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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1946
Page
4
Various small items and notices appear including a for sale item listing a writing desk with a contact number 2422 in Elgin and an offer to compare prices. The page also includes notes on office supplies at the Echo office, teaching preacher coverage in LaVerne, a car theft report in Mason City, a flour white content claim, a sugar substitute tip, a speed fatality statistic from 1944, and a brief on Robert Polk's early swimming record.
Iowa farmers show 11 percent more hogs on Jan 1 this year than 1945. Boiling water kills brooder worms not lye. World food output per person in 1945 fell 12 percent from prewar years. Bees in back yards may boost fruit yields. It takes 10 pounds soft corn to equal 8 pounds dry corn nutrients. 1946 soybean prices should not drop below 1945 levels. Chicks exposed to old hens risk leukosis-range paraly sis. Laying hens need calcium to prevent thin shells and stopped laying. A nursing sow ration: 1200 lb ground corn 400 lb ground oats 400 lb supplement. self-fed after about 10 days. Treat cattle grubs with 1 percent rotenone dust anytime.
All kinds of oils suitable for cream separators, farm machines, tractors, autos, transmissions, windmills, motors, and related equipment are advertised as compatible with diverse needs. The listing emphasizes broad applicability across mechanical systems and industrial uses.
Farmers learn feeding methods for cattle and lambs including dust treatments for grubs and lice, creep feeding to fatten lambs, and grain mixes. Nitrogen from oats improves soil, and ammonium sulfate boosts yields. Silage from high moisture corn is highlighted as a practical feed for cattle and hogs over 70 pounds.
Brainard News reports Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hanson and Doris, and Lyle and Jimmie Mantin visiting Sunday at Ray Gilbert’s home. Mrs. Maud Patterson visited Etta Nutting and Mary Bartlett Sunday afternoon. Ray Gilbert and family dined with Dan Craft. George and Bert Moats from Monticello visited until Monday at Chloe Lyon’s home. Marshall Helms spent Sunday with Cleve Erhardt. Dan Craft and Barbara Gilbert visited Mary Bartlett Sunday. Jem Boyer returned Thursday from California. Corrine Moats visited grandparents Enest Tripp and Chloe Lyon and Willis, plus Mrs. George Moats.
A playful guide listing hair decor ideas from tassels and ribbons to beads and brooches. Suggestions include button accents on curved combs, turquoise bracelets shaped to barrettes, and beading with velvet ribbons. Also mentions manning up looks with scarves and initials in polish for quick changes. A homecoming quip closes the piece.
Moats were dinner guests in the William Nutting home Monday. Mr and Mrs Raymond Mays of West Union called at the Dan Craft home Saturday evening. Richard Johnston was a guest Thursday and Friday in the Ray Gillbert home.
A streak of light was observed by three Farmers Elevator employees at Scranton. They reported the light seemed to strike the ground and bounce. Investigators concluded the event was caused by a meteor that burned up before impact.
A Chariton family tradition is highlighted as Margaret Throckmorton upholds the line of doctors. The report mentions Mrs Snow earning a doctorate in medicine at George Washington University, a detail tying to her grandfather T M Throckmorton and uncles Drs Tom B and Lazear Throckmorton. Also noted is a wartime letter from Krems Austria about a hand surgery for a machine gun wound.
A homeowner notes a method to remove burnt or greasy residue by adding one teaspoon washing soda to one inch of cool water in the pan, covering it, and heating to boiling. The heat dissolves and lifts the grease for easier cleaning.
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