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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
4
A family scene centers on 1 year old Jimmy and his mother arguing over a new baby sister. The dialogue hints at jealousy and adjustment as the older child resists attention shifting to a newborn. The mother suggests shared activity to ease tension and reassure the boy about family changes.
A nostalgia filled column recalls making ice cream by hand with a dasher and salt, contrasts it with modern freezers, and suggests turning vegetarian amid abundant garden produce. It notes simple freezing steps, urges readers to share salad ideas, and invites home cooks to restart with family favorites and new vegetable dishes.
Reader asks if anyone has tried a stain removing mix with 60 grains of oxalic acid in 20 ounces of rose water and requests a druggist to prepare it. The note urges donations of recipes for next week’s column and uses an urgent tone.
Nutritionist Ruth Cessna notes that a worn chromium plated skillet exposing copper poses no danger if cleaned and used promptly. Do not leave cooked foods in copper vessels as a green or bluish oxide is poisonous. Copper can destroy vitamin C, so foods rich in vitamin C should be cooked in non copper containers.
If your garden yields two quarts of new green peas, cook them simply to preserve flavor. Shell just before cooking, trim tendrils, boil in salted water 10 to 20 minutes, then cover briefly to save color. Cook until just tender, evaporate most water, season with butter and cream for creamed peas.
A fragmented advice piece warns that cheaper roofing materials may lead to higher long term costs due to frequent replacements. It endorses reasonable priced products like Mule- Hide Cor-Ou-Roy and stresses solid service, while a humorous thread shows a missing ladder and a baker's dozen lines about Winchells column and peep holes. The tone mixes home improvement tips with light anecdotes and sales plugs.
A brief note explains sugar in cooking can enhance flavor by balancing acidity and boosting aroma compounds. It highlights sugar’s role in browning, sweetness perception, and in stabilizing textures during caramelization.
Ruth Gibson joined C N Olson as a guest at Clermont on Sunday while Layon Larson visited relatives in Eagle Grove for two weeks. Rose Reitz of Blessings hospital Quincy underwent sinus surgery recently. A group including Mr and Mrs J J Potter and others toured Volga City to see Guy Whitford's home. Celia Rennison and daughters planned several days in Forest Park NL with Rev Theo Dons family. Chas Feller and Dale DeSart attended Copper Clad dealers in Waterloo with a dinner at Russell Lamson hotel before the meeting. R P Strauch left for Burlington for the Masonic Grand Lodge session.
Friday morning Mrs. George Vaughn will spend a week with relatives in Strawberry Point while Mr. Vaughn travels to Waterloo to take up work there.
French settlers began flood control on the Mississippi more than thirty years before the American Revolution, shaping early river management in colonial North America.
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