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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1940
Page
4
Want Ad rates listed at 25 words 35 cents each insertion. Over 25 words 1 cent per word. Extra 10 cent weekly handling for replies. Cash with order, payment before month end for phone ads. Wanter seeks two or three wean-ed calves aged 1.5 to 3 months. Weibel Mill Company Elgin advertises bulk salt at 6 percent per 100 pounds.
Mrs. H S Steele visited De corah with sister Mrs Floyd Harvey and family. Chas Feller and Myrlin Feller with family returned from a Glenwood Minnesota fishing trip. Regina Hutchinson and son Leo travel to Calmar and Spillville to visit relatives. Mrs Herbert Ash Lane and Mrs George Anderson Bradley spent a day with the Christianson home near Elkader. W R Stewart of the CCC at Lamont returned home for the weekend. George Anderson and Bradley arrived home after two weeks with relatives near Elkader. Mrs Geo Vaughn returned Sunday from Strawberry Point. Vaughn drove from Waterloo to Elgin. Jesse Lyons finished six months at Lamont CCC and works on John Howard farm south of Elgin. Carl Schori and George Cowles families spent two weeks in Wisconsin and Canada. Conner cousins held a June birthday picnic at West Union fair grounds with multiple local families. Tell ’em you saw it in the Echo.
The article offers at home water and outdoor play ideas for busy children on hot days. It recommends water games in tubs or streams, sandboxes under shade, and simple back yard setups with boxes, huts, and a hammock to soothe nervous or restless kids while encouraging creative tasks, chores, and garden activities.
July or early August is ideal for iris and asparagus transplanting and harvesting decisions. Iowa studies show cutting asparagus after early July harms profits. corn after 8 tons green manure boosts soil retention. Beef steers fed soft corn fetch higher Chicago prices. sorghum forage varies by variety. A July 8 poultry breeders meeting at Iowa State College is planned. Sisters Ruby Carpenter and Myrtle Fisher underwent appendectomy the same day and recover together.
This piece describes multiple carrot cooking methods from boiling and steaming to waterless cooking. It explains prep like washing and trimming, cutting options, and timing to achieve just tender carrots. It also covers seasoning with butter or cream and making a mock hollandaise style sauce with a lemony white sauce.
Death rate for insured in the country is noted as the lowest in history and continuing to fall each year. 1939 marked the record low, and the first five months of this year show a further decline with 7.5 deaths per 1000 insured, suggesting solid Tower premium intake. Jumped Truman Squire of Northwood narrowly escaped a ducking when a tractor slid into the Shell Rock river. he leapt in time to avoid the water.
An article notes the colotilla shrub from Mexico and the Southwest can cause permanent paralysis in stock when eaten. Leo Greter arrived from Cincinnati to visit his parents Hans and Mrs Grether. He plans to join his wife and baby in Orange City and they will take a Minnesota fishing trip before returning in August.
Charlene and Bonnie Grover return home after spending several weeks with grandparents Mr and Mrs Willis Gress at Clermont. Advertising is an investment.
The notice reports an alligator owned by John C Chapple of Ashland Wisconsin missing after an alarm clock allegedly fell from his hands while winding it. The device struck the animal and both stopped functioning.
A local humor column presents a series of brief jokes and witticisms about daily life. It includes quips about free speech, marriage, epitaphs, fashion, and a playful exchange between deities. The tone is breezy and observational with punchlines.
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