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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1929
Page
4
The column lists classified notices and ads with pricing: 1c per word per week if prepaid, 7 1/2c per line otherwise, minimum 25c. Items include cattle, seed oats and barley, a frame house, pullets, milking machines, and office supplies. Names include Andrew Dummermuth, L. C. Reierson, Harry Bisbing, Mabel Holzer, Torkelson Bros. Local vendors advertise seeds, farming goods, and fixtures in Elgin Iowa with pricing and ordering notes.
The Cheery Valley column records a flurry of weekend and Sunday visits across local households. Families such as Barske, Christen, Friederich, Hanson, Dennler, and Miller host and visit relatives and friends from Elkader to West Union, with hospital, school, and bank notes and at least one local employee moving jobs.
F R Berg filed information with the county attorney accusing a Mr Crummer of Waterloo of obtaining money by fraud. He solicited Elgin business houses for advertising space on a church calendar, took advance payment, but calendars were never received. Several locals were stung while others got refunds before the solicitor left town. Use the want ads for results.
Enoch Mork hosted a dinner at the K. E. Mork home in Elgin. Various residents, including Emil Gulsvig and Tom Landsgard, conducted business in Elkader and Elgin. Neighbors attended quilting bees, visits to relatives, and farm transfers. George Landsgard of Lansing plans to take over the Henry Erickson farm March 1, with others moving or hosting guests as winter gives way to new homes and comings. Mrs. Joe Lind’s health improves, allowing limited sitting daily.
An Our Women Readers feature by Miss Aubyn Chinn nutrition specialist of the National Dairy Council promotes proper nutrition and regular meals for mothers. Cited Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth on keeping people well and the role of milk and dairy in a balanced diet. Includes two recipes Cream Cups and Graham Nut Bread with step by step instructions and notes on milk products and wholesome foods.
East of Elgin notes a sequence of Sunday visits and dinners among local families including Reuben Mark at his parents’ home, K A Kirkeburg’s visit, DeSart family dinner, Myrtle Nelson with Signey Hanson, Lou Martie Sr and Lydia with Joe Schneider and Rose Baumgartner visits, and Blockhus families at home. Also mentions nurse Louise Amundson caring for Lloyd Amundson and a dinner guest Nicklas Martie at Lou Martie Sr.’s home. Repair and disposal note about old newspapers and a light slogan about paid-for car.
February 17 marks Thomas Jefferson elected in 1801. February 18 recalls Jefferson Davis inaugurated in 1861. February 19 notes the phonograph patent in 1878. February 20 has no notable recorded event. February 21 remembers General Sherman buried in 1891. February 22 commemorates George Washington born 1782. February 23 notes the Battle of Buena Vista in 1849.
A description explains petrification where silica and chemicals replace wood particle by particle. Moisture, air conditions, and favorable factors drive the tree to turn to stone atom for atom. The process requires special environmental conditions to occur.
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