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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1929
Page
3
The article offers practical farm housewife guidance for nutritious dinners during threshing time. It lists fifty serving recipes including Baked Ham with milk, Rice and Peas au Gratin, Happy's Waldorf Salad, and Berry Sauce Ice Cream, emphasizing salad and green vegetables and prep ease.
During molting, feed mash freely as it supports feather growth and egg production. Keep scratch feed limited to encourage mash consumption, with mash comprising one half to one third of total feed. Slightly moist mash with milk boosts palatability. Avoid sudden ration changes to prevent stress and relocation.
The U S dairy herd shows only slight change since 1925 with 21 820 000 cows on Jan 1 1929 down from 21 824 000 and 22 523 000 in 1925 Production remains strong due to improved breeding and feeding even as the herd contracts The future milk output depends on beef versus dairy product prices and the slaughter of beef type cows and the number of cows milked.
An old farm equipment ad touts dough cleanser for wallpaper and praises McCormick Deering tractors and Farmall models for year round farming without horses. It extols ball bearings, low maintenance, and a range of products from Chrysler cars to General Electric appliances. Kilts are a Scotchman's apology for indecent exposure.
Postmaster G E Jones reports a toy rat terrier born at his home on Saturday morning weighing two and three fourths ounces, using postal scales to verify. Two littermates weighed three and a half ounces each, prompting Jones to seek verification from a dog journal that a New York born pup of the same breed once held that title.
The Postville creamery issued a $502.50 check to Fred Kneeskern of Castalia for cream from his herd in June. Kneeskern owns 24 cows and 11 heifers and notes feeding steers nearly put him on the rocks.
The state of Iowa faces a movement to banish ugly billboards and garbage along highways. Advocates call for roadside trees and shrubs, citing Michigan's $50,000 highway planting program and efforts in Wisconsin Minnesota California and other states. Readers recall a scenic Dubuque to Stockton stretch with oaks elms and groves near the road.
July 30 marked the wedding of Miss Gladys McElroy and Mr. Alva Gray in Rudd Iowa the bride’s home town. Both graduated from U A with Gladys in 1927 and Alva in 1925. They will reside in Fayette where Gray teaches and coaches at the high school.
The paving crew has reached eight points between Bryantsburg and Independence just north of Robingon school house. The Ha selton to Bryantsburg section remains closed to traffic until the shoulder is completed, Fayette Leader reports.
An extract from a love letter home to a wife in France shows a sergeant requesting peace over nagging letters as he longs to endure the war. The note contrasts blunt truth with covert criticism and reflects on the mood of ex-service men seeking straightforward, honest talk.
Bailey Brothers move bakery equipment from Volga City to Arlington last week and plan opening in the DeBow building on Main Street South. They install a 100 leaf oven and power mixer and expect to be ready for business within a week with bread branded as B. B. B.
A late 1930s framed anecdote notes a little girl in a southern town during a Hoover era downturn praying that God take care of Himself because Hoover is failing and they would have no one to depend on, and her father says Hoover isn’t doing as well as expected.
A passenger asks a lady if she knows she is sitting on his hat and she quips she has sat on it for 25 years while reading ads to save money.
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