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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1931
Page
3
The article lists pellagra preventive foods including milk lean meat liver canned salmon and yeast, and advises stocking dried or canned milk where fresh milk isn’t available. It suggests a varied diet with fruits vegetables cereals fats and sweets, plus a method to reheat leftovers using a divided baking dish and simple sauces, ending with a note to buy office supplies at the Echo Office.
Dozens of local families are named in weekend gatherings. Andrew Gilbertson and son Roy visited friends, while Mr and Mrs W A Eneeland hosted Dr and Mrs L L Carr and Lavande and Mr and Mrs Lucian Appelman for dinner. Simon Nelson celebrated Mrs Nelson's birthday with cards and visits. A Pleasant Valley quartet won third at a Des Moines farm bureau event, featuring John Larson Clarence Johnson Russell Larson and Clifford Kittheson. Post-nuptial shower honored Ben and Ellen Wedo. Elizabeth Priest visits Oelwein. Wesley Miller Jr visits. Sven Tollefson stays in Decorah. Lucille Holleen stays with Kathryn Gruver at Postville. Royal Neighbors officers elected. Victor Pringle and wife welcomed a baby boy in California. A bakery sale will be held next Saturday at Hackman’s Furniture Store. Mrs E J Kaltenbach spent time with her parents due to a brother’s illness.
Elsie Lindgren attended as a guest at the T S Loftsgard home on Thursday. Neighbors helped celebrate Mrs O Trude's birthday with a late night lunch and well wishes. Mrs John Wells is recovering, and several families shared social visits and weekend gatherings around Gunder and Decorah. Funeral services for Mrs Anna Johnson were held at Marion church following her death Friday night after a long illness. Rev S J Strandford broadcast a sermon from Deaconah station K W L C. Delores Nyborg celebrated her twelfth birthday with friends and gifts, while Dorcas Society hosts and hospital visits mark the community calendar.
Mrs Andrew Reinhart returns home after a week at Selmar Holm. Alice Lyngaas helped at Clifford Osmundson home. Clarence Olson and son visited at Ole Thorson’s. Burnas family and Otto Jengen visited Ed Johnson home. Walthers and Engelhart families in Cresco called at Olson homes. Doris Johnson on sick list under doctor’s care. Emmet Burt and family stayed with Ernest Holt. Vernon Trude visited E M Olson. Andrew Anderson and Geneva and Lydia Thorson visited Andrew Thorson. Martin Amundson hosted relatives and friends. Miss Wettleson’s pupils missed school Tuesday for Anna Johnson funeral at Gunder. Hulda Berg spent afternoon with Immanuel Larson. Ernest Holt visited Decorah. Mrs Henry Skarshaug and son Harold visited Ole Peterson. Almer Erickson and baby and Mrs G Erickson mentioned.
The article notes fall freshening offers higher prices for butterfat in fall and winter, easier labor for calf care, and better winter milk supply. Fall-calved cows typically outperform others in annual milk and butterfat yield and return over feed costs, with fewer disease issues in young calves.
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