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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1929
Page
3
Dairymen anticipate steadier milk output through fall and winter due to a record clover hay crop this year. Farmers claim clover hay boosts milk production and note the unusually large harvest. Robert Peters graded the Elgin streets Monday, smoothing rough surfaces as traffic remains heavy.
A police officer questions a suspect who admits browbeating him with many questions. The man, who dozed, finally replied intermittently that the other party was right, in a terse exchange that reads like a partial courtroom vignette.
Quirky newspaper item describes a man who twisted a baby’s ear then paced the floor with a phonograph, following a string of eccentric acts. The piece places the anecdote among humorous human foibles and curiosities, reflecting a lighthearted, small-town tone.
The Gladbrook Northern quotes a sharp warning about a deadbeat: the fastest collector is the dead beat who can be prompt when owed money. The piece hints at his insistence that once you owe him, he will visit the debtor before sunrise to collect.
Charles R. Palmer, eldest son of Mr and Mrs H R Palmer, was elected president of the $60,000,000 Cluett Peabody Co. He had been general manager and his rise mirrors a steady ascent. Palmer is a Hawkeye native and West Union High School alumnus, class of 1898.
Dr and Mrs L O Hutchinson and son Leo accompany Bernita Bopp to Elgin Illinois for a short visit with Constance Hutchinson. Mrs Melchr Yenney and her daughters, guests at the John Johnson home, depart for Huron South Dakota.
The Arlington Wadena road is being gravelled rapidly with a coat of 1000 yards to the mile laid from the L F Meisgeier corner to the Primary No 154 intersection. The entire route to Wadena will receive the same treatment and the new grade east of town may get an extra 500 yards.Meanwhile the Arlington Volga City road will see repairs on worn sections per the Board of Supervisors.
Summer sale prices feature Winchester shells at Gamble savings. 12 gauge repeater 98c per box and Ranger shells 76c per box in case lots. Trade in Elgin. It Pays.
A clip from a western paper reports a buffalo milking at Great Falls Montana claimed as the first. Milk tested 79.5 percent butterfat, about 20 times a good cow’s. The item asks if cows and buffaloes will be crossbred to boost butterfat. Also notes a roofing men’ dinner anecdote and local visits including the Quinrods at the Pritchard home and a band concert at Elgin tonight.
Two practical feeding methods for hogs are outlined by the U S Department of Agriculture. One uses a mixed hopper, the other lets pigs choose between grain and protein supplement. Experiments show pigs often balance intake, eating less high protein feed as weight increases.
A notice invites readers to pay subscriptions with old currency still on hand. It hints at a Flash Liar's League idea and proposes naming a competent officer group with Pete Stochr as a past organizer. The piece ends urging readers to submit news items.
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