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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1949
Page
4
Classified mini ads list sale items and wanted requests with pricing. Includes corn sale, 50 wet sows wanted, Moore barley seed offer, baby photos, hardware for garage door, wool purchase, and pens and pencils at Elgin Echo. Prices and contact notes vary by listing.
Agricultural guidance covers silage feeding values, corn borers thresholds at 59 egg masses per 100 plants, and spraying timing for 35 inch high corn. Advises on DDT usage, shade for calves, sanitation, Sudan grass height, sun exposure for vitamin D, morning glories control with 2 4 D, and APF protein in chick feed. Details from Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station trials.
Elgin locals report visits and gatherings from families and friends across nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs W C Falk and family spent time at Clear Lake. Emil Moore returned from Union Bridge with son Herman. Several guests called at Mary Keiser, Emma Olson, and other homes, and Father’s Day dinner featured many relatives.
Eight members and one leader of the Marion Busy Bees 4-H club met June 8 at the home of Marilyn and Shirley West. The vice-president opened the meeting with roll call, a sewing problem answered, and a talk on labels. Eleanor Gisleson demonstrated bias tape making and Corrine Rypstol read on cloths and accessories. The group recited the club pledge and the pledge of allegiance. The music chair taught a new game, and lunch was served.
Twelve Grand Meadow Go-Getters 4-H members visited members homes on June 20 guided by Harvey Platt and Howard Hackett. They judged Holsteins at Lloyd Bigler farm and Guernsey cattle at Otto Elgers farm with a picnic at Lorenz Casten. The tour began at Marilyn Manting farm at 9:00 a.m.
A Canadian playground program uses green and yellow for equipment. Green is chosen as restful for children's eyes while orange yellow provides high visibility to mark hazards. Burpee advocates say yellow is the most highly visible color for safety.
The piece notes Iowa education funding aims and shifts, citing ISEA leaders on state aid reaching 26 percent and possible increases in 1951, while Farm Bureau actions push land tax credits to five million dollars. It also covers the World War III bonus law, with the Iowa Supreme Court ruling the financing plan valid and payment to begin within 30 days.
A typed ad lists multiple vintage cars with brief highlights and prices. Highlights include 49 Chevrolet Styleline DeLuxe 4-door with radio and heater, 48 Fleetline Aero Sedan with two tone green finish, 47 Ford Super DeLuxe Tudor with extras, 46 Chevrolet Stylemaster two door, 40 Plymouth DeLuxe overhauled, 39 Chevrolet Town Sedan, 37 Chevrolet Town Sedan, and more in a broad used car sale.
Advice urges preventing farm accidents by removing hazards where possible and otherwise living with them safely. The message quotes emphasize practical safety steps and awareness for ongoing risk reduction on farms.
The residue after a three billion dollar disability fund will go to the permanent school fund. The court said the law would have been stronger with less risk of attack. Two interim study committees are at work. The Little Hoover commission, chaired by Sen. De Vere Watson, will study government consolidation. Sen. John Hattery of Nevada heads the municipal laws study group.
The interim committee was told that adding facilities to raise University medical school enrollment to 120 students yearly would cost about 1.5 million dollars. Additional teaching staff would raise expenses further, with potential total near 230 dollars per student.
The legislature proposes raising medical school enrollments from about 80 to more, while implementing screening of Iowa mental patients before commitment. The Independence screening unit would cost roughly 180000 dollars yearly and serve about 122 patients monthly, backed by a 500000 dollar appropriation. A second screening center is eyed for Clarinda or Cherokee.
The price spread between different grades of cattle has narrowed recently, signaling tighter differentiation in market values. Analysts note pressure from supply shifts and demand steadiness as buyers adjust bids across U.S. beef grades.
A humorous exchange features a husband and wife arguing over time and judgment. The husband claims today is ready cash and disapproves of his wife’s social life, while the wife retorts that her judgment is superior and their choice of life partners proves it.
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