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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
3
The Clermont area releases its quarterly proceedings covering council actions, financials, and committee updates. Key items include budget adjustments, public works allocations, and upcoming municipal projects with dates and involved departments. Community members urged to review notes and attend future meetings for input.
Verni Engle reports first potato crop with yields of 2 1 8 pounds per hill and a large circumference potato. Community notices list travels, visits, and local activities across Clermont Fayette County in 1947 1948. Public school district financials show quarter ending September 30 1947 with balances receipts expenditures and detailed lists of purchases and providers.
Iowa State College entomologist Harold Gunderson urges starting DDT use early to fight flies on farms. Proper timing boosts cattle gains and dairy milk. tests show 12 cents worth of DDT can lift a dairy cow’s milk by about 200 pounds in two months. Wettable powder or dust forms are advised with specific mixing rates and carriers, and readers should follow directions for safe, effective use.
Word has arrived of a 7 lb 9 oz boy born Tuesday July 6 to Mr. and Mrs. William Hitch of Grundy Center at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo. Mrs. Hitch is Anna Helen Yauslin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yauslin of Clermont. Mrs. W. R. Blake attended a rigeluncheon at the home of Mrs. EBH Estey in West Union. Donald and Bonnie Maurier, married in Reno, have been divorced in Waverly. A Belgian mare in Maquoketa birthed twin males. Rabies shots follow cat bites on a Union family. A collie Pup sale in Indianola raised funds for Friends church. A ditching machine accident injured Ben Bielenberg of Schleswig. A worn kerosene cleaning tip follows to ready the combine.
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