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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1928
Page
3
Fragmented ad text urges readers to save money by subscribing through the home paper. Mentions Echo-Eater prise and Tubngue Telegraph-Her ald with unclear references to savings and promotions.
Local shop advertises car washing, tire vulcanizing, radiator repair and general auto service. Mentions ground and set tires, air and water cleaning, and boot and over shoe vulcanizing. References a 1928 subscription tag question.
The Clermont Enterprise appears as a weekly paper with R P Strauch publisher and Ruth Skarshoug local editor. It is entered as second class mail matter at Clermont Igvette County Iawa, indicating its local, official newspaper status.
On Thursday March 22, 1928 about 10 000 people from 49 counties will tour Iowa State College as part of a statewide program. Tours from 36 counties are set, with 16 more tentative and others may still join. County farm bureaus organize most tours and supervise arrangements.
January feed for ten cows cost 56.24 and February 27.61, a saving of 28.63 as production rose. A tester, R. F. Williams, notes a recommended mix of corn, bran and oil meal was not followed exactly. The case details shift to the W H Niehaus banking case in district court with jury selection underway.
Iowa State College plant pathologist RH Porter cautions farmers to uniformly coat each kernel when dust treating seed corn for dry rot diseases. The recommended method uses a barrel churn for 4 to 5 minutes and an examination to ensure even coverage. Plans for a home mixer are available from the Plant Pathology Department at Ames for about five cents.
Seed allocations for Velvet barley have been exhausted after heavy demand across Minnesota and beyond. Farmers urged to save seed for next year as prospects of restocking are slim. Ossie Orwell shines in major league debut for the Athletics, beating the Phillies in three innings with one hit and one run allowed.
A guidance list outlining key questions for evaluating farm leases. It covers writing, clarity, fairness, living income, care of premises, reservations in writing, duties and contributions, rights and privileges, dispute settlement, tenancy end procedures, and essential lease elements such as date signatures term description rent amount and payment terms.
The passage questions common idioms such as chicken-hearted old hen sheepish dirty dog and explores why language assigns negative traits to animals despite their real behavior and virtues, noting the contrast between human judgments and animal conduct.
Pennsylvania’s long history with floods is noted though not fully submerged since an earlier era. Discussion returns to the old Tavener grist mill site in West Decorah as a potential building project. A Wisconsin man visited last week to study the matter.
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