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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1950
Page
4
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The L. L. Kiple family gathered in Blairstown for a Sunday reunion at Henry Meyer’s home. Many local visits followed, with numerous dinners and suppers across Elgin and nearby towns. Visitors included Mrs. W. A. Wolfe of Portland, Oregon, and families from Clermont, Dubuque, and Madison.
The notes discuss meat income from wool, town ewe flocks, rotating pastures for legumes, changing American eating habits, fly-breeding cleanup, corn borer marketing timing, late hatched chicks, and egg mass thresholds for control. It advises on spraying timing, egg laying duration, and safety of low clearance ground treatment when corn is wilted in the afternoon.
Best control of weeds along roadsides and fence rows can be obtained by use of chemicals if the weeds are sprayed now while they are growing rapidly.
Thirteen members of Jefferson high school's 1928 and 1929 football squads held a reunion at Jefferson. The teams were undefeated across two seasons and were scored on only once. A swarm of bees descended on a popcorn stand at Iowa Falls but were guided away without incidents. Daisy Van Gordon's death was followed by the passing of her 91-year-old father, William Dick Peddie, after a stroke. Radcliffe firemen's celebration drew crowds but many midway concessions were closed for gambling violations. Jimmy and Ronald Williams 11 and 7, were lost overnight during a fishing trip. they were found at 4 a.m. A deer in Eldora broke its leg, treated by a veterinarian, and the fawn is recovering.
Mulching raspberry beds conserves moisture aiding crop maturity. Suggestions on converting barn space to a milk house. Contour farming gains popularity in Iowa with better yields as soil absorbs more nutrients. Salt access boosts beef cattle growth and calmness while lowering costs. Heat reduces egg quality and raises dirty egg percentages in early summer. Terminal markets note price gaps between top grades and standards. Quack grass control shows promise with sodium trichloroacetate trials. Dusting fights corn borer. timing and spraying differ in effectiveness. Falling poultry prices noted. promote natural vitamin intake with milk and dairy. Fresh canned milk expected to reach consumers in coming years.
Public notice proclaims a July 11 1950 special election in Elgin Iowa to decide extending water mains incurring up to 5000 in debt issuing up to 5000 in bonds and levying up to one half mill tax. Polls open 8 am to 8 pm at Town Hall with official ballot wording and duties.
A fall highway safety drive is planned October 18 to 21 led by A M Skoglund of Des Moines under the Iowa oil industry information committee. The article notes Dr Price’s resignation as college president after ten years, with a move to a faculty professorship. It also covers liquor permit spending averages and enforcement emphasis by the Iowa attorney general on beer and liquor laws.
The Iowa employment security commission reports May 10,816 jobs found, with 8,842 in industrial and commercial fields and 1,974 elsewhere. The figures mark an unusually high May and the highest stage since last November.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a soup potato dish with shredded cheese and onion salt broiled. It mentions a carrot weevil and a tin hot rust fly and a 1 percent DDT dust applied directly to seedlings at a per 30 foot rate.
A lighthearted note hints that summer warmth arrives with the daybreak routine as even a chair seems to join the rise of the sun. The playful line captures seasonal mood and everyday whimsy.
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