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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
4
Verms Cash with order and low rates for want ads. 500 more old roosters wanted to meet quota. Give us a ting by phone 66 Independence Produce Co C. J. Mulford. 37¢
Mary Ames shares a spring salad feature using lime gelatin cucumber radishes and young onions plus a dressing note. The piece includes prep tips for crisp greens and substitutions like watercress endive and nasturtium leaves and advises on mold setting and serving with mayonnaise. It also mentions canning chicken with bones and a slow bake method with vanilla custard style note.
Iowa State College researchers note corn yields exceeding 2 1 2 bushels per acre over multiple years while 1940 forecasts place grasshopper activity along the Missouri River from Pottawattamie to Lyon counties. Cooperative membership nears 180000 with eggs hitting a March record of 17 per hen. Experiments compare seed treatments and grazing practices, and a 7 month cattle feeding study will be presented at Cattle Feeders Day in Ames.
Prairie du Chien invites residents from northeast Iowa to a two day festival May 18 and the 1940 Villa Louis season opening at Dousman Park. The event features a parade, old carriage rides, a family member opening the museum, and free admission to both the museum and Villa Louis with guides and historic murals detailing Fort Shelby McKay Crawford and Indian Agency House.
William Knox announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for county treasurer in Fayette County. Primary election on June 3, 1940. A. J. Kutschat also seeks the Republican nomination for sheriff in Fayette County with the same June 3, 1940 primary.
A family quarrel over radio listening leads to a compromise plan. Tommy and Mary agree to take turns, scheduling time from 7 30 to bedtime for family programs. A hand drawn timetable is posted by the radio as the plan is adopted.
A readable fragment gives simple spring dishes. Rhubarb recipes include Stewed Rhubarb using 2 pounds rhubarb and 2 cups sugar with minimal water. Baked Rhubarb uses sugar and rhubarb baked at 350 degrees F until tender. Shirred Eggs on Creme bakes four eggs in custard cups with cream and salt, with optional grated cheese.
County Line News notes numerous Sunday visits and social events. Families including Swenson, Swen, Bilden, Berg, Friederich, Kimball, and Blockhus shared time at several homes from Theodore Bilden to Calmar. Opal Larson marked school closure with a picnic. Lovisa Ruroden visited her mother Amanda.
A West China miss ionary letter to Rey and Mrs. C. R. Jones from Rein beck details food and commodity prices. It lists small soap chips at 1.65 dollars, a soap bar at 5 dollars, oatmeal coffee and powdered milk per pound, chickens at about a dollar or more per pound, coal priced 6 dollars for sixty to eighty pounds. It notes Miss Wells paid 8.60 dollars in tax on a Christmas package containing two soap bars and a can of pastum sent from the United States.
An ad style note highlights Mule-Hide Cor-du-Roy roofing as cost comparable to inferior roofs with longer durability and invites readers to compare samples and prices. It promotes tailored sturdy screens and quotes a Mountain Wool Co. representative offering coarse yarns. A typographical error department item mentions Coach Pethan returning to the gridiron after a layup for a bad coed.
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