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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1929
Page
3
A nostalgic guide extols sweet corn as an all American staple served with plenty of butter. It lists several old fashioned recipes including Corn Custard Scalloped Eggs and Corn Corn au Gratin and notes corn’s versatility from cob to pudding with simple seasonings.
The guide advises removing old canes after picking ends, cutting flush to ground, destroying prunings by burning, and avoiding replanting for three to four years to reduce disease. It also covers dairy feeding, grain protein levels, and poultry laying strategies for fall production and pullet conditioning. The final line cautions that solitary living leads to a dead end.
An old ad excerpt promotes McCormick-Deering threshers and twine with claims of all steel construction and fire proof framing. It urges buyers to measure value by length and mentions a threshing rig, ball bearings, and a guidance to ensure you get the length you pay for.
The Illyria church and community will hold their annual Illyria Day on Friday August 9. It is the rural township’s main event with notable past speakers and music. This year’s speaker is Earl Elijah of Clarence Iowa a leading farm business and co operative figure named among ten master farmers from Iowa.
Trustees gain authority over roadhouse bars dance halls with power to levy licenses and set nightly closing times. Ed Schmid and family visited Octwein. twin sons stayed with grandparents at J. C. Schmid home last Sunday for a week.
The second workout Monday judged 8 good arrivals at W. A. Notheim’s and R. O. Dietel’s in Banks Township for Guernseys and at H. A. Mabon farm in Center for Brown Swiss. EM Wright and County Agent Lodwick led the event, a preliminary step to selecting Fayette county’s team for the Dairy Cattle Congress at Waterloo.
A brief guide explains how to recognize common poison plants. Poison ivy bears three leaflets with whitish berries. poison sumac has seven to twelve leaflets in pairs with a terminal leaflet, and cream colored fruits in winter. Poison sumac grows only on wet sand.
The article explains emergency steps to stop leaks in water and sewer pipes. Use a flat gasket over the leak, secure with a metal cap and clamp, and build a cement boxing around the pipe. For low pressure leaks, embed the pipe in Portland cement mortar, plus wire netting for added strength. Shut off water before boxing. repair similar for sewer pipes.
In a classroom exchange a teacher asks about leasing land for oil and a student responds with a political jab referencing a Republican. Separately, Mrs. W. R. Crowe and children Helen Kenneth and Audra of Des Moines visited the Rev. J. J. Snyder home and stayed from Monday, while a note recalls Italy beyond the Alps and a reminder that America lies behind billboards.
A tour by state and national officials of the Upper Mississippi River national park area is planned for Wednesday August 7. Attendees include U S senators members of Congress and governors from Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa. The Iowa state board of conservation will issue invitations and five board members will attend. The same committee that organized the June 28 press trip will run arrangements with J E Baeman George C Rechom and Jack Kramer coordinating. The route includes Monona Postville McGregor and Lansing with a boat return.
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