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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
4
In a famine year when hundreds died, Lake Naratus cast out huge batches of fish along both shores for ten days, the event saving locals from starvation among Lithuanians who held the lake in high regard.
Agricultural notes from Iowa discuss darker barns reducing flies, timely digging of potatoes, and hog prices easing this fall. Farmers are urged to prune old raspberry canes, test adapted red clover and alfalfa, and care for apple crops despite national declines. Watering hens during heat, burning residues, and soil organic matter loss are warned. Light weight oats and poultry egg markets show potential profits, while chemical weed control favors evening or cloudy days. Rural youths plan a five day Know Town tour starting Aug 15 from Iowa City, visiting parks and historical sites.
A two day trip in northeastern Iowa called the Switzerland of Iowa will visit the first settlement and the first school building, then culminate with a 30 mile Mississippi boat trip. The journey will be conducted by chartered buses visiting educational institutions and industrial sites.
Farm Bureau notes Fayette County dairymen organized the fourth cowtesting association to be Fayette No 2. Emil Wegner Randalia elected president Archie Schroeder Clermont named vice president Karl Miller Elgin secretary treasurer Directors include Noel Campbell Hawkeye and Walter Plaht Clermont Local members signing on include Rad Miller Elgin Archie Schroeder Walter Plaht Melvin Anderson Clermont Guy S Whitford Volga A J Mendenhall Arlington Lloyd Bigler and E C Brandt Postville.
The county Home Project committee met at the home of Mrs. Will King in Scott township on Aug. 3 with county chairwoman Mrs. K. J. Kerr in charge. Plans were made to exhibit at the county fair, featuring the fireplace display by Westfield township on Achievement day. A county Women's Chorus was discussed and a survey planned in each township to gauge interest. It was decided Fayette county would host a Home Project exhibit at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo.
Fayette county farmers and families have utilized the state fair camp ground in past years and plan to do so again. Mrs. H.R. Young of Arlington will take 4-H club girls to the fair and use the camp. Tent space is free, with rental of tents and equipment available on site.
A person found guilty of horse stealing for a third time faced the 1809 Ohio General Assembly provision. The offender endured ear cropping, a $1000 fine, and prior offenses carried whipping at the post, with prohibitions on public office juror and testimony.
Hi Ho, a Chinatown sage, observes that truth does not always inspire applause as people cheer for clever phrasing or vocal tricks rather than factual merit. He cautions against equating loud reception with real value.
The claim argues time proves Earth is curved not flat noting that if Earth were flat the sun would set simultaneously across the land. It emphasizes the role of differing sunset times as evidence supporting a spherical Earth.
Local Elgin residents hosted guests from Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Wisconsin while others traveled to La Grange Missouri Jowa City to attend summer school visit relatives and attend a Swiss festival in New Glarus. Plans include a three week vacation for Rev P F Zoschke and wife with return by Sept 2 and bringing Charlotte Tebbe back after a visit in Zion Illinois.
Mrs. K. E. Mork hosted a Clermont park picnic on Sunday August 7 with attendees including Mr and Mrs Chris Anderson and family Mrs Wm Nelson and family Mrs Almer Leo Nelson and family Mr and Mrs Almer Anderson and family Mr and Mrs Henry Mork and family Mr and Mrs Abel Mork and family Mr and Mrs Kenneth Mork and family Mrs Walter Imbhoke and family Mr and Mrs Melvin Olson Mr and Mrs Paul Liddle and Orvin Thompson.
A man paid fourteen dollars at the Echo shop on Tuesday for the Luchsingers, Peter and Mrs. Luchsinger, boosting their subscription credit to January 1, 1946. The donation extends their lead as the farthest paid ahead Echo subscribers, and the shop thanks them.
The Baptist Mission Society met last Wednesday with Mrs. Fred Draeger at Hawkeye. Vice president Mrs. Zaschke presided in the president's absence. Devo tions were led by Mrs. Frieda Etter and Mrs. Rudy Yunker. Mrs. Anna Buser read mission papers. Rev. Zaschke spoke briefly. Hostesses were Mrs. Draeger, Mrs. Herman Scheel, Mrs. John Luchsinger, and Mrs. Elmer Pinney Sr.
An interior of a single story frame house at Oelwein owned by Eart Cook and occupied by the Lyle Rogers family was destroyed by a kerosene stove explosion Friday while the family was away. The item notes that politics and garbage removal are dirty businesses.
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