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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
4
An association of university rural architecture outlines insulation’s value to save fuel, with three year payback in winter savings. It covers five insulation types including mineral fiber fills, flexible blankets, rigid boards, porous foams, and reflector foils, noting fire resistance and pest safety as key traits.
The South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station reports five years of tests comparing oyster shell clam shell chalkstone Black Hills limestone and dolomitic limestone as calcium supplements for laying hens. No supplement showed a significant production advantage. without added calcium egg production and shell strength fall. Added calcium is essential for maximum production and can quickly stimulate the oviduct’s calcium secretion within 24 hours after feeding when absent.
A flock of 65 pedigreed chickens, among the most valuable breeding stock exports, was sent to Japan last summer from the United States as part of a notable shipment.
The Japanese Silky is an old breed originating in Japan with early ties to China. It was mainly used for exhibition, but hens are increasingly used for game fowls and incubating quail and pheasant eggs, noted for their care of chicks.
Foxhill Royal 116, a Southdown shearling ram lamb, arrived in Buenos Aires after being bought in England by an Argentine rancher. The ship provided a special top deck home and a groom attended the ram constantly. The animal was insured for $999 and cost $150 with the owner paying extra for passage.
Marjorie Reierson visited Gus Krueger at his home Friday and Saturday. Elmer Gruver left for Fort Des Moines to join the U S Army field artillery. Orville Bunting family back home in Janesville after visiting Emma Bunting. he attends summer school in Iowa City. Florence Casper ill for a week. Sam Lehman recovering from scarlet fever as Dorothy Friederich cares for them. Doris Neumann confirmation dinner hosted by Walter Neumann family. Samuel McMasters, West Union insurance agent and new Democratic committeeman, held on arson charges after a beer tavern fire in Donnan.
The week’s leading divorce case involves Mrs. Samuel Hoffenstein accusing her husband, poet, of writing and dedicating jingles that unsettle her. She cites verses that express restlessness and loneliness both when apart and together, claiming they disturb her peace of mind.
The piece notes Iran as Persia and outlines customs including a government drive requiring officials and students to wear Persian-made cloth to aid textiles. It recalls an old practice where Persian mothers dressed children as the opposite gender for amusement.
A collection of fleeting notes including a claim that staphylococcus is the most common germ due to pimples, a remark on a 30 foot by 4 foot Venetian gondola, and local economic figures showing town liquor sales dropping from 869000 to 810000 in May. Also mentions butter from Iowa, Roosevelt, and an air mail week tub weighing 31 pounds sent from Ames with a $30 postage bill.
Alexandria Bay N Y August opening ceremony features Beverly Kisor and other Thousand Islands pretties greeting attendees. Beverly wears new World Fair bat look and appears strong candidate for attendant place at the bridge opening ceremony near here on August 18.
Sixty rural youths from Fayette county gathered at Seivert's Springs near Decorah for the annual rural young people's picnic with twenty Winneshiek county members as guests. In the afternoon the Fayette county kittenball team surged to a lopsided 27 to 4 victory over Winneshiek county.
Seventy five Fayette county AAA committeemen and their wives attended the Soil Conservation meeting in Fayette Saturday morning with a watershed area tour around Monona in the afternoon. County Agent McElroy outlined strip cropping terracing contour farming liming fertilizing and crop rotations while W S Rothlisberger discussed the 1938 AAA program. In Monona L A Wainscott soil conservationist led a tour of five project farms.
Entries for 128 registered dairy heifers and bull calves were prepared by 67 Fayette County youths to compete in state fairs this fall. County Club Agent Wm. T. Diamond sent the stock to Sowa Dairy association. Plan cow testing picnics include June 24 at Kenneth Kerr farm Cler mont township with Guernsey judging at Jerry Spencer and Holstein judging at Irving Deering and Kerr farms. Ladies hostesses honored Miss Heleen Scholz at a shower hosted by Mrs. Herman Thm with Marian Thm and Kay Eckart assisting.
Newark, New Jersey, socialist leader Norman Thomas was pelted with eggs and vegetables and led away by detectives after an attempt to give a speech on a platform. The incident disrupted the event as Thomas was escorted from the venue.
New York report states Donald Carroll moved from hospital to county prison after psychiatric observation. He faced the death by his own hand of his sweetheart Charlotte Matthison in a pact dispute. Carroll is freed and declared sane.
West Union beat Elgin 8 to 7 as Granger allowed 10 hits and Elgin tallied 9 off Smith. Elgin travels to Alpha next Sunday.
An exchange reveals a manager requesting a pair of French panties for the ladies' emporium while a stock clerk asks for the size, amid chatter about a party Betty attended and her dress. The dialogue hints at fashion, flirtation, and shop interactions within a humorous Viennese-like gossip tone.
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