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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1941
Page
4
Virginia Payne presents a five minute shoulder massage technique on air to keep shoulders looking young. Gentle circular motions with fingertips and cold cream are shown as quick daily maintenance.
Mrs John DeWald aged 44 died at her home two miles southwest of Wadena early Saturday after months of poor health. She is survived by her widower three children Daniel of Wadena Delores Ann and Johns Francis at home and her mother Mrs D W Considine of Wadena. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 9 am from St Joseph church in Wadena with burial at Fairbank.
The Mount Ayr fire department has added salvage covers to protect furniture and other items from water and smoke during fires, aiming to reduce damage to households and property. Mr and Mrs Klimmek of Carroll wed at 3 pm and were in an auto accident later that day while en route to the hospital. A Chelsea farmer, Joseph Balvin, was killed when his tractor overturned.
In a Myrtle Inn veranda setting, granddaughter Amy Delorme and her suitor Ralph Fricke meet amid a tense family moment. Mrs. Duckworth distrusts Ralph, while Colonel Mallat defends Amy and accompanies the injured grandmother to safety as fire breaks out and a dramatic rescue unfolds.
The Virgin Islands of the United States, once the Danish West Indies, were acquired by the United States from Denmark for 25 million dollars in a publicly proclaimed January 25. The deal marks a historic transfer of sovereignty and reshapes regional geopolitics in the Caribbean.
A long reader note promotes potatoes as economical and nutritious. It covers baked, mashed, and stuffed variations, storage tips, and quick meals. It also discusses nutrient retention and how to avoid nutrient loss when paring or boiling. The piece includes a spinach ring mold and sausage stuffed potato recipe.
Spinach rings with butter and lemon juice offer a novel main course for Lenten meals. It uses four pounds spinach, butter, salt, and lemon juice. Wash spinach thoroughly then cook in a kettle without added fat.
The fragment ponders whether fangs have value and if children should spend time differently than following crowds, noting the answer lies in context and purpose. It implies a discussion on discipline, guidance, and productive activity.
Agricultural observations from Iowa include oats trials showing Gopher oats lead northern Iowa yields in 1940, plus Premier Blakemore and Dunlap strawberries are best for Iowa planting. Advice covers early planting, soil peat, mulch. lamb feeding with supplements. molasses as fattening feed. seed treatment benefits. and a note on growing mediums for home gardeners amid soilless culture prospects.
An ad style snippet contrasts spending on rent with investing in a home via an FHA loan. It promotes personalized home building services, rejecting ready made plans and inviting readers to bring their ideas for execution. A series of light jokes and dialogue fragments frame the message.
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