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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1929
Page
4
D C Dean and wife and Walter Kohls and wives spent Monday evening at Lyle Wilson home. Many neighbors visited various homes Friday through Sunday including the Harolds and Helms at Elgin, Frank Boyle at Ed Boyle, and Arthur Patterson with Mrs. Peters at George Howard.
Representative J Grr of this county introduces in the Iowa legislature a bill requiring dairy and breeding cattle entering the state to be tested by the agglutination test for contagious abortion and found free of the disease. The Register notes farmers have lost money due to abortion and seek support to pass the measure.
In a street car a harsh retort escalates when one man challenges another while the harder man fires back that any misstep would prevent the other from sitting for a month. The exchange captures a tense altercation between two individuals.
Elgin High students showcase class rings amid a week of activities. Absences include Bernard Hanson and Kenneth Schori. Mr. Whitney returns after illness. Sixth grade forms Hoover booklets on Herbert Hoover. primary pupils illustrate the Three Little Pigs. Spelling contests occur with Lillian Nelson winning in third grade and a four-way tie in fourth grade.
Clyde Wharton, 47, a Fairmont Minnesota farmer, drowned when his vehicle slid into a shallow creek and pinned him face down beneath the machine in two inches of water. Coroner G H Luedke ruled no serious injuries but concluded drowning occurred while imprisoned under the vehicle.
Notice directs dog owners to secure licenses and pay fees to the Assessor or the office. A one dollar penalty applies on and after April 1 2022. County Auditor Cline signs the notice with details about where to remit payment.
The Wedding March was played as Sais Ring out sweet bells at the Elgin Opera House Sunday night. Elgin Millinery Store announced a special sale Friday, March 15 by Mrs. W. R. Blake. Celia Lehman hosted a quilting party at her home Thursday and Friday afternoons. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Monlux of Gunder were guests at the Reichert home Sunday. Glen Schori of the New York Audit Company’s Midwest office in Chicago was recently sent to Mississippi for several weeks of work. A rural real estate ad offers 480 acres in Iowa with favorable terms from John A. Risk of Fargo, N. Dakota. The town notes snow melt stories and rising water fears persist. Founders Day included a playlet by Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of St. Paul’s M. E. church and a Mystery box led by Mrs. Lana Hendrason. Ruth Skarshaug plans to move to Sumner for a secretary position in late March or early April. Kenneth Schori is recovering after hospital treatment in West Union, now at home with care from the Schori family.
Nutrition expert notes cooking greens year round and suggests a festive table with Paddy hat centerpiece, green napkins, and shamrock decor. Emphasizes spinach as the main vegetable, light cooking to keep color, and an Irish pudding dessert with green tinted cream serving ten.
A mixed instruction fragment describes icing using sugar milk butter and vanilla with green coloring. It directs melting butter then adding sugar and milk, boiling to a soft ball in cold water, then removing from heat and timing for run through a cone, with flavoring and coloring. If stiff, melt over hot water.
Five years ago predictions of autos over 200 mph seemed crazy until Major Seagrave in the Irving-Napier Golden Arrow hit 231 mph at Daytona Beach Florida. Four and a half days at that pace would circle the world.
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