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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1929
Page
3
Miss Rubyn Chinn nutrition specialist for the National Dairy Council shares salad history and health value. It features Spring and Dandelion salads with detailed ingredient lists and a cooked oil dressing recipe, urging simple prep and fresh seasonal vegetables.
On a Tuesday forenoon Paul Cushman drove a four horse team hitched to a gang plow at the Wm Cushman farm near Myron. The plunge into a deep sink hole left the animals tangled. Two horses escaped with minor injuries while the other two suffered fatal injuries.
Spraying the clothes closets with a liquid insecticide such as naphthalene camphor or cedar is an effective method to deter moths. After clearing the closet walls and woodwork wipe with ammonia solution then spray. Freshening the closet helps moth prevention and airing is advised before restocking.
Our firm has outfitted a modern tractor service station. We invite you to inspect the new station meet the staff and see the special tools secured to perform the best kind of work in the least time.
Prune rose bushes to six inches to one foot for fewer larger blooms or cut one third to one half for more small blooms. Discusses crop placement on high warm land and moist low land for celery onions and late cucumbers. Teaches fattening calves with grain before weaning to reduce milk loss and finish earlier. Highlights dairy and poultry marketing trends, from poultry dressing to bulk milk transport and frozen eggs. Advises separating chicks by age and sex. cockerels from Leghorns separated at eight weeks. Warns quackgrass invasion and mid summer plowing after rootstock growth, followed by harrowing and next year’s crop. Recommends whitewashing cow stalls with lime water. select fresh lump lime. Notes screw-worm flies thrive in decaying animal matter. dispose of dead animals by burning or burying. Proposes pine tar oil and furfural mix as repellent and tannic acid for wound care. chloroform to destroy fly maggots.
Sunday evening at eight thirty the Marion church will hold vesper services led by Pastor T. W. Tysdal. Everyone is invited to attend.
Ice users are notified that summer ice deliveries began Tuesday May 14 and ice cards are available at the meat market. Only holders of purchased cards will receive deliveries. Also reports of local visits and trades by residents including H W Falk and others are noted.
Martha Berg spent Sunday night with Signey Hanson and others in Elgin. Mrs. Mary Wander of Oelwein and others visited at Lew Martie St home. George Hanson and relatives hosted Sunday evening. Clara Nelson stayed Monday with Lou Buroden. Lydia Martie visited Edna Hanson Saturday night. George Hanson Nele Ostegard Martin Groth and families Celia and Lydia Martie attended confirmation at West Clermont Lutheran Church.
In Oakdale and Towahey regions the golf round winds boosted scores this spring. Mel Kohler finished fifth among low men in the West Union tournament qualifying rounds. Antes posted the best score with an average, while overall conditions kept scoring high.
Mayor ALM Webel notes a 9 p.m. curfew pause but asserts the ordinance requiring youths to be off the streets at nine will remain enforceable. Further notice will be issued about the suspension and its implications.
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