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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1952
Page
4
Hog owners should feed new corn as it nears maturity for higher feed value. Well dented corn provides adequate dry matter for good gains, though moisture remains above 30 percent. Feed daily to hogs in the lot, gradually introducing new corn in a dry lot with oats and old corn for 2 to 3 days to avoid digestive upset.
In Webb, Mary Ann Crowe and Wesley Larson's wedding was postponed after both contracted polio. The note adds a context about farm electrification trends in the last decade, mentioning U.S. farms with electricity having more than doubled.
Black female fox terrier named Penny is missing. Finder should contact Clermont at 40R3 or call 520 for details. A Rust colored winter coat and writing tips are advertised in Elgin Echo. Free Avalon show tickets offered by Lester Luchsinger in Clermont. Late summer gardening practices for hardy perennials discussed.
The state board reports acute staffing shortages at Anamosa and Fort Madison prisons and other institutions. Anamosa needs 25 guards, Fort Madison about 45, with turnover driven by salary scales and private industry drawing workers from low paid posts.
Raymond Miller of Oakland Minnesota entered a trio of Southdown lambs in the FFA sheep show at the Minnesota State Fair from August 23 to September 1. He won the grand championship with the trio in the FFA competition. the fair included dairy and beef cattle, market and breeding stock, and sheep in a four day exhibition from August 29 to September 1.
John Oosetenik of Hull and three others were burning gasoline to kill bees while cutting a hollow tree. The can exploded as they attempted to obtain honey, leaving Oosetenik badly burned.
The column explains two types of calf scours infectious and non infectious. It notes infectious scours or white scours comes from common germs and mainly affects calves under one month. It advises veterinarians, isolation, cleaning, balanced feed, clean bedding, and timely serum after birth, with careful feeding to prevent outbreaks.
In Hancock county J J Cook serves as mayor of Goodell while his brother Virgil heads nearby Klemme. The pair hold neighboring leadership roles within a few miles, illustrating a rare familial political alignment across two towns.
A man boasts to strangers as his hunting dog unexpectedly points at one guest. A druggist complains about a late night call while a bystander quips about soda and water. A U S Navy ensign flirts at a party and a hunter shows trophies to visitors while a legal query sparks chatter. The fragments reflect casual social snippets from a 19th or early 20th century scene.
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