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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1946
Page
3
Subscription payments for new and renewal are accepted by the Clermont Local News Editor Mrs. Bess Tschantz who will issue receipts for the publisher.
Frank Miles will head the Democratic ticket for governor as he faces no opposition. Several others are assured spots on the ballot for statewide offices including Sewell Allen, Michael Hogan, William Yager, Clarence Smith, Upton Kepford, F. J. McMahon, Laura Manes, Ray Walsh, and Isaac Snyder. Congressional races in districts one through eight show no opposition. Death shocks Iowa as Melvin W. Ellis, 65, former banking superintendent, dies in Des Moines after a hip fracture from a fall. In Eldora, Supt. Fred Cooper and Dean M. L. Puckette push a reform program at the state training school, contending that runaway youths from Anamosa are disrupting progress.
The article describes a shift to segregated acclimation cottages for new boys, improved foods and uniforms, and ongoing staff recruitment at the institution. Superintendent Cooper inaugurates a banquet program for successful runs away free periods, with menus and speeches, plus planned activities, athletics, and updated fire safety. It also notes closer cooperation between Iowa Republicans Young Republicans groups and the state central committee, with representation in headquarters. An Apple-math contract highlights sanitation practices in apple orchards for codling moth control through bark removal by spraying.
James Earle Fraser said the Indian head on the nickel is an idealized portrait not a specific person. He consulted several models including Chief Two Guns White Calf of the Blackfeet and Tron Tall, a Sioux leader from Pine Ridge, during initial studies.
State experiment stations find cooked cabbage held over hot water for an hour loses 70 to 80 percent of vitamin C, two hours loses 9 percent, fresh cabbage has about half the vitamin C of raw, and cabbage refrigerated for days then reheated retains more vitamin C than cabbage left on the stove.
Clermont residents hosted and visited kin and friends across nearby towns. Visitors included Len and Mrs Simek to Independence to see ill Fred Clark, and families from Dubuque Decorah Waterloo West Union Ossian Cedar Rapids and Postville joining dinners, picnics, and farewell gatherings. Lt Jellings recently discharged, and multiple households hosted guests at various homes this Sunday and Monday.
Instruction notes that letting soap soak wastes soap and suggests improving a washboard guard by fastening an extra wood strip to the sedge to stop slipping.
Jessalyn Lane, anxious yet hopeful, buys a pair of gold gloves to wear at a reunion with Ted Dawes' parents. A blue feather motif and a timely sale lead to a chance encounter with Ted's mother, whose pendant echoes Jessalyn's own mother's heirloom. The exchange hints at shared pasts and a budding bond.
A 1706 account notes the first Boston sailing ship ending a voyage around South America and reaching Cali fortuia. The fragment highlights circled South America and a sevenfold journey, marking a notable early maritime achievement.
Alick Clarkson of Tiasea builds a 45 by 38 foot dairy barn with noncombustible gypsum floor and wall systems to halt fire spread. The design includes laminated gypsum board flooring and fireproof wallboard to safeguard cattle and milk quality, aiming to keep cows safe and allow quick evacuation.
An easy riding seat for any implement can be made more comfortable by cutting a piece of leather or heavy canvas as shown in the illustration. Sew or lace this to the seat around the outer edge.
Tomato yields are praised for high vitamin C and now being studied for added vitamin A after University of Chicago work. Cannery waste will be repurposed for oil extraction from seeds and an ether soluble fraction of 12.4 percent. Growth-promoting fumes of napthoxyacetic acid may create seedless tomatoes. Tomato skins yield valuable resin. A new dehydration method could boost commercial importance.
University of Illinois experiments show creep fed pigs have 5.8 percent higher survival to weaning than sows fed pigs. Daily gains rise by 0.06 pounds per pig, with 100 pigs yielding 6 pounds more pork. Over 40 days, creep fed pigs could gain about 240 pounds more at weaning.
Fire extinguishers are available for farmers to combat fires in wood paper cloth or hay. Suitable types include pump tank soda acid foam gas cartridge and loaded stream. Soda acid and foam units must be kept from freezing or housed in heated cabinets and require annual recharging.
The record shows a 1941 peak of 30,969 traffic deaths during a 15 year span starting in 1927. Wartime reductions led to a drop to 28,200 in 1942 and 28,820 in 1943, with rainy conditions and tire wear contributing to higher highway fatalities at times culminating around 24,300 in another year.
A study finds careful timing and prompt serving preserve vitamin C in potatoes. Idaho tests show half an hour after baking reduces 33 percent, one hour causes no loss, and four hours results in total vitamin depletion.
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