Agriculture Chemist Calls for New Farm Markets
Dr. Christianson of the Chemical Foundation in New York spoke to a small Community Club audience at the opera house, outlining how soy bean oil, pulp from slash pines, and fuel alcohol from grains create new markets for farm crops. He cited auto makers using soy bean oil in paints and noted byproducts like high protein cattle feed. The talk emphasized revitalizing agriculture toward self sufficiency and expanding crop uses. Music by the Elgin Band accompanied the event and a brief club meeting adopted resolutions supporting rural road improvements funded by relief money.
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Opera House
Dr. Christianson
Ames
Ee Chemient Foundation
New York City
Christianson
Chemical Foundation
Community Club
Elgin Band
BR. C. Jorgenson
G. J. Mosby
J. J. Snyder
Zoschke
R. P. Strauch
Poppy Day Observance in Elgin by American Legion Auxiliary
Elgin will observe Poppy Day on Saturday May 25 and Sunday May 26. Women of the American Legion Auxiliary in Elgin will distribute red pop pies on streets. wearers give a contribution for the welfare of living war victims. Funds go to Legion and Auxiliary welfare work, mainly for the local Post and Unit.
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Elgin
Women of
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
Post
Umit
Junior Senior Banquet at Elgin High School
The Elgin high school junior class hosted a banquet for faculty and seniors Saturday evening in the science room. About forty guests attended with tables adorned in white sweet peas and tulips. the menu featured escalloped chicken, vegetables, salad, rolls, strawberry shortcake, and coffee. Mary Baechler and others served, Harold Weibel presided as toastmaster, and the program included toasts to the seniors and a talk by Irvin Lyons on navy preparation.
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Elgin High School
Parker House
Mary Baechler
Jane Fahey
Marie Grimm
Louise Baumgartner
Helen Muehlethaler
Harold Weibel
Kenneth Evans
Donna Wenger
Eva Mae Frieden
Lillian Krueger
Marian Lehman
Gerald Shaffer
Alma Hanson
Loraine Haas
Irvin Lyons
Navy
Plan to hard surface Ridge Road in Pleasant Valley
Alfred Jacobs, Pleasant Valley township trustee, reported at West Union court house that the ridge road from Elgin city limits to the south township will be paved this coming summer. Unclear whether river gravel will be used or crushed rock from the Powell hill quarry, which would ease hauling.
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Alfred Jacobs
Pleasant Valley Township
West Union
Court House
Elgin City
Powell Hill
Ridge Road
Fayette County Play Day Set at West Union
The fourth annual Fayette county play day will be held at West Union on Saturday May 18. Rural eighth grade graduates will receive diplomas. Sponsored by the Fayette county schoolmasters club. Combined bands of about 200 players will perform and a massed choir will sing. A schedule of games and contests is planned with a noon picnic dinner.
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Fayette County
West Union
Memorial Day Dinner at Baptist Church
The Tabitha Society will host a Memorial Day dinner at the Baptist church, charging 26 cents per person. Serving runs from 12:15 p.m. to 6:80 p.m. Menu includes chicken noodle soup, bread, butter, jelly, pickles, strawberry short cake and coffee. Everyone invited. Postville considers school building expansion with a public meeting Monday to discuss using federal aid to offset costs.
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Tabitha Society
the Baptist Church
Postville
Call in High Interest Bonds in Elgin
Towns and school districts refinance high rate bonds by issuing new bonds at about three percent. Elgin town council found old bonds not callable and must continue heavy interest. Elgin school board plans further discussion and review to pay off bonds with cheaper issues.
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Elgin
Elgin School Board
Pla
Follow-up Meeting on Fifth Year Nutrition of Women's Project
A follow-up session at Mrs Leo Larson's home in Gander Thursday May 2 covered uses of canned and cured meats. Seven ladies attended and received recipes for curing and canning meat. The article also notes smog as a smoky fog mixture more harmful to health than arid dust storms.
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Leo Larson
Gander
Spring Concert Draws Large Crowd
A large crowd gathered Friday evening in the school auditorium for the annual spring concert by the high school musical union. The program featured performances by the band, girls sextet, brass quartet, girls glee club, mixed chorus, and solo numbers. Mr. Jorgenson, the music instructor, formed the union about five years ago, and this was its fifth annual spring concert, growing in popularity each year. The event drew widespread praise from attendees for its quality.
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Musical Union
Jorgenson
Musical Union Land
Traveling Men in Echo Shop Looting Request
A well-fed hobo, calling himself a traveling man, asked for aid after dinner at the Echo shop. Our reply was no, and we later wished the gun were loaded. He was good-natured and requested a few old daily papers. he didn’t fit the usual surly panhandler mold.
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Echo Shop
Not Hard to Take This Check Henry Holzer Hog Shipment
Henry Holzer shipped 101 hogs to Waterloo via Elgin Coop last week, receiving a total of 2404.56 dollars, an average of 23.80 per hog. The 27,960 pound lot averaged 276 pounds per hog, with price per hundred at 88.60, and the coop notes a substantial price increase over the previous year.
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Henry Holzer
Waterloo
Elgin Coop
Mr. Holzer
Coop
Congressman Proposes 600 Million for Rural Roads
Congressman Bert Lord of New York 34th district pushes to have 600 million of a 4.8 billion relief fund set aside for rural mail routes and school bus lines. He urges federal grants to specify road types, aiming to improve farmer travel on all weather roads. If rejected, highway commissions may prioritize secondary routes toward federal highways.
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Bert Lord
34Th
New York
Lord
Chain letters fade as craze dies locally
The chain letter craze has slowed last week with originators profiting while buyers gain little. Most letters were dime class and dollar letters quickly saturated the market. Some individuals bought back at a fifty percent loss, chalking it up to experience. The post office department is the only notable beneficiary, actively breaking up the scheme.
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Post Office Department
Farm Union Joint Meeting At Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Farm Union local and Pleasant Ridge local held a joint meeting Friday evening May 10 with about 70 attendees. County president Martin Davis county secretary Clive Helms and Mr Blake of Oelwein spoke and the meeting closed with lunch served. Herman Boyer served as local secretary.
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Pleasant Valley Farm Union
Wm. Mueller
Pleasant Ridge
Martin Davis
Clive Helms
Blake
Oelwein
Herman Boyer
Vacancies in Teaching Staff Still Open
The Elgin school board met Tuesday evening but failed to elect for vacant teaching positions. A follow up meeting was called for next week to review applications on file. The senior class visited Fayette Monday as guests of the college, with various college sponsored entertainments. Want ads offer buying selling and renting.
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Elgin
Fayette
Addams Honored At Peace League Event In Washington
Miss Jane Addams aged 15 was the guest of honor at a May 3 meal at the YWCA Washington to mark the 20th anniversary of the International Women's League for Peace and Freedom. A large college audience heard her brief talk while senators and congressmen discussed peace policies and the push to promote farm ownership among tenants in America.
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Jane Addams
Y. W. GC A
International Women’s League For Peace and Freedom
Miss Addams
Nye
Marcantonio
New York
Kloeh
Ohio
Maryland Races and Major Tracks in the State
A reader describes traveling from Washington to Havre de Grace Maryland for noted running races. He mentions Pimlico in Baltimore and Bowie as other principal tracks. He notes all three operate pari mutuel betting and that Maryland collects about 700000 to 800000 dollars yearly.
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Maryland
Washington
Havre de Grace
Pimlico
Baltimore
Bowie
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