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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1940
Page
4
Lisbon Street Names Include Curious Epithets
In Lisbon Portugal the Strange Street Names district features the Street of the Little Englishman the Street of the Mother of War the Sad Ugly One Street and the Alley of the Faithful of God reflecting local lore and culture through peculiar toponyms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Peppy Salad and Ideal Sandwiches Featured in Recipe Column
The column shares kitchen tips and recipes including a Peppy Salad with watercress cabbage cucumber radish and olives and an Ideal Sandwich with eggs bacon olives and onion mixed with mayonnaise. Also notes quick fixes from vinegar and salt for glass rings and a patching tip with clear nail polish.
Paris cooking school opens doors to American visitors
Tourists in France can now attend classes at the famous cooking school on 329 Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris. The program offers private lessons and convenient hours for American women visitors. Australia plans to open 200000 square miles of grazing land for settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
America
Faubourg Saint-Honore
Australia
Iowa Farmers Eye 1939 Corn Yield Record Effort
Agricultural notes report production comparisons for flaxseed and lambs, with corn yield champion Raymond C. McClure claiming 163 bushels per acre on ten acres. Other items warn against bindweed in oats, advise seed testing for soybeans, and describe zinc chloride post treating and tree banding to combat pests and bolster spring farm operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. McClure
Iowa
Towa
Cheery Valley Community Happenings Dense in Local Visits
Edwin Hanson and Harry and Lea Dennier spent Sunday afternoon with Bill Heiberger at the John Dennier home. Many neighbors and relatives are listed visiting, hosting quilting parties, attending weddings and birthday celebrations, with residents often at West Bend, Lester, Arlington, or Elkader during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hanson
Harry
Lea Dennier
Bill Heiberger
John Dennier
Francis Schneider
John Dennter
Arthur
Harold Meisner
Francis Meisner
Reuben
Nash Metzger
West Bend
Elma Metzger
Knoblock
Lester
Iowa
John Dennler
Elizabeth Butikofer
Postville Hospital
Adeline Friederich
Ed Metzger
Ben Dennler
Ladies of the Home Project
Jake Butikofer
Floyd,Odegard
Oscar Baumgartner
Martin Hanson
Ida Meyer
Guernsey Smith
Leo Hanson
L. Christen
John Pulfer
Lorraine Butikofer
Levi Frieden
George Schupbach
Marian Thn
George Leuchtenmacher
Hanson Bros
Orlin Mason
Gladys
Lucille Hanson
Francie Meisner
Roy Peeper
Arlington
Ernest Christen
Walter Christen
Fred Yost
Frank Christen
St Olaf and Millville residents visit Fred Butikofer home
Melbert Meyer Elmer and Harold Meyer and Mr and Mrs Martin Wenger and Marlys Mr and Mrs Gunndr Landa gard and Glenda of St Olaf Mr and Mrs Elmer Knudtson and O T Knudtson of Millville spent Sunday in the Fred Butikofer home O T Knudtson remained for a few days visit in the
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbert Meyer
Elmer
Harold Meyer
Martin Wenger
Marlys
Gunndr Landagard
Glenda
St. Olaf
Elmer Knudtson
Say
O. T. Knudtson
Millville
Fred Butikofer
Butikofer
The Broadcaster and Negro Mammy Dialogue on Housing and Chicks
A vintage dialogue features a Black mammy and a salesman debating chick brooders and housing. Two characters, Lula Bell and Annie May, discuss hunger, clothes, and relief, with references to the Red Cross and city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Bell
Annie May
Red Cross
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Thos. Pollock
Volga
Itowa
Neil
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Bertie Waters
Postville
Chester
Farrow
E. H. Dibble
Clermont
Joan Falk & Sons
Geo. Howard
Jonathan
Old
Clermont Bridge
Lou Cornish
Charles Hoffman
Clemont
CD. J. Raftis
Pooane 999
Oelwein
Fred Rothlisberger & Son
Medberry
Roy Knight
A. M. Weibel
Jack Shaffer
R. W. Shaffer
Fredericksburg
Echo
Weibel Mill Co
Echo Office
Tfp
Telegraph-Herald
The
Elgin Echo
United States
West Union
Caub
Poland
Ghina
Forrow
W. A. Lauer
West Union Auction Exchange
Town State College
R. H. Porter
Cheery Valley News
Helen Hofer
Quincy
Rob Lehman
New Co
Christ
Rainier
Mt. Rainier
Show Peak
Washington State
Potosi
Evans’ Cafe
Farmer’s Cars
R. P. Strauch, Elgin, Ag’t
Employer’s Mutual Casualty Co. Town’s Largest Casualty Co
Broadcaster
Barry
Mike & Ike
Mount Ayr
X. T. Prentis Hatchery
Mike
Ike
FELCO
Elgin Farmers Coop Oy Knight, Asst
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