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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
1
A collage of jokes and quips on news, manners, and daily life. Tales range from a doctor’s warning about nighttime stress to a thief hidden by cocoa tins, with wry lines about learning, leadership, and consumer habits in wartime and peacetime society.
A humorous rhyme depicts a boy’s poor grades blamed on a girl neighbor who earns high marks with steady A s. The old coot quips that four swallows make a lark, turning a classroom rumor into a playful proverb about competition and luck.
Elgin Study Club members and families will meet at the school house this evening at 4 30 for a picnic supper followed by entertainment.
A large crowd attended the second market day sale with free movie showings and one final auction before spring work. Dist No 4 Farm Bureau met at Tom Greathead’s home with Mrs Clyde King and Mrs Jim Wilson instructing. Also noted were eight hats completed at $1.00 to $2.50 each, Eleanor Schneider resigning from Elgin Savings Bank and Clara Winkler to replace her, Florence Lehman resigning as chief operator at the local exchange, John DeSart locating misplaced spectacles, Phila thea class fundraising for new song books, and Frank L Capper beginning his assessor rounds with a 20 day limit.
Lighting in the dairy barn is essential to speed work and aid sanitation. Agricultural engineers urge wiring for ample illumination with outlets every 12 feet along the litter alley and every 20 feet along the feed alley. A second row of lights can be added over the hind quarters, with floodlights outside and yard lights to prevent accidents.
Campbell-Ewald Co marks its fortieth anniversary as Detroit's oldest large ad agency. From six employees to 350 plus, with eight figure annual billings in six cities, it has long partnered with Chevrolet, asserting newspaper advertising as key to local and national campaigns. Thin ice and road damage plague Town highway subgrades this winter, worsening surfaces statewide.
A livestock publication reports a lifetime meat quota based on age and consumption data. It defines live animals as 35 hogs 10 lambs 8 steers and 4 calves for a 68.3 year life expectancy. Per capita meat intake averages are cited with historic peaks and lows around 150 pounds annually.
Oscar Flores, director, and General Harry H. Johnson, co director, witnessed the final vaccine dose marking the end of a three year drive to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease in Mexico. About 27 million animals were vaccinated three times, most received a fourth immunization, and there have been no outbreaks since December 1949.
The newly completed Farm Bureau building, a two story facility, features modern design and expands local agricultural services. Officials say the structure enhances community access and supports cooperative programs.
Miss Lorraine A Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton Miller and Robert F Boyle son of Mr and Mrs George Boyle were married at Elgin Baptist Church on Feb 21 with Dr Arthur Ittermann officiating. The double ring ceremony featured organ solos and a reception for 150 guests.
Over twenty years the town reduced damage to farm buildings by 50 percent. Local officials credit improved firefighting access and upgraded equipment for the steady decline in blazes and losses. The effort reflects ongoing rural safety measures and community resilience.
A farm topics summary outlines steps to improve farms including drawing scale maps, planning raspberry patches, and early calf feeding. It notes seed counts for bromegrass and red clover, lice control in poultry, house temperature above freezing, and the impact of fertilizer supply on full-scale production in 1951.
The 1930 summer season fresh market vegetable tonnage rose about four percent over 1929. Onions watermelons and cabbage were notably higher, and lettuce increased. Tonnages of celery tomatoes and peas declined somewhat according to the United States Department of Agriculture report.
The piece stresses starting piglets on seeds other than sow milk soon after birth. Early feeding diversifies diet, leading to larger, heavier, thriftier animals at weaning and better readiness for an early fall market.
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