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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
4
Longstanding Iowa agriculture notes show dairy and soybean derived dishes, soybean use, and honeybee pollination boosting Hubam seed and sweet clover yields. With 4-H participation rising to support national enrollment, foreclosures down, and corn, wheat, and feed grain acreage shifting, 1939 prospects point to lower feed grain per animal unit and varied crop plans across Iowa farms.
The Falun copper mine in Sweden, run by the oldest commercial company, has operated for 700 years. It produced over half a million tong of copper, more than 15 tong of silver, and a ton of gold, sustaining centuries of industry.
The Fayette County April report shows 341 cows on test with 307 in milk and 34 dry. Averages were 27.8 pounds fat and 731 pounds milk per cow for April. Ten top herds are listed with owners such as Ed Chenswald West Union and Irving Deering Clermont, detailing herd numbers breeds milk and fat. Several cows exceeded 40 pounds fat, with notable cows Daisy Lottie Polly Whiteleg Squirt Lady Isabelle No 31 and Julia among others, plus totals of 53 cows over 40 fat and 12 over 50 fat.
Crowds flocked to the New York World’s Fair Grounds as the “World of Tomorrow” opened. A visible highlight is Constitution Mall with pools and the 85 foot George Washington statue, while the Theme Center featuring the 700 foot Trylon and the Perisphere dominates the skyline.
Frederick Anderson visited the 1st and 2nd grades after noon on Monday. Dorian Mark returned to school after a two week absence. Second graders finished a Mexico unit exploring people, customs, and living. A perfect attendance record emerged in several rooms. Audubon Society duties and bird riddles were planned. Sixth graders made an illustrated Mexico map. May room committee members and room proctors were named. The eighth grade civics class studied labor unions and anti trust laws. Transportation projects covered land and water and air. Seventh grade hygiene featured food tests. Upper Iowa Senior Day trip and a senior class play were announced for May 12. The State Fire Marshal visited, and a fire drill occurred. Hawkeye’s main street paving completed. Editorial notes critique lateness to meetings and a local man’s story about government relief. Independence Bulletin-Journal.
In Crossroads a bank robbery ends with a $10,000 haul. Sheriff Hadley leads a posse as four masked men seize Warren Samuels’ cabin. Wiggin betrays the ruse, but the gold is revealed to be recovered by the posse and the thieves are halted.
Scientists using sunset and sunrise light measurements report stratosphere temperatures from eight to forty five miles up ranging from minus thirty to zero degrees Fahrenheit. The work appears in the Journal of the Optical Society of America and credits Dr. E. D. Hulburt of the United States Naval Research Laboratory.
Farm Bureau News Letter notes the third annual district rural women’s chorus tournament to be held May 18 at the Upper Iowa Gym in Fayette. Choral groups from Selven counties split into Class A and B based on state fair history. about seventy choruses expected, with Fayette Howard Chickasaw Bremer Delaware Clayton and Winneghick in Class B. State A. E. A. meeting cited with cooperative directors from Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. R. E. A. officials in Washington discuss a planned steam plant at Genoa to serve coops in three states, construction slated for early summer. Echo Valley park sees 1500 seedling trees planted by West Union high school boys. Sumner town council bans card playing in pool and billiard halls.
W S Roathlisberger and Louis Dennler directors of Allamakee Clayton Rural Electric Cooperative and Paul E McElroy county agent attended a Tri State meeting in Boscobel Wisconsin on Wednesday alongside county officials and cooperative members.
Enormous baobab trees in Majunga Madagascar are so large that it would take 15 men with arms stretched to encircle one. They line many of the town's streets.
Humorous clipping shows a drunk man demanding a cab while a naval officer corrects him. A bystander quips about uniforms as Spring and Sprout’s Paint Renewer are promoted. Sally and Jane exchange lines about progress, and an ad touts Mule-Hide Cor-Du-Roy roofs praised for durability. An old maid joke closes the fragment.
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