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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1943
Page
4
Rates shown for want ads at five cents per line up to twenty five words and one cent per word after. Additional handling 10 cents weekly for office replies. Cash with order. no charge accounts. Telephone orders allowed but payment due by month end. overdue lines billed at 10 cents per line.
It promotes rabbit as a versatile meat to stretch shortages. Rabbit pie recipe included with steps for preparing and baking. Wild rabbit cautions on tularemia and proper cleaning. Notes the role of rabbit in wartime menus and garden seed demand. Domestic rabbit described as white meat with mild flavor.
The article notes that a good bull can raise calves at no extra cost compared with a low production bull. It reports Towa cattle producing 22 percent more eggs in the first ten months of 1942 than in 1941 and stresses selecting a herd bull as key to long term dairy gains. It cautions Towa farmers to start a crop rotation program to curb corn root worm threats to near-term corn yields and ends with advice to buy garden seed.
West Texas State College builds displays tracing life from 400 million years ago to today, showcasing animal and plant life across deep time. The exhibits illuminate earliest known life forms, evolution, and the region’s paleontological heritage.
A brief note describes mantles over fireplaces serving as shelves with pegs for hanging wet mantles or clothing to dry. The original design adds functional drying space above the hearth.
Two new devices are announced: an electric razor that runs on a compact dry battery and a machine designed to separate good seeds from bad.
The calendar lists renewal and expiry dates for ration coupons. It covers auto tires inspection deadline March 31, lists fuel coupon periods with good-through dates, a coffee coupon valid Jan 4 to Feb 7, sugar coupon expiry January 31, and a mandatory registration deadline January 15 for those without War Ration Book No 1 to obtain War Ration Book No 2.
The ladies Home Project gathering met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Ernest Christen and Lucy Christen’s home. Leader Mrs. Martin Hanson gave two Home Nursing lessons to fifteen women, followed by lunch. Attendees included Mrs. Ben Dennler, Mrs. Will Christen, Mrs. Frank Christen, Mrs. John Christen and daughter, Mrs. Ida Meyer, and others.
A Japanese prisoner, among five captured after a naval engagement in the Aleutians, sits cross legged on his bunk and eats a tray of Navy bread potatoes and beans. He remains confined in a ship brig pending transfer to shore.
A classroom exchange shows a student named Charles answering a teacher about the effects of heat and cold. He notes heat expands and cold contracts and gives examples such as longer days in summer and shorter days in winter.
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