heidt and a correction from Florence Brubeck.
Norma Alice Thoen Burnas was born October 28, 1900 in Kensett and died July 26, 1948 at her Marion Township home after a lingering illness. She was 47. She married Alfred M. Burnas on June 28, 1923 and lived in Marion Township, mother of Fern DeElia and Shirley. She leaves her mother Thea Thoen, four sisters Esther Hrubetz Ida Brunsvold Agnes Thoen Ruth Anderson, two brothers Truman and Raymond, and many relatives. Funeral July 29 at East Clermont Lutheran Church, burial in its cemetery. Pallbearers included Archie Johnson and nephews. Relatives from out of town attended.
We express sincere gratitude to friends and relatives for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our beloved wife and mother DeElta Fern Burnas. Signed by DeElta and Shirley.
Official notice details a lawsuit by Elgin Co operative Company seeking absolute title to Lot 18 Block 3 Hunsberger's Addition Elgin Fayette County Iowa and related parties claimed interests. Also a probate notice sets appraisal time for Mary Cummings estate on August 18 1948 at West Union Iowa for inheritance tax purposes.
Iowa farmers battle grasshoppers using chiordan or toxaphene along with newer agents. Farmers are advised to inspect livestock weekly during summer for cuts and wounds and treat with Smear 62 or 82 to prevent screw worm eggs. Town hens led nation in egg production with 126 million dollars from Iowa.
August is a good time to plant and reset bearded iris oriental poppies and Madonna lilies. Corn silage offers slightly better fattening for cattle and lambs than grass silage, while grass silage from legumes provides higher protein.
The article discusses egg price prospects for fall and advises on pig feed conditioning using sodium fluoride, noting caution with DDT for fly control. It references grasshopper bait timing, cattle feeder margins, and the profitability pressures on cattle producers amid rising costs and uncertain gains.
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