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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1952
Page
4
A local notice warns that lacking ample insurance could ruin one’s future and urges immediate action. It promotes Mutual Casualty Co coverage with agent R. P. Strauch in Elgin and lists contact numbers. Also advertises for sale oak barrels, wood hog troughs, a walnut wardrobe, and a range of pens and pencils from Elgin Echo Printers.
Refunds on 129000 claims in early 1952 exceed the prior year by nearly 15 percent as farmers receive the bulk. Gasoline used in agricultural pursuits is exempt from the four cent state tax. Iowa Medical Society contests authority to license foreign born physicians, aims to ask 1953 legislature for public safety. State tax commission denies audit claims of unpaid tax liens, says 99.8 percent collected from 1934 to 1951 with only 238,319.46 unpaid.
The state auditor criticizes the tax commission lien department for not enforcing liens to collect delinquent taxes. Also noted are merit awards to physicians Dr. Daniel J. Glomset Des Moines Dr. W A Sternberg Mt Pleasant and Dr. John T McClintock Iowa City from the Iowa State Medical Society at its state convention.
About eighty Iowa Civil Air Patrol planes will be ready for civil defense training missions starting around June 1. State deputy director C. E. Fowler says fifteen Iowa wing squadrons will provide training ground observers to spot enemy aircraft during exercises.
A White House Conference report asserts sixty percent of U S children come from homes with questionable ideals. It describes how half the nation's homes influence a child's behavior, teaching them to swear fight and evade law enforcement as the only learned path to survival, reinforced by parents and gangs.
Warfarin, a widely used rat poison, effectively kills rats but poses dangers to other animals when carelessly exposed. It prevents blood coagulation, causing fatal hemorrhages, especially in warm-blooded creatures that ingest large or continuous small doses. Use bait boxes out of reach of children and animals.
Everbearing strawberries promise big yields when properly handled. The notes urge careful ladder use and safe harvesting practices to prevent injuries during fruit picking.
The article notes DDT as a fire weapon, minerals for lactating dairy cows, and suggests the red lamb market may have bottomed in March. It warns earthworm control, potato fertilization needs, and records last year’s 13,790 speeding deaths on U S roads. It also mentions lead arsenate use on people.
A string of humorous exchanges from travelers and townsfolk features a sea passenger seeking land, a steward’s directions, a stubborn old lady and porter quip, a Pisa tower question, a corpulent lady rebuff, a traffic stop with finance worries, and a child misinterpreting language about watering a horse and milking a cat. The sketches capture light social drama with punchy one liners.
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