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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
4
Bio INTlE ADS 7 announces ad rates: up to 25 words cost 25 cents per insertion. For every word over 25, 1 cent per word applies. An extra 10 cent weekly handling charge may apply if replies are directed to this office.
A small note on a dog tag reads I'm Wimpy and I am lost Call Leslie K Hull Waverly Iowa The Australian Army seeks fit recruits five feet six inches or taller for service at home or overseas The town of Bath North Carolina incorporated 1705 has not grown since its charter a colonial minister supposedly cursed its growth
Edward J. Flynn longtime New York National Committeeman and Bronx leader has agreed to become campaign manager for President Franklin D Roosevelt seeking a third term. He will replace James A Farley as Democratic National Chairman on August 17 in Washington D C.
A circular court and a central circular pool define a charming garden by renowned landscape architect Robert Bruce Harris. A surrounding walk of orange River pea gravel, privet hedge, honey locust trees, and a flower bed of white petunias and larkspur completes the scheme with a white bloom motif.
Guides on arranging colorful plate meals using canned meats and garden produce, with ideas for pressed chicken sandwiches, succotash, hot foods, and desserts. Emphasizes a first floor laundry room near the kitchen to ease meal prep, canning, and storage, plus advice on oven temperature and chocolate melting.
Question from Ruby Simpson asks where to place a laundry room in a new house. Options include first floor off the kitchen or basement. Requesting recommendation for practical layout considerations.
Six 4 inch cake rounds toast under the broiler. Top with peach halves and sweetened whipped cream with orange rind. Serve six. A variation pipes whipped cream onto peaches. Another option toasting cake rounds at the table.
The report notes July hog marketings declined significantly compared with June. It also mentions limited progress in finding liquids to improve paints for exterior wood surfaces. Data from Iowa shows 18 counties harvested over 10,000 acres of soybeans last year, with all but 11 counties exceeding 500 acres.
Iowa State College guidance covers butterfat levels for ice cream, meat transport distances, and 4 H calves in good condition due to weather and feed. Hog price prospects hinge on demand, egg cooling methods, canning season, use of broken eggshells as poultry feed, and advice on painting farm buildings gray. Also advises early potato digging, storage, and minimizing sunscald risks.
Natives report luminous beetles at night in South America. In Iowa a 99 degree day led to two Anamosa men nearly freezing after being locked for 15 minutes in a 6 degree below zero freezing room at the Anamosa Farmers Creamery Co. Manager Hazel Smith freed them. Eyelash dye bans linked to the 1938 Pure Food law. Chariton hardware dealer questions “machine age” as customers buy shafts wagon sides and harness hooks. A bicycle collision injures 14 year old Cletus Pavelka in Belle Plaine when a tackle bucket traps the handlebars.
A Cedar Rapids spectator, Mrs. J. R. Beyer, was struck by a fast throw during a Mon ticello softball game featuringNddy Paper Co. players. She shattered glasses and cut eyelid, fainting as infielders resumed play. Fans quickly raised 6.20 to cover a replacement lens.
Four year old Susan Gilroy daughter of Mr and Mrs James Gilroy of Lost Nation faced a low hive swarm in a tree armed with a board. Neighbors and her father intervened and she escaped without stings in a bravely written Bee tale.
A collection of quick jokes and quips. A teacher jokes with Johnny about more jokes and after school. An ad notes home modernization costs with examples and free estimates. Humorous exchanges include a pedestrian driver joke and a prayer peep line.
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