Iowa Farm Bulletin Highlights 4-H Lambs and Hog Projects
December farming notes discuss storage reductions, winter feeding, and hay for hens. 450 Iowa 4-H members to show and sell lambs in January at six locations. Advice covers watering cows, well safety, oats for sluggish cows, soil moisture measures for yield estimates, and pork curing timing. 446 swine producers join a multi-county project as meetings draw 292 attendees despite bad roads. Iowa State College economists foresee lower fall pig crop prices but improved returns due to cheaper feed amid a favorable hog outlook.
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Towa
State College
United States Bureau of Agriculture
Real Estate Transfers in Elgin Area Reported
W J Rogers abstract office items show Frances Locke to Elizabeth Hadd with fractional interest in Hunsberger's add to Elgin. Wilma Kohls and husband to Elizabeth Hadd and Rosa Hadd Bailey to Elizabeth Hadd all for $1 and partial interests. Elizabeth Hadd to Elmer L Pinney Jr for $450 in Hunsberger's add to Elgin. Want ads invite quick buys sells or trades.
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W. J. Rogers’ Abstract Office
Frances Locke
Elizabeth Hadd
Hunsberger
Elgin
Wilma Kohls
Rosa Hadd Bailey
Elmer L. Pinney, Jr
Cupid Busy as 1937 Pare a Close
A wedding notice notes plans for a couple to start a new home on a farm near Clermont. A shower dance at the Elgin Opera House honored the couple with gifts, and Mr and Mrs Larson left Sunday for a western town visit to relatives and friends.
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Clermont
Elgin Opera House
Larson
Radloff Jacobia wedding at St Pauls Postville
Lillian Radloff daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Radloff near Postville wed Mile Jacobia son of Mr and Mrs Ray Jacobia on December 22 at St Pauls Lutheran church Postville. Attendants were Carol Jacobia and Elmer Radloff. A wedding dinner followed at the bride’s home and a reception at Turner hall. The couple will reside on the Jacobin farm south of Postville.
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Lillian Radloff
Henry Radloff
Postville
Mile Jacobia
Ray Jacobia
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Carol Jacobia
Elmer Radlof
Turner Hall
Christmas Visiting With Elgin Families in Towns
Numerous Elgin residents and relatives gathered for Christmas visits, dinners, and homecomings. Names include Schricker, Anderson, Yearous, Larson, Falk, Christianson, Miller, Grove, Stewart, Morris, Falk, Baechler, Matthys, Baumgartner, Feller, DeSart, Tripp, Doan, and Wilson. Some traveled from LeRoy, Buffalo Center, Elkader, Independence, Janesville, Moorhead, and Waukegan. Little want ads sell big things as well as small ones. Try one.
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Ern Baechler
Melbert
Mary
Wm. Kohls
Clarence Kohls
Joan
Mary Matthys
Lena Baumgartner
Myrlin Feller
Kay
Moorhead
Elgin
Independence
Dale DeSart
John Falb
H. W. Palb
G. H. Falb
W. C. Falb
E. L. Morrin
Jean
John Falk
Postville
Ziba Tripp
Mary ‘Lou
Janesville
Wis
T. W. Dean
Tripp
Paul Doan
Mararet
Waukegan
Ill
T. W. Doan
Clifton Wilson
Christmas Visitor Notes and Family Trips in Local Homes
Gladys Yesrous is home with mumps. Frank Boyle and family spent Christmas with Anna Boyle in West Union and will winter with George and William Boyle families after moving from the farm. Relatives from Wisconsin and Minnesota arrive for visits, including LeRoy Burrow and Eli Habeger, plus Marion Lehman from St Paul. Several Grether and Keiser relatives visit or plan winter stays with Iowa families. A Des Moines student, Helen Dummermuth, returns for holidays before resuming school. Sale bills at the Echo office.
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Gladys Yesrous
Frank Boyle
Anna Boyle
West Union
Dickens
Hawkeye
Alfred Ruckdaschel
Erma Grether
Iowa City
Hans Grether
George
William Boyle
LeRoy Burrow
Janesville
Wis
Eli Habeger
Milton Junation
Marion Lehman
St. Paul
Mary Keiser
Chicago
Harry Keiser
Farwell Ave
Margaret Grimm
John Grimm
Will Frieden
Elmer Frieden
Gona
IL. C
Spectacular Oil Fire at Rockfield Well in El Segundo
A night fire at the Rockfield Oil Company gasser in El Segundo California sent flames 200 feet high and released over 100 million cubic feet of natural gas. Petroleum workers watching the well fled to safety as mud and rock sprayed for 24 hours. Loss is estimated at $100,000.
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el Segundo
Calif
Rockfield Oi Company
Christmas Dinner Guests Fill Monona Family Homes
Mr and Mrs George Cook and sons and Mrs Carrie Larson shared Christmas with Mr and Mrs Perry Larson. Lenton Dyke and Cile Dyke from West Union joined Emil Chitt in Monona for the holiday. Anna Rennison from Princeton returned Thursday for the vacation with Celia Rennison. Mrs Soren Sorenson and daughter Gladys of Rochester Minn visited Elmer and Mrs Pinney for Christmas.
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George Cook
Carrie Larson
Perry Larson
Lenton Dyke
Weat Union
Cile Dyke
Emil Chitt
Monona
Anna Rennison
Princeton
Celia Rennison
Soren Sorenson
Gladys
Rochester
Minn
Elmer Pinney
Dragonflies Move Backward and Sideways Without Turning Body
Dragonflies can fly backward and sideways while keeping their bodies steady. They use rapid wing motions to control direction and hover with precision, enabling agile maneuvers in crowded airspace.
Illness and social visits in Decorah households
Mm Sem Boleyn has been confined to her bed the past week with a severe case of tonsillitis. Mrs Julian Olson and Vernon, Florence and Viola of Decorah were dinner guests Monday in the Donald Gilson home. Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnson of Waterloo visited Friday through Sunday with her parents, Mr and Mrs Alfred Ruckdaschel.
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Sem Boleyn
Julian Olson
Vernon
Florence and
Viola
Decorah
Donald Gilson
Ernest Johnson
Waterloo
Alfred Ruckdaschel
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Want
Echo Shop
Clarence Kirkeberg
Peter, Luchsinger
Echo Office
Echo
Albert Butikefer
Angle A
Elgin Furniture
The
West Union Rendering Works
Iowa 4-H Club
Iowa
Iowa State College
Carter
Cupid
Eriggs
Mrs. J. Schricker
Pete Anderson
Mae
George Anderson
Jacob Yesrous
R. F. Strauch
R. A. Crider
Hutchinson
Elgin State Bank
Henry H. Wolf, M. D
Rea
Elgin, Iowa
TZ Take
Schori Bros
Ulauness
Torkelson Bros
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