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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1929
Page
3
A New York regional planning board study warns that urban growth must extend beyond city borders. It cautions that unchecked suburban expansion without comprehensive planning could merely shift problems, risking overall district welfare and property values.
An Exchange report argues that shade trees are sacrificed in street widening, reflecting short sighted growth. It notes that Herbert Hoover wrote the foreword to a standard city planning act after three years of work by the Department of Commerce advisory committee. Hoover proposed cities plan their future to curb waste.
Miss Elsa Rehmann of the New York Botanical Garden labels indiscriminate tree and shrub planting around homes an unfortunate fad. She urges hedges and hedge rows to define spaces and keep gardens integrated with houses. Trees shrubs vines and flowers should be arranged to suit the house and garden balance.
The Pueblo Floral club will transform vacant lots in Pueblo Colorado from weed patches into attractive flower gardens. The project began at the state fair grounds where acres of flowers were planted. Seeds from those plants will be used on the city’s vacant lots with cooperation from public school children boy scouts and property owners.
Herbert Hoover notes in a commerce department report that the belief winter building is inadvisable is fading. A growing trend sees the winter months used for construction across types, despite agencies clinging to the old theory.
When planning a future home, focus on architectural treatment and the doorway to ensure a strong first impression. Emphasize entry porch design as it near the critical point of visitor perception and overall curb appeal.
The article notes that mortar quality impacts brickwork durability and that a fifth of a home’s brickwork consists of mortar joints. It emphasizes durable, pleasing effects and the role of mortar in long lasting construction.
Donna Mattocks visits Strawberry Point while friends gather. Several residents move weeks to Guttenberg Clermont and Waukon. The Larkin Club met at Mrs. Broughton. Families, kin, and neighbors stop by and share meals and calls across Strawberry Point and surrounding towns.
Grace Kjosa guests at Henry Vellersven home Monday night. Jerdees Hanson traveled from Decorah to visit sister Mrs. Hans Bilden. Mrs. T Kjosa and Kenneth stayed with Mrs. P T Peterson in Wagner township. Mrs. Alfred Gisleson and Yvannie to live with Mr and Mrs Joe Lind. they moved Friday. Philman Larson of Highland visits sister Mrs George Landsgard for the week. Pete Peterson and family dined with Mr and Mrs Ralph Gunderson in Sanday. T H Olson visited Lou Reerson Saturday. Pete Anderson of Elgin visited Gunder Saturday. Julia Svettheson stayed with sister Mrs Marcus Rynestol. Elmer Nelson and family weekend guests at N T Loftsgard home. Mrs Leslie Lantz and baby Saturday night at T T Loftsgard home. Teolena Olson weekend guest at Tom Olson in Wagner township. Mr and Mrs Martin Nelson of Clermont visited Monday with sister Mrs Marcus Rypestor. Elmer Nelson of Clermont will help Henry Gisleson with farm work next year. Gilbert Loftsgard hauled cattle from St Olaf for E E Gulevig last Tuesday. Relatives and neighbors surprised Gilbert Loftsgard by visiting noon Sunday. baskets brought for a picnic. Guests presented gifts. best wishes for the newlyweds. Toast praising Elgin as a good place.
The article recalls pumpkins as a versatile staple in early New England life when other vegetables were scarce. It notes pumpkin bread, beer, custard, molasses, vinegar, and pie, praising pumpkins as a sacred American seasonal symbol and tracing the word’s French roots through Pompton to pumpkin.
In Japan the summer peak for singing insects sees a large insect market offering crickets and other songsters. The emmmma-korogi costs a dime, kutsuwamushi a quarter, and wholesale prices drop as the season advances with many bugs sold for 75 cents. Tokyo suburbs host three breeding stations serving the imperial household, while a fine insect cage can cost up to 109 dollars with all occupants. Eggs require skilled protection and breeders forbid visitors to the grounds, where silkworm mulberry feeds the sacred dwellers.
An elderly man, guided by medical advice to stay where the south wind blows, converses with a hotel manager. The manager confirms the area always has a south wind, while the man tests the air with his finger and notes a northern breeze returning. The exchange remains humorous about winds.
Two old friends meet after years one has married. The bachelor explains he never married until he found the ideal woman Iver. The other sighs that his search for the ideal man ends in heartbreak as she sought the ideal partner.
The British throne follows hereditary rules with sons prioritized over daughters, though daughters and their descendants can prevail in certain lines. Victoria’s case shows the eldest child Victoria was succeeded by her son Edward VII, not by his elder sister.
In a London Answer brief a boy named Leslie is sent to buy dog biscuits for a new pet. He returns with change from half a crown and a bag of assorted cookies, explaining he chose items both he and the dog would enjoy.
A literary tribute notes labor as a sacred force and moral awakening. It links toil to wisdom, self knowledge, and noble conduct, invoking a Carlylean ideal of work as a divine vocation guiding individuals toward virtue and understanding.
Tohn Etter nears return to work after a hand infection began with a blister and caused days of pain. Stornt Lake crews hauled 40,000 pounds of sheepheads, carp, and buffalo in one haul as farmers buy sheepheads at six cents a pound. Southwest corn remains mostly in lowland fields, with risks of spring flooding due to last fall’s heavy rains and lingering snow. William Crain, in Panama with the navy, expects to move to San Diego in March. he notes Panama’s heat, mountains, cheap food, and a goat milk ice cream that costs twenty cents per gallon.
Local mill ad notes 100 lb cotton sacks of Rath's Blood Meal Tankage offered at 3 dollars and sixty cents. The piece also mentions Weibel Mill Co stoking the pipe during a fire at the same time and reports Mrs Elmer Pinney improving after illness.
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