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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
4
A plan to show high quality purebreds at fairs aims to boost breeder recognition. A poultry school at Iowa State College Ames July 11 to 16 invites breeders farmers and flock workers with a $2 fee. Guidance on keeping layers productive in heat covers ventilation nests water shade and cool wet mash to sustain egg production and comfort.
Alice Koch of Beth el Ever Ready Club was installed president of the county 4-H girls club at Rally Day June 29 in Fayette US A gym. Jeanette Kiel Jolly Junior Club was elected vice president Helen Stolle Union Sunny Sals secretary Eleanor Dohse Jefferson Good Luck Club historian. About 325 attended despite rain. six clubs were awarded $1 for perfect attendance and timeliness.
More than sixty head of purebred Brown Swiss cattle are expected to be shown at the N E Iowa district parish show on the Postville fair grounds on Friday. Breeders from Fayette county include Gena Anderson Frederick Larrabece Ralph L Bowers and Richard Nus H A Mahon from Randalia. Clayton county breeders are bringing about 80 head to the show and Allama-
Community members and relatives from Decorah, Edgewood, Waterloo, Lansing, Cass Township and surrounding areas spent the Fourth of July with family in Postville and nearby farms. Guests included Rev and Mrs Zeschke, Mr and Mrs Lange, Mr and Mrs Capper, and many other kin visiting in Becker, Butikofer, Bennison, Capper and Langsdale homes along with travel from Rochester and Des Moines for family gatherings and hospital updates.
Des Moines visitors and Des Moines bound travelers populate a long list of relatives friends and guests from Winneshiek Chickasaw Howard and Fayette counties. Descriptions include Jane Fahey and Ed Fahey from Des Moines visiting in Delwein and Clermont families gathering for weekends and holidays. Local residents host guests from West Union Mitchell Mitchell and Onalaska while noting new births and library improvements. A Des Moines Register brief mentions Marie Carters Humboldt dress shop opening. A playful snake tale from the Hemenways in Lansing caps the page.
Edsel Ford announces Ford Motor Company's exhibit at the 1929 World's Fair will showcase The Road of Tomorrow a half mile elevated highway of spiral ramps. The four part display includes an entrance rotunda manufacturing hall patio and night floodlit elevated road with V eight and Lincoln Zephyr cars for a circulating ride.
A three day holiday period on July 2 3 and 4 yields an estimated death toll over 300. Most fatalities stem from highway crashes with a number of accidental drownings following.
An advertisement touts asbestos siding as a way to warm and modernize homes and solve paint problems. A few lines mix in quotes about listening, fatigue, and merit, creating an odd collage of phrases.
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