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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1929
Page
4
In this column rates are 1c per word weekly when prepaid. 7 1/2c per line otherwise, with a 25c minimum. Ads include For Sale items like a Buckeye incubator and milking machines. Lost tire chain near Elgin. Sales Books by McCasky Crosby-Wirth. and office supplies. Listings also mention Get your Webster's dictionary and Globe ranges sold at Feller's Hardware in Elgin.
George and Johnnie Howard spent Wednesday in West Union. Mrs Lena Buhr returned Thursday to Sumner after visiting here weeks in the Kohls homes. Mrs John Luchsinger called on Ed Lehman. Robert Wilson left Friday for Boscobel Wisconsin to attend a relative funeral. George Howard and family spent Sunday with the John Howard home. Ben Brabham and family visited George Hyde. Mr and Mrs Ed Boyle and Mr and Mrs Harold Bennett were visitors Saturday evening at L W Reed. Reuben Howard spent Friday at Peters home. Fay Brabham visited Elizabeth Schupbach in Elgin. Mabel Brummond attended a teachers meeting at Oelwein. Mr and Mrs Silas Wilson and son and Mrs Clyde King visited C Wilson near Wadena Sunday. Lyle Wilson and daughter Barbara Ann ill last week. Mrs Enos Howard spent weekend at Jack Shaffer caring for a pneumonia baby. Harold Strong spent Saturday in Wadena. Herbert Dummermuth and family visited Conner home in Elgin.
Numerous items are listed including rutabagas cabbage celery lettuce bananas apples and navel oranges at 26 cents per dozen. The note urges residents to clear snow and ice from sidewalks and praises early efforts. C. 3 Kniel.
Elmer Finney, previously in charge, will handle sawing duties at 14 to 16 cents. Clermont town postmaster warns readers the late Dubuque Telegraph-Herald edition may miss some subscribers due to delivery on the same Chicago mail train. Mrs. Melvin Nyborg visits relatives near Gunder this week.
An editorial from The Form Journal discusses how gardens now support health and enjoyment, not just budget. It notes vegetables provide roughage minerals and vitamins, urges daily servings of at least two vegetables beyond potatoes or beans, and highlights diversified crops from greens to fruits and small fruits.
The white pine blister rust endangers forests as it spreads from currants and gooseberries to pines. The disease, worsened by susceptible black currant cultivation, could curb timber supply. Canada’s Dominion Department of Agriculture released a circular detailing the rust, its effects, and proposed control measures.
The guide describes nasal catarrh as a difficult sheep disease and advises clean dry housing. It suggests cleaning nostrils with absorbent cotton and boracic acid, then pouring boric acid solution into each nostril followed by a camphorated oil tincture mix administered into the nostrils.
Agricultural tips discuss bee hive protection from mice and proper entrance screening. Guidance covers ewe feeding before lambing, odor control, and maintaining strong feeding programs. Notes U S food supply growth outpacing population, and importance of clean pastures for pigs and the benefit of yellow corn vitamins for animal development. Emphasizes breeding for uniform growth and desirable chick quality.
Elkader residents host and visit kin and neighbors across Illyria with list of weekend callers and guests. Names include Klingman Yearous Hunsberger Frieden Canine Rothlisberger Hanson and several Frieden families among others in Elgin Chelses Clermont Wadena and Arling ton with multiple Sunday gatherings and birthday celebrations.
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