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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1942
Page
3
A short notice notes a member affiliated with both the Towa Press Association and the National Editorial Association, indicating professional membership or affiliation within journalism circles. No further details on roles or activities are provided.
Roy Biffert files in Fayette County District Court to quiet title to large Fayette County parcels. The complaint lists numerous named defendants and spouses and describes multiple tracts in Sections 1 35 and 36 Town 94 95 North Range 7 West. Case seeks absolute title free of liens asserting ten years open adverse possession and asks for judgment if defendants fail to appear by September 14 1942.
Campaigns for governor and lieutenant governor teams lean on oratorical showdowns. Herring plans a brief late push, while Wilson avoids early campaign talk. Hickenlooper and Kraschel, seasoned exponents, expected to carry party rhetoric as the race intensifies.
Richard Allen (1760–1831) was the founding bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church, a pivotal leader in early Black church and civil rights history.
The Cerro Azul No. 4 oil well in the Tux tam region of Mexico is believed to be the largest, with reports of production reaching as much as 260000 barrels in a single day.
The lake Ladoga is Europe’s largest by area about 7000 square miles. Known as Laatokka to Finns and Ozero Ladozhskoye by Russians, the body of water sits wholly within the U.S.8.R. and spans a history of cultural designation.
Detroit health authorities experiment with an X ray device using 4 by 5 inch films to cut examination costs for tuberculosis. The anti tuberculosis campaign is hailed as one of the nation's best efforts.
The column covers nucleus methods for requeening bees, waste in Iowa truck use, lily bulb planting in August, culling non layers in poultry to protect egg production, and the Food for Freedom program. It advises evaluating plow clearance and adjusting threshers for soybean harvests while offering tips on equipment setup and field efficiency.
Instructions describe removing concaves from a threshing machine, inserting blank concaves or a hardwood plank as a substitute, and reducing operating speed to about half to prevent splitting of beans. Feeding the thresher slowly is recommended to improve process.
A monochromatic color scheme suits a dining room with mahogany furniture. Walls and woodwork in straw color, a golden tan carpet, and old gold chair coverings complete the refined look.
Guidance states pasture rye should be sown at about 6 pecks per acre to establish a productive cover crop.
Iceland taps volcanic hot water to heat Reykjavik offices and homes, piping geothermal water from multiple volcanoes into the city for heating needs.
The trestle connecting Ogden and Lucia Utah spans Great Salt Lake and is the longest railroad bridge in the world. For 12 miles the road follows a trestle and then for 18 miles it runs on a foundation built upon beds of salt.
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