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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1937
Page
1
The Medic Committee of the Mie offers two bullet tips for cold season. See advice on doctor visits, early detection, nutrition with proteins and vegetables, rest, hydration, moderation, and avoiding exposure to illness. emphasizes physical fitness and proper sleep to fend off germs.
Iowa State College horticulturist E Volz urged towns to bury autumn leaves rather than burn them. He proposed digging a pit two feet wide and filling it with leaves to produce leaf mold, claiming thirty nine bushels yield one bushel of mold. Water speeds decay and future top dressing uses include boost for Bec fede and lawn improvements.
A garbled local item mentions grocery taxes and a large cucumber found after frost on Ed Boenzow’s farm in Franklin township. Mrs. Robert Boenzow reports a cucumber 1542 inches long and 18% inches around weighing 4% pounds, with vines sprawling in tall grass.
Mrs C Becker entertained two groups of friends Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Coes Kime mourn the death of a child. Reports describe a public memorial with medals for heroism, a German soldier reference, and various local happenings including job changes, visits, and a dynamite incident causing property damage.
In Elgin Iowa on November 1 1987 the mayor and council met in regular session. The accounting committee audited and allowed numerous bills including wages for labor and supplies. A crossing was planned opposite the schoolhouse sidewalk and the motion to adjourn carried.
Ruth Wilson II Rach Wilson, a Latin teacher at the high school in Wadena, was taken last week. Her parents Mr and Mrs J H Wilson traveled to Rolfe and brought her home Sunday evening. Nias Wilson's disease diagnosed as semijet fever. Rolfe schools closed due to the epidemic.
The Argo Gazette reports 1937 corn fields in Fayette County producing at a 100 bushel per acre rate, with Chris L. Peterson's field cited as a standout, and multiple farmers corroborating the unusual yields across hybrid varieties.
Transfers filed with W J Rogers abstract office show sheriff H J Nehring conveying Ls 14 and 15 B14 Clermont to Farmers Severge Bank for 5552.77. Susie Grinde sells NW 1-2 of Ls 1-4 B18 Clermont to Emma J Erickson for 1. Lola Young deeds 1 L8 B68 Thompson to Marven Halverson in Clermont as additional land.
The Union Construction company completed three miles of paving east of Fredericksburg along the Fayette county line and will return next spring to complete six more miles in Chickasaw and Fayette counties. A paved Fredericksburg to West Union road is planned.
An odd scene unfolds as a man recounts government officials inspecting his dairy, tasting butter and smelling meat, while a bird attempting to film his cheese is met with a punched eye. The dialogue features phrases about government, inspectors, and a surreal encounter.
Winds and insect damage reduce national apple yield from earlier estimates. Late bloom and western fruit failures threaten size and market supply, affecting growers and Echo office plans.
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