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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
4
Farmers say they rely on weekly want ads for real value and reader interest remains high. The Telegraph Herald and Elgin Echo offer a $5.60 yearly subscription, with Echo office as contact. Call Na 20 for news items.
A columnist recaps a reader’s whipped cream cake recipe and shares a carrot in orange syrup variation. It also urges practical kitchen organization tips, such as taping recipes inside cabinet doors and using lemon peels to whiten towels, with readers urged to send next column suggestions.
William Knox announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for county treasurer, subject to the decision of Fayette County voters in the June 3, 1940 primary election.
The Republican primary selection in Fayette County includes C. A. Munson for County Recorder and A. J. Kutschat for Sheriff as the voters decide on June 3, 1949. The notices specify the office, the party, and the election date for each candidate.
H R Humphrey announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Fayette county supervisor for the 1942 term. He asks for voters support at the primary election held June 3 1940.
Paul P. Stewart seeks the Republican nomination for state senator from the 40th district. He asks for voters' support at the June 3 primary. The message frames the campaign as a civic duty within party ranks.
San Francisco resident Miss Julie Welton appeared before a judge charged with reckless driving. She pleaded the hat she wore as the cause of obstructed view and the collision, and the judge ruled in her favor saying the hat likely caused it.
Mrs. T J F asks how to boost vitamin C in late winter. The suggestion is to include cabbage lettuce and other leafy greens now on the market and serve them raw in salads to maximize nutrient intake.
Fayette C. T. A. reports eight months of the testing year with standout herd records across Jersey Guernsey Milking Shorthorn and Holstein herds. Notable totals include Queen 50.4 lbs fat 357.5 lbs, Pet over 460 lbs fat, Old Jersey 350.2 lbs fat and Beatrice I 109.3 lbs fat in January.
In March open laying house windows to admit sun without chilling birds. Pruning vines should wait if canes are frozen to avoid breakage. Expected smaller rise in winter vegetables due to freezing damage in transit. Butter prices likely stay high but may ease as production rises. Egg production rose in February but January gains were trimmed. flocks are larger than a year ago and output may exceed 1939 later winter and spring. Hair-balls in calves from cross-sucking can cause bloat. prevent by stanchioning after feeding and offering roughage early.
A new Iowa State College bulletin on Quality Lamb Production summarizes current breeding, feeding, and management practices to help beginners and seasoned sheep raisers. Iowa cow testing reports show 47 596 cows aged two to eight have average remaining life estimates of 4 to 2.8 years, with 20.5 percent culled yearly and about 25 percent mortality over longer periods, implying herd turnover roughly every four years.
Pleasant Point Club members and families met at Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dinan’s home on Friday evening, March 15. Eleven members attended. Roll call with Irish Jokes, Beethoven life paper read by Mrs. Nydegger, lesson substitutions for next meeting, housecleaning hints led by Mrs. Fred Nydegger, and a discussion on Better Quality Than Other Class 85. Mrs. Henry Feller presented on food product quality. Meeting adjourned to April at Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Kimpson’s home. lunch served by the hostess.
Mix thoroughly 10 lbs salam mani ac and 3 1/2 lbs sulphur. Throw onto fire in furnace or stage. soot will burn out in chimney. Close all drafts and do not use too large a quantity at once. Monitor roof to prevent burning soot from starting a fire.
The skyscraper era in New York rests on bedrock via open cofferdams or closed pneumatic caissons. A timber or steel caisson forms a working chamber, filled with concrete to create vertical shafts. When rock is reached, chambers are filled to create solid pillars and the steel skeleton is erected swiftly.
A historical note explains dyvour as a bankrupt or debtor. It cites 1693 English court of sessions mandating the dyvour wear a split yellow and brown coat with half brown and half yellow hose, reaffirmed in 1749, and a 1836 statute restricting such ordination by William IV.
Texas issues about 250000 payroll checks each month as part of state worker payments. The figure underscores large scale disbursements by Texas agencies.
In Moscow on March 13 a treaty grants the Soviet Union a thirty year lease on Hangoe and surrounding territory, the entire Karelian Isthmus with Viberg and Stortavala, lands east of Maerkajärvi including Kudajärvi, and parts of the Sredni and Ryabachi Peninsulas. A Russian route to Sweden will be built this year from Kandalaksha to Kem.
A solitary stork appeared recently in England and became the focus of nightly radio bulletins. The bird is virtually unknown in Britain and is decreasing in Germany.
Report from Kimberly notes new diamond finds along the Vaal river in Africa with fresh diggers arriving daily to peg ground. The largest stone yet is a fine 30 carat gem and several other notable finds are mentioned in dispatches from the field.
Practically blind farmer Tr I. Peck of Stratford N. 1 trudges a mile daily to fetch wood from the farm woodlot to pay taxes and keep his home supplied all year.
An advertisement touts Mule-Hide Cor-Du-Roy Roofs as durable, stylish, and affordable. It emphasizes distinctive design, rich color, and strong weather resistance, urging readers to inspect samples before choosing a roof.
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