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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1930
Page
3
Mrs Briggs discusses with neighbor and mother in law how to keep a large family healthy. She cites guidance from a school nurse and Dr Johns about nutrition, emphasizing butterfat intake of four tablespoons daily to supply vitamin A and D and boost resistance to colds.
Lorraine D Gutz from the National Dairy Council discusses basic food values. A school nurse chart guides Mrs Briggs and Mrs Harris through daily portions. Milk, vegetables, fruits, grains, animal protein, and fats are outlined to meet daily needs.
County Supervisor G P Leverton said late last week that heavy rains battered Fayette County roads, forecasting about 10000 in damage, mostly in the southwest. Several bridges were washed out and long stretches of road badly eroded.
Grace Gruver stayed last week at the Harry Baldwin home in Postville. Edgar Riser and Name in Postville, Anna DeSart and Dorothy visited Manchester with W. J. Kohler and returned with him to C. J. Harrington’s. H. W. Cave and family from Manhattan Kansas visited Mrs J. D. Shaffer’s and traveled to Madison Wisconsin for business before returning via Des Moines.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Harris and family of Beaman Iowa were guests home after a trip to lakes in Minnesota and left for their home Monday morning.
A stitched together brief column of jokes and quips from a classic newspaper page. It features puns about letters dead and alive, marital digs, doctors and golf, worms and earnest deeds, and aviation gags, all in a light crowd-pleasing tone.
Archaeology notes by Prof. Roy L. Moodie for the Field Museum recount the long standing Egyptian reverence for nearly 100 species of mammals birds reptiles and fish. Bodies were wrapped with long linen cloths and placed in costly sarcophagi with extensive carvings and statuary.
An international commission of geographers announced plans to publish a detailed map tracing the Roman empire from its early regional origins to the fall of the western empire. It will show cities and geographic features, ancient and modern names, and indicate population distribution, economic and social conditions. The Rome sheet is currently in preparation.
Demonstrators in Dresden showcased a pole and rope stretcher to carry injured climbers down slopes. The device uses knotting to create a swing suspend and positions the victim for shoulder transport as a potential method for lower level evacuation.
Booth and Olson near completion on U.S. No. 18 west in Fayette County with work from Gottfried corner to the No. 102 intersection, aiming to open the West Union Hawkeye stretch by July 15. Additional progress includes the Williams corner to Postville segment and gaps at Postville and Luana, plus a five town eastward push on No. 161 from Hawkeye to Ainsworth, part of the New Orleans Winnipeg route.
Marion Lutheran Church announces Norway and English services on July 6 18 and 22 at 10:80 led by Student Fiskerbe d el e and Fiskerbede le with Pastor J Strandford. Mr and Mrs Carl Halstenson and Mrs John Weberg left for Inwood Iowa after a brief visit. Mrs Nels Nelson stays longer. Speak a good word for Elgin.
Unemployed coverage appears in the piece with census context and social notes. The item mentions Mr and Mrs Lyle Eighch, daughter Luana, and Mr and Mrs George Pollitt joining for a dinner. Cottage Studio promotion appears as a separate print detail.
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