Free show tickets at Avalon weekend featuring Sierra Sue
Cornelius Reierson of Ri Elgin may obtain two courtesy tickets by calling the Echo office for the double feature at the Avalon this weekend. The bill includes Sierra Sue and Unexpected Uncle. Also advertised are harness supplies from Feller's Hardware West Elgin and a rental notice for a five room apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Reierson
Elgin
Echo Office
the Avalon
Sierra Sue
Jimmy Durante
Joseph Olson
Postville
Avalon
Jimmy
Shirley
Sshirley Temple
Kathleen
Jwe
Floyd Frieden
Echo
Homemakers Creed Shared At Westfield Meeting
Miss Masters, H D A, presented Phase 3 Seasonable Plans for Year Around Food Supply to thirty three ladies of Westfield and Illyria townships at Mrs Louis Kiel home on Friday Feb 6. The lesson covered diet for each family member and food preparation ideas with focus on fruit and vegetables quantities cereals use for economy and accessibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Kiel
How Safe Is Your Home Topic Discussed By Club
The discussion on safety covered the topic How Safe is Your Home with ideas and statistics noting the home as a dangerous place after the highway. Music study was planned for the year with several pieces sung and played. A luncheon was served at noon and Phase 4 lessons will be held at Mrs Gable in Fayette on March 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Gable
Fayette
Lulu Rothlisberger
Pub
Chro
January Report of Dairy Herd Improvement Assas
January report shows 403 cows on test across 25 herds in D H I A No 2 with 331 milking and 72 dry. Average milk 660 pounds and fat 26.2 pounds. Ewald Brandt leads with 1160 pounds milk and high fat, 16 cows milking. Other top herds include Karl Miller Elgin 907 pounds milk and 33.9 fat, and Wm Kohls Elgin high milking short horn at 1057 pounds and 40.2 fat. Fifty six cows over 40 fat, nineteen over 50 fat, seven over 60, and two over 70 fat.
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Ewald Brandt
Postville
Karl Miller
Elgin
Carl Hackmann
Wm. Kohls
Edwin Chenswold
West Union
Jerseys
Anbie Schroeder
Clermont
Jerry Spencer
Kenneth J. Kerr
Olson & Estey
Tom Hanson
Glass floats from Japanese nets wash up on Oregon coast
Reedsport Oregon reports thousands of hollow glass balls used as net floats by Japanese longline fishermen have washed ashore along the Oregon coast. The balls likely broke from nets and drifted thousands of miles via the Pacific current, with a large example found at Winchester Bay near the Umpqua River mouth.
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Reedsport
Oregon
Fred M. Wright
Japan
Oregon Coast
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Winchester Bay
Umpqua River
Holstein Herd Records in Clermont and Elgin
The report lists Holstein cows owned by Irving Deering of Clermont yielding 1721 tbs milk and 86.1 lbs fat, and Milking Short horn owned by E O Wagner of Elgin yielding 1110 lbs milk and 46.6 tbs fat. Seventy seven cows exceeded 40 lbs fat while 34 surpassed 50 lbs, 11 over 60 lbs, and 9 over 700 lbs fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Deering
Clermont
E. O. Wagner
Elgin
Elgin Local News Briefs Highlight Community Visitors
A. P. Lehman has been confined to his home in recent days. Albert Schori made a business visit in Des Moines Tuesday. Mrs. G. J. Mosby and daughters with Mrs. Walter Durscher and Neva visited in Delwein Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Schori with Betty and Ben visited the Kenneth Meyer home at Calmar Sunday. Floyd Reeves and wife welcomed a 11 pound boy born Wednesday at the Postville hospital. Ole Torkelson is the boy’s great grandfather.
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A. P. Lehman
Albert Schori
Des Moines
G. J. Mosby
Walter Durscher
Neva
Delwein
C. B. Schori
Betty
Ben
Kenneth Meyer
Calmar
Floyd Reeves
Postville Hospital
Ole Torkelson
Belmond Fort Sited After Spirit Lake News
Fort Belmond in Iowa was built in 1857 on the heights west of the Iowa river after Spirit Lake massacre reports. Early settlers joined a relief expedition, while the town urged defense bonds and stamps as a national call to support Uncle Sam’s finance.
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Fort Belmond
Iowa
Belmond
Iowa River
Spirit Lake
U. S. Defense
Local Musing on Conservation And Home Repair
A fragmented page segment highlights conservation, avoidance of waste, and urges planning ahead for repairs and remodeling to reserve materials. It includes casual dialogue about everyday life, a sketched scene of Pat watching a telescope, and a pitch for Mule-Hide roofing materials for barns and houses.
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Want
Dial
Lawrence Gehring
Torkeson Bros
IHC
Sargent
Capper
Baker
Baker's
Keokuk
Walter Haigh
Manchester
Torkelson Bros
JHC Farm Machinery
Capper's Hatchery
R. C. Valentine
Light Co. Bldg
Marshalltown
Gander
Orvin Thompson
Independence Produce Station
Udga
O'Neill Drug Co
Copper’s Hatchery
Fred E. Kohler
Grain Criff
Kenneth Hellum
St. Ola
Vyachos
Suis
Cupper's Hatchery
Feller's Hardware
West Elgin
Mulford
Mary Cook
Kiple's Service Station
Fel Jer's Hardware
Victor
Davenport
Geo. H. Falk
Carl Schori
Mel Kohler
Elgin Clothes Shop
Elmer
Wunstep Duzzil
Elgin Oil Company
SWAN
O'Neill _Drug Store
Elgin, Iowa
Town Homemaker’s Creed
Ghostley Poultry Farm
Anoka
Minn
Capper’s Hatchery
Middle West
Traised
Lehman’s Hdw
Farmers Coop
Pat
Shure
Gwendolyn
Schori & Kuster Lbr. CO
Mr. Farmer
Agricultural Records
Echo-Enterprise
Echo- Enterprise
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