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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1930
Page
3
A suggested hot supper menu for outdoor parties includes oyster stew with milk, baked spare ribs with sauerkraut, baked potatoes with butter, raw carrot and celery salad, corn bread sticks, hot cocoa and homemade oatmeal cookies. Recipes cover New York Oyster Stew and Oatmeal Cookies with ingredients and baking steps.
A collection of household guidance covers food safety from preserving opened cans to avoiding contamination, plus kitchen tasks like extending sheets for beds and leather care with castor oil. It includes oyster frying steps, and strategies for feeding young children at separate tables to keep meals orderly.
A study of 152,000 cow records shows butterfat output and feed costs. One cow producing 500 pounds annually is as profitable as 14 cows at 100 pounds each, with higher profits as production rises. Income over feed cost climbs from $15 at 100 pounds to $215 at 600 pounds.
Thos Howard and family shared Sunday dinner at the Jack Shaffer home. Mrs L W McKellar visited Friday with Mrs Martha Chapman. Walter Medberry hosted Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs L C Popenhagen at Wadena. Many attended Wenger Bros sale near Elgin. La Fonda Ethel and James Hernen visited the Will Berger family. Edna Hanson celebrated her birthday with friends last Friday. Harold Strong socialized with friends in Town City. Funeral of Mrs Schmid in Cheery Valley drew many from the area. Ray Herwig and family visited Mrs C Wenger. Charles Graver of Elgin called on C L Klingman and Will Kerr. Wallace Peters attended the Town Farm Bureau meeting in Des Moines. Dorothy Hermen visited Wadena Sunday. Viola Foxwell is stenographer in Oelwein. Martha Chapman hosted Sunday at Will Yearous. Chas Doty and grandson Clarence dined with C L Klingman. Jerome Yearous visited Martha Chapman Saturday evening. Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid met at Mrs J F Shaffer’s. next month at the church on Washington’s Birthday. Lola, Harry and Aden Hanson visited Gottfred Friedon Sunday. Wide Awake Sunday school held their play Marys Castle in the Air at Volga City last Saturday. Will Frieden and family visited Jerome Yearous Sunday evening.
Oak Grove News notes social visits among residents. Mrs Harold Bennett hosted the Ladies' Home Circle Thursday. Families including Boyle Kohls Dennler and Howard group visits occur around Elgin and Glenfield with various dinners and suppers reported. Scarlet fever illnesses involve Marie and Evelyn Dennler.
Readers note a fragmentary social item with Harold Bennett and family visiting from Wisconsin about a year ago. Ethel and Shirley Boyle spent Saturday night at the Frank Lyona home.
A fragmented note discusses buttermilk values noting 27 percent solids and a comparison between liquid and semi solid forms. It cites last year’s buttermilk at 63 cents per barrel and estimates if sold at semi solid prices the value would reach 2.0B. The excerpt includes an name and a stray ad line about wants ads.
A fragmented excerpt notes a wary advertiser named Daron who values consistent messaging and promises, while the text hints at gendered beliefs about influence in marriage and advertising lore.
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