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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
8
FE R WITHELL DC CHIROPRACTOR emphasizes distinct practice methods including X Ray and Neurocalometer in a regional advertisement. The copy contrasts different chiropractors strategies and advertises Withell's services to potential patients.
Community notices list frequent gatherings as Illyria residents host relatives from Waterloo West Union and other towns. Guests include the Shaffer, Klingman, and Glass households with dinners picnics and birthdays noted. The 4 H club Rally Day and regional reunions are mentioned alongside caregiving and visits by Uni and Cedar Falls attendees.
Oak Grove residents and guests from Waukegan Minnesota and Chicago joined multiple households for Fourth of July visits in Clifton Wilson Harry Gilson and Roy Leuchtenmacher homes. Relatives including Schroeder Cannon Winkler and Strong families shared meals picnics and Sunday social at Echo Valley park with many readied for weekend departures.
Wm Woodle Irene Ernst and Alice Becker spent the weekend in the Geo Howard home Florence and Clarence Thoman were guests in the Ben Hofer home Sunday evening Mrs Harry Gilson and Mrs Hans Winkler called at the Clifton Powell home Monday evening
Marian Patterson visited from Cedar Falls for the Fourth, with relatives in Patterson and Nutting households. Local gatherings included Farm Union picnics, Ladies' Aid meetings, and a Quiet Hour club event. Rev A R Belknap notes Sunday school at 10 30 and preaching at 8 p m in Brainard church.
Cheery Valley News notes Sunday visits as families including Lehman Dennler and Butikofer mingle at homes in Walter Butikofer’s and G. Friederich’s households. A new son born Friday night at Walter Butikofer’s prompts welcomes from local friends. Howard Mason visits West Union relatives, while several guests share meals and attend a wedding dance at West Union pavilion.
The item lists numerous visits and gatherings among families including the Dennler, Dennler, Lehman, Meisner, Christen, Butikofer, and Mason households with cordial social events in Elkader Oelwein and surrounding areas. A separate Yugoslav bride market report from Kraljevo notes striking price disparities with a brunette prize valued at $6.40 and less attractive brides at $3.60.
Experiments indicate fish distinguish colors and exhibit a distinct preference for red. Results imply color discrimination capabilities and a favored hue among tested specimens, suggesting selective behavior toward red stimuli in controlled settings.
Lancinante crowned Miss America for Percheron draft horses by livestock judges. Judges praise a short back deep body heavy bones and strong muscles as beauty marks. Owned by Conner's Prairie Farm Noblesville Ind Frances McFarland congratulates.
Dr. Thomason outlines summer feeding strategies for poultry to combat heat driven low feed intake and egg production. Milk in liquid forms like buttermilk or skim milk boosts appetite, while paste milk proves highly effective. Start at 2 pounds per 100 birds daily, increasing to 4 or 5 pounds as tolerated, with water after milk. Continue feeding into late September if conditions remain hot.
H R Searles of University Farm St Paul argues flies are not sole cause of reduced summer milk flow. He urges improved feeding practices, outlining pasture and hay options, regular barn feeding, and using alfalfa or clover hay when available. For high producers, a stewed ration of grain is advised, with high protein supplements if hay is scarce.
The item surveys agricultural topics including training school origins for horses, misidentified sheep ticks, varieties of celery, cattle losses from peeling paint on barns, Argentina wheat production near six million tons in 1937 38, dairy water intake, poultry disease testing in New York state, and Mississippi sees soybeans as a major potential for African farms.
The piece notes a court scene where Fidele Di Parsio says his wife left him due to quarrels with his 17 children and her 11 children. James Murphy of Albuquerque jokes he only drinks whisky coffee or water when deprived of his preferred beverage.
In La Porte City, a local note reports Thomas Booth of Detroit abruptly ceasing conversation with his wife after two years of varied life. After a ten year period of silence, she has won a divorce. The Progress Review suggests licensing carnivals to show here and using the revenue to fund extra police for orderly conduct during carnivals.
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