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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1956
Page
8
Saintly and social notes from Illyria detail Sunday school at 10 15 a m worship at 11 15 a m and a membership training class at the parsonage. The Union World Day of Prayer is set for Friday at 8 p m at Elgin Methodist Church with various local guests mentioned.
Brainard News lists numerous weekend visitors and dinners. Families named include Boyers Peters Kerrs and G. Boyle visiting multiple homes in Waterloo Hawkeye West Union and Clermont. Pvt. Bob Peters reports from Honolulu en route to Japan.
Mr. and Mrs Bernard Lofts gard visited Thursday evening in the John Butikofer home. Mr. and Mrs Wm Torkelson were Sunday evening visitors there. Mr. and Mrs Elmer Frieden visited Thursday evening in the Bert Thoman home. Mr. and Mrs Elmer Frieden also attended with others.
A blend of one gallon of denatured alcohol with seven pounds of resin is brushed onto young trees to prevent rabbit damage. The note describes the protective method as a deterrent for herbivores likely to nibble bark and sap.
A dense inventory of farm machinery and supplies including McCormick-Deering tractors and implements such as an 8 ft tandem disk a 2-16 Little Genius Plow a hay loader a grain drill a 240 corn planter with fertilizer and wire an 80 rod section of fence two wagons and corn binder hay rack hammermills belts scales seeders and assorted tools plus John Deere tractors end gate seeder wood saws and a long list of smaller items many on rubber tires with barrels posts and feed equipment all described as in buyer ready condition with items too numerous to mention.
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