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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1937
Page
4
A Chattanooga youth aged 11 survived after ingesting over two ounces of the Elixir of Sulfaniamide prescribed for throat infection. The elixir has caused 46 deaths nationwide, and federal authorities are working to locate and recall all shipments to prevent further fatalities.
Elgin area residents and visitors reported a splashy display of new General Electric touch tuning radios at the Elgin Furniture Store. Local social notes mention travel to Cedar Rapids, Kearney, and Omaha, with dozens of brief visits among townsfolk, followed by a death notice for Lester Bernau of West Union and a bridge party hosted by Kathryn Strauch.
Imported red clover seed should not be purchased for lawn planting. Prospects for prices of lower grades of cattle are positive for the next months. One thousand three hundred seventy nine dairymen used cow testing association services, with 28,825 cows and an average feed cost of 63.66 dollars and return over feed cost of 63,858 dollars. If distant fields are hogged down movable houses are valuable. Hogs should have shelter at night in cold or wet weather. Flu can offset gains from hogging down corn and hogs removed from forage require a protein supplement.
Tips on preparing bees for winter whether outside or in basement, strengthening weak hives, and top dressing lawns with decomposed material. Advice on efficient heating, including smaller coal additions and avoiding full red-hot fires. Quotes from Scribblings and It Seems To Me reflect period humor on winter readiness.
A Ludlow township dairy wife dropped her gold wrist watch into cattle feed last April. A cow swallowed it, and months passed before the watch was found by the father in law in a field. A Waukon jeweler can clean and repair the damaged bracelet for future use.
Mr and Mrs Frank L Lehman announce the marriage of their daughter Frances Carolyn to Edgar A Hotchkiss on Saturday Oct 23 in Twisp Washington The couple will reside at Soap Lake Washington Want ads title salesmen
Elgin students show progress with 6th grade reading form B and anticipated A form. Examinations test paragraph meaning word meaning central idea sentence meaning and locating information. Art class works on silhouettes of pilgrims heading to church for Thanksgiving while 7th grade posters highlight Benjamin Franklin sayings and 8th grade posters depict Development of Transportation and Communication in the United States.
W. R. Nordin of Postville is defendant in a damage action for 1537.25 brought by Alice B. Frith of Scott county in Allamakee county district court at Waukon. The petition states the defendant while driving on highway 52 in Clayton county struck the Theodore F. Frith car, costing 37.25 in damage and injuring the plaintiff with a broken neck vertebra causing partial paralysis. she seeks 1500 damages.
Orvin Thompson announces sale dates starting Saturday November 6 for Mrs C Nelson estate sale. Another sale runs Thursday November 11 through 18 at 25 West Union sale barn. A final sale is planned Monday November 22 for George Draves located 2.5 miles northeast of West Union.
A collage of stray quips and ads touches on daily life and costs. It contrasts old hardship with modern prices for home insulation and coal, while tossing in jokes about blood, conscience, and a teacher pupil exchange.
In the plains country where cotton crops were unknown a few people recall early farming experiments and sparse cotton plantings. The fragment hints at unusual agricultural attempts and local curiosity about crop futures in a region not accustomed to cotton cultivation.
Explorer Troop 12 becomes the nation s first Sky Scout unit after receiving a charter from the Boy Scouts of America at Kansas City Municipal Airport. Four Kansas City troops join the ceremony, with officials including J R Battenfeld and H Roe Bartle attending as Jack Frye and others look on.
News Photo Service reports Chinese casualties after resisting Japanese advances along the Haiho River near Tientsin. The account notes multiple dead soldiers over several weeks as operations continued.
In New York City police guarded a German American Band parade along East 86th Street as Nazis flags appeared amid the procession. The event drew 800 uniformed participants and a large turnout, marking a tense scene with the Stars and Stripes present alongside hostile symbols.
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