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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1929
Page
8
Farmers report deep banks of snew remaining in shaded fields and say drying weather is needed before plowing. If sun continues, preparations for an early start may begin in March or early April. Also notes a wallpaper sale and a successful auction at J T Anderson’s with Jack Brackin praised as auctioneer.
Mrs John Luchsinger was a caller Sunday at the Ad Lehman home. Ed Boyle and family and others spent time with Walter Kohts and in various homes. Gleaners met at L W Reed's. Several families hosted visits through the week. John Monnahan left Postville for Marshfield Wisconsin to work this coming summer.
A rural reflection argues auto travel and good roads favor lively towns with proactive merchants. A weak town with indecisive traders may lose trade to better communities as motorists use roads to visit thriving centers or depart from stagnation. Local notices include farm listing and a belated correction about a defamatory line, plus a West Union couple visiting Elgin on Sunday.
Practical agriculture notes cover seed selection and cleaning, watering routines for hotbeds, lamb creep feeding, boiling dairy utensil hygiene, and bird nest substitutes. Advice on pasture timing for dairy cows, combining grain and forage crops, and nurse crops under varying rainfall and soil moisture conditions.
Two young women driving a late model Oldsmobile with 140 gallons of alcohol aboard were arrested near Garner last week. They pleaded guilty before Judge Kepler in Northwood, fined 490 each, and confined in the county jail until paid. After brief confinement a brother paid the fines. One woman listed Sioux City and the other Sioux Falls as addresses. One carried a fever. An officer said they offered him 600 dollars to the Alcohol. And auto seized in Conny Iowa.
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