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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1929
Page
3
A vintage home economics guide outlines Monday meal planning focusing on efficiency. It presents California Chicken Pie using tuna and vegetables, Shepherds Pie from leftovers, and a biscuit topping, plus simple fruit sauce dessert.
Geraldine Schmid daughter of Davenport residents married Oliver G Behrup son of the late Senator Nicholas Behrup in a Dec 20 ceremony at the private chapel with Bishop Rohiman officiating. The couple hosted a breakfast for 18 at Hotel Blackhawk before a winter home at Julian Dubuque.
The text covers steady dairy cow feeding schedules, handling wet leather to prevent burning shoes, slow drying of footwear, trapping timings for prime muskrat and beaver pelts in February and March, and December to January for other beaver pelts. It also notes adopting locally adapted crops, exchanging seeds for better yields, and waterproofing shoes with petrolatum beeswax or cod oil and tallow mixtures while warning against rubber damage from grease.
State court in Fayette County will hear the proposed admission to probate of Christian Lehman's last will and testament on January 1, 1939. Clerk is Edgar A. Traeger. date and locality noted as West Union, Iowa with a December 1928 stamp. Local extra items mention Berg’s cash talk and visiting families for a funeral. inferred community notices.
O D Glenn of Crawford Colorado increased his monthly net from 4.90 to 12.50 per cow within a year after joining the Crawtilka Cow Testing Association on June 72 1927. Records show butterfat per cow rising from 241 to 406.4 pounds for 13 cows by May 1928, with returns at 7.34 dollars per feed dollar. Benefit attributed to removing boarder cows and using home grown feeds plus balanced ration. testing costs 34 cents per cow monthly.
Early calf care stresses shelter from sun and heat, clean ventilated pens, and steady feed. Studies show little growth difference between shaded and sunlit groups, but protection reduces skin irritation and stress. Calves age few months need shelter, regular rations, and careful management in hot weather to support rapid development.
The notes discuss corn silage as a market for grains and barley, its laxative effect aiding digestion in high producing cows, calf suckling routines, hay shortages, leguminous roughages for minerals, and experiments at Vermont, Maine, Utah, and New Mexico stations showing 0.5 to 1.5 tons of good silage per ton of corn grain can be as valuable as hay for dairy cow feed.
The butcher prepares a roast lamb by cracking bones for easy carving and creating a rib pocket under the skin for a savory stuffing. The foreshank meat provides the filling, and the roast bakes uncovered until done. Hashing brown potatoes follows with detailed steps for browning and serving.
A local girl replying to an ad to improve beauty reports receiving quirky instructions from the Olivis Times. The tips advise steaming the face at a mother's wash tub, wringing clothes to enlarge arms, hanging clothes to stretch bust measurements, stooping to slim the waist, and hurrying between stove and meals to gain leg control and poise.
Fred Reusser Jr. of Storm Lake spent the holidays with his parents. John Lyford of New Hampton was a weekend guest at the J. C. Schmid home as Berg's sale drew many shoppers.
Lawrence Richard Meyer born March 16 1809 near Elgin Iowa died Dec 19 1928 at home near Weat Union aged 29 9 8. Survived by parents siblings grandfather and many relatives. He joined Bela Pechette Church Aug 20 1924 and remained faithful. Funeral at Presbyterian church 2 PM Sat Rev J Kreha officiating interment in city cemetery. Community extends sympathy for this untimely death.
Mr and Mrs Rudy Yunker aided at the Joe Frieden home as the Frieden family battles flu illness with several members sick and Berg signals a decisive sale instead of hesitation.
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