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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1938
Page
3
A brief exhortation urges motorists to signal their intentions clearly when slowing down or turning and to follow through with the action. It notes signals vary by locality, but the core message remains universal for preventing accidents. The piece emphasizes setting a courteous, predictable example to improve road safety.
In Richmond California WPA workers Ben H Jones and his wife Mrs Jones were involved in a collision while driving cars in the city. Mrs Jones drove the other vehicle and later had her husband summoned to court on a charge of driving while intoxicated.
W A Foster explains that good insulation saves fuel within three years in farm or city residences. Insulation types include fills, flexible blankets, rigid boards, porous cast materials, and reflectors. Mineral fiber insulation resists heat and pests, while other materials vary in fireproofing and durability. Proper insulation keeps homes warm in winter and cool in hot weather, supporting year round comfort.
The South Dakota Agricultural Experiment station reports five years of work comparing calcium sources for laying hens. No significant production differences were found among oyster shell, clam shell, chalkstone, Black Hills limestone, and dolomitic limestone. Without added calcium, egg production and shell strength drop. added calcium is essential for maximum production. Added calcareous materials can stimulate oviduct calcium secretion within 24 hours after feeding if previously denied.
One of the most valuable shipments of breeding stock ever exported from the United States consisted of 65 pedigreed chickens sent to Japan during the past summer.
The Japanese silky is an ancient breed originating in Japan with early ties to China. Primarily raised for exhibitions, hens now appear on game farms and show strong aptitude for incubating quail. They are valued for calm temperament and reliable breeding in poultry tasks.
Lamb Foxnil Royal 116, a switchdown shearling ram, traveled to Buenos Aires with Argentine rancher ownership. Purchased in Fingland for $150, the lamb’s passage cost more, a special top deck home was built, and a groom attended constantly. Insurance on Foxhill Royal 116 stood at $800.
Sectional basketball bids ignite West Union as Oelwein and Stanley lead in A and B classes. Fayette’s midget squad surge tests Maynard. key matches include Oelwein vs West Union and Elgin vs Clermont, Hawkeye challenging Stanley. Fans urged to attend nightly sessions as doors open an hour before play.
Kappa Zeta Zeta with Mrs. Margaret Koenig of Des Moines Iowa directs a fund to aid students pursuing a business education. Eligibility requires high school graduation with honor standing or top third ranking. Limited 1938 aid available for students to attend a junior college or private business school.
A Minnesota relief board ruled that recipients on relief must not spend money for beer. The policy prompts taxpayer complaints over families long on county aid and still buying beer despite relief constraints. Mr and Mrs E A Mclree returned to West Union from a two month west coast trip via Inspiration New Mexico Louisiana and the Mississippi river route. Union L Bockenstedt bought the West Union city farm east of the disposal plant for 100 dollars an acre after a previous sale related to damages caused by the plant and partial sale to a golf course.
Mason City Iowa February 21 Evangelist A Waltrip enters the eighteenth day of a fund drive aimed at raising $10 000 to complete Radio Chapel The Most Unique Church in the World in Mason City The church is incorporated undenominational and resembles a modern airplane hangar It will feature a disappearing pulpit an electric organ a hymn projection screen a radio broadcasting studio and air conditioning Last fall Waltrip completed about ten days of preaching and $5 000 was subscribed to the effort.
The WPA has allocated 85 867 dollars to fund a study on the value of tourist trade to Florida. The remark notes the broad scope of potential WPA projects across states and industries, suggesting wide, perhaps impractical, applicability.
Congress met in Philadelphia and ordered the printing in 1782 of the first English Bible in the United States, marking a landmark in early American religious and printing history.
The Gur Senatorial Moralist Herring blasts the radio review board amid claims he is a top state moralist. Observers say insiders view the affair with a broad grin as the skit by Mac Weat provokes little personal protest.
Several incense formulae list benzoin gum alibanum styrax balsam and powdered cascarilla bark. The molded powder variant uses these ingredients with minor variations.
A fragmented OCR note mentions a pin pricking someone named Tyg, linking a prick to a wave metaphor. The readable text is unclear on event, date, or location and lacks identifiable organizations or people beyond the odd phrasing.
Justice Stanley Reed swore in the new ambassador at the White House last week as President Roosevelt presided. Joseph P. Kennedy and Justice Kennedy attended with Paul V. McNutt, the high commissioner to the Philippines, returning to Indiana for conferences on his political future. The ceremony included McNutt’s wife Katherine, daughter Louise, and Captain Petro Bulan of the Philippine army in Banetoc Mt. Province, P I.
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