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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1938
Page
4
The report reviews April price trends and livestock weight shifts, with hogs fed heavier and prices near-term expectations. It highlights soil erosion demonstrations, lawn spraying cautions, and bluegrass growth, plus storage, grain, and clover seed guidance for Iowa farms. It notes ever normal granaries, pasture readiness, and red clover seed yields around 11 to 14 bushels per acre.
Mrs Raymond Sayre of Ackworth state farm bureau committeewoman will speak at Fayette May 13 for Achievement Day and discuss responsibilities of rural women. A county wide music contest and study club meetings are part of the program. Fifty eight township leaders will be recognized for 100 percent participation along with 100 other women as study group members. Financial allocations and farm program details will be discussed by W S Rothenberger as county cultural conservation updates are provided.
The article urges soybean inoculation before planting to boost yields and prevent nitrogen depletion. It notes soybeans fix nitrogen if bacteria are present on roots. without them, they rely on soil nitrogen. Guidance encourages consulting township committeemen or the conservation office for questions and filing required forms at the county office.
Office management training for Farm Bureau office assistants and County Agents from eleven northeast Iowa counties will be held at the county courthouse in West Union on Wednesday May 18. Counties represented include Fayette Black Hawk Buchanan Delaware Bremer Howard Chickasaw Allamakee Clayton Dubuque and Winneshiek.
The event will be held Monday evening May 16 with a 7 45 p m start in the auditorium. The band and vocal groups will perform and the exhibit opens after the program displaying grade children manual arts and home economics work. Final exams are slated for May 17 and 18 with dismissal May 19 to prepare papers and records.
Una Montgomery of West Union, stenographer in Estey & Estey, will take the bar admission exam in Iowa next month. She does not plan to practice but seeks an attorney's standing to become more proficient in her work. The piece quotes the Strawberry Point Press on town cleanliness and notes Fred Robinson of Oelwein is seriously ill in a San Antonio hospital after wintering there. It adds a remark that good advertising is an investment.
Former President Herbert Hoover arrived in Chicago last week en route from Kansas City. He declined comment on his Oklahoma City remarks but said he was visiting close friend Arch W. Shaw, in a News Photo Service Exclusive to the Echo in Fayette County.
In Chicago nurse Ruth Kuhnert and parents Dr Herman Colan and Estelle Colan faced a rabbinic and medical jury decision over a delicate operation to save five weeks old Helaine Judith Colan, born with glioma threatening sight and brain function. The procedure, performing life saving surgery while destroying the child’s sight, was approved and carried out Monday.
Louisville files show Larwin claiming the fifty thousand dollar Derby at Churchill Downs on May 7. The photo depicts owner H M Woolf and jockey Arecaro as the win is celebrated in the sixties era account.
Grover C. Hahn, 4-H club agent in Webster county since spring 1936, will serve as county agent in Clayton county for three months while Roy Combs recovers from illness. Hahn is an Iowa State College graduate from Scott county.
A historical note recalls that Portuguese traders introduced firearms into Japan in 1542, marking the start of firearms use in Japanese warfare and trade networks with Europe.
The Fayette County Printers will hold their second meeting since forming in March at West Union. The group meets on alternating months for business discussions, with sessions planned for Friday afternoon and evening this week.
The area of Texas is greater than the combined areas of Rhode Island Delaware Connecticut New Jersey Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont South Carolina Indiana Kentucky Virginia and Newark.
A speaker condemns bargain paint and shell games in a broadside about high costs and questionable merchandise. The writer vows to sell quality items at fair profit and teases a future paint season while urging reader comments and promotions for Mulehide Wren Summer Homes.
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