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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1955
Page
2
A damaged text fragment mentions a former Gowrie resident aged 35 as a victim of a recent event. It references an ear filling and a frozen body, found about 300 feet away near a site described as 4965 gastens. Details, victims, and exact circumstances are not recoverable from the readable portion.
The excerpt describes classroom work and exhibits across grades. It notes students compiling China life booklets, poster projects on bones and muscles, fingerprinting experiments, geography and history tasks, and displays of current events, artwork, and bulletin boards. It mentions teachers Merlin Buncvler and peers, milk breaks, birthday treats, and an illness affecting Merin Crain.
Roy Beper visits West Gains on Sunday and a social gathering in St Chad with Quinton Cleon and Syren Lave. Several local residents hosted or visited family including Mrs Exner Borer, the Rowlands, and George Probers. Mrs John Peck and daughter Jill from Alexandria, Virginia, are visiting extendedly with Mrs B Senora as her husband plans to join after overseas duty in July.
The index of prices received by lerwal farmers for all farm products did not change during the month ending Feb 15 but was 47 percent lower than a year earlier. The mid February index stood at 241 percent of the 1910 14 base, matching January and above the 1954 February reading. The crop index at 244 percent of the base fell one point in the month and was 9 points lower than a year earlier.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe snowstorms and storms around March. Mentions white lightning and large gatherings of spectators, with references to a peak storm period and many specialities or individuals. No clear dates, places, or identifications are readable in the available text.
A scrambled recipe fragment describes combining cottage cheese with pineapple and corn starch, pressing crumbs, beating egg whites, and chilling for a cheesecake. It mentions vitamins and Vitamin C and advertises a cookbook with a free copy offer by Elizabeth Cage, inviting readers to save the recipe.
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