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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1919
Page
5
Local residents report visits and gatherings at the Denney, Meyer, Hanson, Christen, Leuchtenmacher, Odegard and Hofer homes. News includes illness in the Gottfried Fradrick family, a Spanish influenza death of Mrs. Hofer, army release of Private George Bunhofer, and social events for Ray Klingman and T. S. Cleworth amid wartime life.
Frank J. Cheney and Co. sworn to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A. W. Gleason certifies on December 6, 1886. Advertisement claims internal blood-borne action and offers testimonials. Sold by all druggists. price 76 cents. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Farmers butchered hogs as real winter weather settled in. Ray Shaffer sold hogs and delivered them Tuesday. Mrs. G A Gibson was on the sick list for days. Harry Gilson and family spent New Year’s Day at Ray Shaffer’s. Private T B Cleworth visited Steven Rothlisberger’s home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Ogle visited Robert Paters Tuesday afternoon. Ray and Irae Shaffer and families spent Christmas Day at H B Gilson’s. Fred Rothlisberger and family visited Tuesday evening at Fred Schneider’s. Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Yearous hosted Sunday at Jim Yearous’s. Fred Greainger has flu, staying with Ole Benson and slowly recovering. Dr. Will Wenger called to Max Guyer’s near Bikader Sunday. Miss Ina Roberts taught in Wadena Schools and vacationed at the Wenger home. Some boys returned to Decorah Monday after several weeks off due to illness. Amy Richards visited Israel Shaffer’s home briefly to see relatives and friends. Charles Kimball staying in the area.
A humorous piece urges bachelors to seek a wife by observing seamstresses in the grocery market, favoring frugal cooks who turn inexpensive cuts into meals. It couches courtship as purchasing behavior and cautions against pretentious tastes. Includes a wartime appeal to buy War Savings Stamps and notes on local travel and social news.
American Red Cross supports Italian agricultural training for orphans near Porta Furba in Rome. Salesian Fathers supervise a farming school with lectures and field work to modernize farming and instill soil loyalty among peasant soldier orphans.
Bishop John J. O Connor of Newark lauds the Red Cross Christmas roll call. He says every citizen should enroll, calling the organization humane, nonpartisan, and practical. He urges readers to join, place their names on the American Red Cross rolls.
Numerous residents are mentioned visiting relatives, traveling to West Union, Decorah, and Chicago. Mentions include Max Hunsberger and family, Mrs Kirkeberg, Lieut Capper at Camp Dodge, Glen Warren improving from pneumonia, Chas Cupper resuming U S Radio School, Hulton Nickhaus resuming studies in Iowa City, and Chris Lehman ill but resting. Several events note holidays, visitors, and local hotel seating fare.
The article discusses rising bean consumption in Europe and America due to the war, noting beans as a quick, profitable crop for many regions. It explains bean types suited to diverse soils, their nitrogen-fixing ability, and fertilizer needs for rapid growth, early maturity, and disease avoidance.
Wartime demand drains nitrogen and sulfuric acid used for explosives and fertilizers. A labor crisis cripples production, forcing factories to run daily with no storage, and farmers must order now for immediate shipment to avert spring shortages.
A recent United States Department of Agriculture bureau bulletin analyzes cement industry potash recovery. With 90 million barrels of cement produced annually, about 7,000 tons of potash escape, of which 90 percent is recoverable and 95 percent becomes available. This suggests about 75,000 tons of usable potash yearly, with potential for more as volatilized potash from raw material could be recovered. High potash prices spur installation of recovery equipment, making future supplies feasible.
A vividly imagined 660 mile long freight train illustrates wartime car saving. The piece recalls prewar waste, explains fertilizer industry shift to full carloads, and urges all industries to ship in full loads. Early orders and immediate shipment free scarce capacity for munitions, food, and coal.
Washington D C The United States administration asks farmers agents and dealers nationwide to cooperate in moving spring fertilizer at the earliest moment. Winter congestion could again slow shipments this year but shipping fertilizer early helps ensure delivery to consumers and frees railways for more urgent seasonal service.
A wartime farm advisory urges farmers to order fertilizer now and accept shipment promptly. Factory staffing is reduced, so continuous operation is needed from now until spring to ensure adequate supply. Farmers can speed production by moving finished goods out of factories to free capacity for fertilizer.
Advice on avoiding colds in overheated rooms appears alongside notes on U S Army demobilization. Sixty eight thousand soldiers returned from overseas by December 21 with over 500,000 mustered out domestically. Officials expect troop moves to rise to 200,000 or 300,000 depending on air capacity and transport conversion. The piece muses on spelling the word khaki and ends urging readers to settle subscriptions.
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