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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
4
Five Tined Fork Found Embedded in Oak Tree
A farmer near Wautoma Wisconsin found a five tine fork lodged in an oak, captured in a Special CFI photo by Emil Pearson. Mystery surrounds how the fork grew into the tree, possibly swallowed when the tree was a sapling. Delbert Bigalk, 23, of Cresco, has trapped 56 foxes through Dec 20, 1939, using up to 15 traps within a 2.5 mile radius of his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wautoma
Wis
Emil
Cresco
Delbert Bigalk
Milk Magic and Quick Fruit Salads for Daily Health
The piece extols milk as the perfect daily staple and offers quick fruit based drinks and shakes. It promotes fruit milk shakes and fruit juice mixed with cold milk, noting adults and children need milk for bone and heart function. It also debunks myths, encourages mixing milk with fruit, and suggests no-fattening benefits while endorsing dairy in meals.
Rural missions conference set at Iowa State College
A rural missions conference will be held at Iowa State College on February 23 and 24. Other notes cover the 1939 lamb crop near 32 million head, sweet clover as a key increasing legume, canned vegetable stock levels, and Farm Security Administration tax repayments by 5,600 Iowa farm families. The report also notes tractor tire life, dairy cattle breeding methods, national farm debt at 7 billion dollars, swine erysipelas trends, and seed oats shortages in eastern and southern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Credit Adjustment Service
Farm Security Administration
Iowa
P. G. Beck
FSA
Letter From Out-of-Towner Mrs Yenney Hearts Echo Dept
An out-of-towner Mrs M R Yenney of Huron South Dakota writes she is very interested in the Echo's new department. She thanks the publisher for the feature and sends congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Yenney
Huron, S. D
The
Echo
Lemon Sponge Cups and Upside Down Date Pudding Recipe
A Huron reader shares two easy desserts. Lemon Sponge Cups mix sugar flour salt butter lemon juice and egg yolks with milk and whipped egg whites then bake in custard cups. Upside Down Date Pudding layers dates nuts and brown sugar with water and butter, baked until sponge is done.
Pleasant Point Club Meets At Nydegger Home
Pleasant Point Study club gathered at Mr and Mrs Fred Nydegger Jr on Friday evening February 16 Lois Feller presented Life of Bach and a discussion on Points in Business Women Should Know highlighted common problems women face in banking deeds wills and life insurance Also noted the precaution to take in writing a check
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Point
Fred Nydegger, Jr
Lois Feller
Bach
Community meeting discusses banking plans and welfare topics
Endorsing checks and a husband wife joint account were discussed. A short playlet illustrated the need for a will and life insurance. Health pamphlets on tuberculosis, syphilis, and gonorrhea were distributed. After lunch and chat, the meeting adjourned.
Second Largest Congo River Fact Explained
The Congo River ranks as the world’s second largest by discharge after the Amazon. Its vast flow traverses central Africa, shaping ecosystems and supporting communities along its course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Congo River
Amazon
Peacock squad honors nineteen with gold footballs
Coach John Dorman of Upper Town University presented gold footballs to nineteen men at a Friday chapel service for 1939 Peacock squad members. The team elected James Buell of Centerville as captain for next season. Buell will be a Peacock senior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dorman
Upper
Town University
Peacock
James Buell
Centerville
Jimmies
Coffee Grounds Oil Science Founds New Refining Uses
A study shows coffee grounds can yield oil suitable for refining sugar and other processes. The approach aims to repurpose waste into valuable inputs, potentially reducing waste and expanding bio-based product options.
Paint that gleams and keeps its sparking glow
An advertisement style dialogue extols a brand of durable paint for spring decorating while promoting consumer savings. It blends quotes about taste and daily life with a salesman’s invitation to discuss plans, noting many new building materials and the lack of obligation to buy.
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Hans Grether
Delos Home Lighting Plant
Clermont Brick & Sand Co
Clermont
Felfer
West Elgin
Green Box
Gale Wood
R. P. Strauch
Center Street
Geo. Schrampfer
Clemmont
Charles Hoffman
D. J. Raftis
Oelwein
C. B. Schori
Schorin& Kuster Lbr, Co
Fred Rothlivberner & Son
Kansas City
A. M. Weibed
Feller's Hardware
Weibel Mill Co
Jack Shaffer
R. W. Shaffer
Fredericksburg
Telegraph-Herald
Elgin Echo
Waters and Thompson Auctioneers
West Union
Leo Wendland
Hawkeye
West Union Rendering Works
Federal Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States
Mrs. Yenney
Pleasant Point Club
Farmer's Cars
An. Lowa
R. P. Strauch, Elgin, Ag’t
Employer’s Mutual Casualty Co
Largest Casualty Co
Geli
Confucius
Takeo
Schori & Kusterler. CO
Elgin, Iowa
Mike & Ike
Mike
Ike
FELCO
Elgin Farmers Coop
Knight
Asat
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