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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
8
Local residents and families share hospital check ups visits and home stays across La Crosse Wisconsin and nearby towns. Numerous names including Christen Mason Dennler Muehlenthaler and Dennler families appear with visits to Roscoe Larson Jiles Hicks and the Elkader hospital among others.
Slater, the Ben Dennler, Levi Frieden and Walter Lehman families and Mrs. Frank Christen ate a picnic dinner and were sightseeing at McGregor Sunday. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Thos Pollock and family, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dennler, Mrs. Christ Dennler, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Schroeder and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schneider, Mr. and Mrs. H J Peters of Cedar Rapids, spent Saturday, night and Sunday in the Martin Wenger home. Supper guests there Sunday evening were, Mr. and Mrs. H J Peters, Lena Wenger of Cedar Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wenger of Strawberry Point, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wenger and Alan.
Recap of visitors and arrivals across Stewartville Cedar Rapids Fayette and nearby towns. Donna Medberry returned from Stewartville after five weeks with the Richard Grover family. Numerous guests called at homes of Jomes Martin Wenger Ogle and others during the weekend and weeklong visits. Several families and individuals travel from Chicago Davenport and Dubuque to visit relatives, with dinners and suppers noted at multiple homes.
Dozens of families and relatives were listed as hosts and guests across the area. Visitors included Ellen Hunsberger Anna Kimball Ruth Rothlisberger Otis Rothlisberger and Irene Smith with the Edwin Loftsgard family, and Jim Fox with his family at the Donald Page home. Others lodged with Ossian and Fayette area residents as varied as Fort Wayne and Clermont. The long parade of dinners, suppers, and Sunday visits depicts a tight knit community sharing time at many homes and parks Sunday.
Eldon Navy of Lockridge Iowa reports selling hogs fed on Big Gain Mineral Stock Food car corn and water from weaning. The pigs four days under six months weighed 247 pounds and topped the market. Gehring of Elgin endorses Big Gain Mineral Stock Food as unbeatable for profits.
Gunder News records a series of Sunday and midweek visits among local families. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Boffard and family of Elkader dined with the Gottfred Kurth household. The Loftsgards and Andersons visited the Olson home. Elmer Franck and Harold, with others from Chicago and Monona, visited Vern Hupfer. L Myra was a guest in T J Olsen’s home.
A fragment mentions the Ole Leftsgard home and Mrs. Gunda Olson visiting on Monday. It notes Costa Rica as a peaceful nation with exports in coffee tropical fruits and hardwoods and cattle raising, highlighting the country as having more teachers than soldiers.
Legumes offer higher protein and mineral content than grasses alone and supply nitrogen to support healthy grass growth, improving overall forage quality.
The steel industry consumed 28,337,000 tons of limestone last year, reflecting demand and production scale across major mills. This figure highlights limestone’s critical role in steelmaking, with implications for mining, transport, and pricing dynamics in early reporting period.
A small number of the 160 chicken varieties are utilized in specialized commercial poultry farming, reflecting selective breeding and market needs.
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