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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
4
In a dim room Mr. Crane imagines a changed life with a respectable family and Alda Rich, daughter of Dr. Rich. He reflects on past hardships, missed chances, and the help of others as he nears death, while Mrs. Cranston offers care and companionship.
Elgin and nearby families hosted visitors from Waterloo West Union Dubuque and other towns. Guests included Mr and Mrs Bernard Hanson and Mrs Florence Baldwin with birthdays honored, and many calls and dinners across Memorial Day weekend. Notable absences include Mrs Mary Keiser kept in bed.
The text explains eel and salmon spawning differs: salmon spawn in freshwater then die at sea, while eels live in freshwater but migrate to salt for spawning. Both sexes perish after spawning, and young eels migrate back to rivers. juveniles are called elvers.
A sewing tip outlines trimming the seam to a quarter inch and clipping the corners after stitching around the edge to achieve a neat, professional finish.
The Rockland railroad founded the first standard gauge line in the west in 1832. It also constructed the Mississippi River bridge in 1664, marking early engineering milestones.
Continued from Page 1 the report lists facilities including hospitals and nurses homes plus 12 theatres and 602 automobile fires. It notes the death of highway patrolman Harold Klinkefus in a crash near Red Oak, the first patrol fatality in over 85 million miles driven.
Beekeeping is growing in popularity as a hobby with more people exploring apiary work, urban and rural keepers joining clubs and sharing techniques, equipment and training to cultivate thriving hives.
Pine feathers find use in making a fing pillow and as a craft component for decorative and practical items. The article notes their role in textile work and related hobby projects, reflecting traditional craft techniques and local interest in natural materials.
Department of Agriculture notes more than half of U S farm families use freezer locker space to preserve home grown foods. The trend highlights reliance on on farm produced supplies and domestic food preservation in rural households.
Mrs. Thomas Sullivan of Waterloo will collect 2000 dollars as the maximum WWII bonus for four of her sons killed when the cruiser Juneau sank in 1942. A fifth son survived marriage, his bonus going to his widow.
C W Bangs director of the Iowa School Lunch program reports lunches served rose from 12,920,000 in February last year to 14,713,000 in 1949, a 14 percent gain, with 118,740 children participating, up 12 percent. He expects 50 to 60 more schools for the 1949 50 year.
The Iowa Natural Resources council, created by legislative action, held its first unofficial session last week in Des Moines. Reports from Southern Iowa urged flood control work on the Des Moines and Chariton rivers. Due to a publication clause error, official action must wait until July 1, and terms run from July 1 to June 30.
Grain should be fed to milk cows as basis of the amount of milk. Before freezing vegetables scald them. water usage noted as one gallon per pound. Two gallons are needed per pound of leafy vegetables.
A quirky column traces jokes about gender roles across ages from twenty to forty. It features a playful dialogue with remarks like What a man and Whats a man, plus quick quarrels between a customer and a salesman.
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