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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1933
Page
3
Community notes from Clermont and nearby towns cover visits, birthdays, picnics, church events, and travel. Ruth Opland visits relatives. Lavanda Carr joins West Union golf club. families seek summer housing. trips to Elgin Des Moines Chicago and Iowa City are recounted. local students and teachers advance in education and contests. hot weather affects health and crops as J W Miller remains bedridden.
A vintage recipe snippet describes making lemon and orange ices by boiling water and sugar, adding juice and rind, then freezing. It covers strawberry ice cream with berries, cream, milk, eggs, and salt, plus a pineapple orange punch frozen in frappe glasses.
A string of brief society notices lists visitors and homecomings. Tommie Carthings visited Castalia for business, Bertha Larsohn and Emma Gunderson traveled to Postville, and Susanus Priest spent Sunday with her parents. Dr and Mrs Brandt visited Dikader, Henry Fritz’s nephew Robert Bigler and sons came from Wadena to Fred Bigler’s home, while Mrs Harry Neff returned to West Union after nursing care. Mr and Mrs Wm Grover and Bonita Ellen of Elgin spent time with the Willis Gress household. Myrtle Bilden, former Waldorf College attendee, is home with her parents E E Bilden. L H Appelman visited Volga City, and Monona plans a 4th of July celebration, the first in years, per The Leader.
Peter Rab learns from Short-Tail that the Meadow Mouse stores food underground and under logs for winter. Short-Tail explains his winter foraging, how he avoids predators, and how he survives by eating beechnuts seeds and carrion scraps left by hunters. He promises to return at noon as Peter contemplates his prudent winter plans.
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