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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1929
Page
3
Miss Rubyn Chinn presents a National Dairy Council nutrition lesson urging shift from two heavy daily meals to modern lunch or supper menus. Recipes include Pea Loaf with Creamed Carrot Puree Cream Cheese Salad Apricot Whip and serving tips using walnuts pineapple and lemon.
Sumner rejects the Central States Power and Light Co. in a special election by 76 519 to 444. The Municipal Utilities Co. plans a plant and would turn it over to the city after eight years, pending a November court injunction decision. Federal cattle testing in Fayette County is paused by Judge Taylor’s injunction, with 200 farmers petitioning saying the test is unconstitutional and the broader cases await the Town Supreme court ruling.
Decorah Iowa Volunteers a society of 25 young ladies called at the Asse Haugen Sunset Home Rev Otto Schmidt led devotionals thanked the group for their support Lunch was served at five o clock and residents enjoyed the cheerful visit The visit spread happiness across the institution
Mr and Mrs J J Potter now reside in Forrest City Ark after moving from Malvern in the game state Hawkeye residents raised 195 dollars to gravel a county road south of town with the county agreeing to cover the balance I D Hendershott of Oelwein brought Mrs F G Spahr home from a visit there last week
U S Department of Agriculture reports a 20 percent drop in cattle and calves shipped from markets into Corn Belt feed lots during July through September, signaling reduced fall and winter feeding versus last year. Shipments were 18 percent below the five year average and the second smallest in twelve years.
Ossie Orwoll and wife Mrs Ossie Orwell and daughter Barbara Ann arrived Thursday night to visit Mrs Orwell's mother. Ossie received his world series check last week totaling 5 620.57 dollars, a welcome gift. They will spend the winter in Minneapolis at his mother's home.
Mr and Mrs Louis Quigley of Whitten Iowa celebrated their golden wedding with about 200 guests. Among the attendees was Mrs Biddie Lane a Union resident and the bride’s mother aged 87. The couple’s ages are 66 and 72 respectively.
Geo Schrampfer of Dubuque and Chris Schrampfer of Osborne spent Tuesday in Elgin on business. Geo, with his family, had visited Chris's family at Osborne over the weekend. Geo Schroampfer planned a weeklong stay while his family returned home Sunday.
The article advises limiting hens working day to twelve hours of eighteen in late fall and winter, noting lights raise egg production but excessive use harms hens. Some keep lights morning only, others morning and evening with a timing device to let birds roost. A 40 watt lamp is desirable per the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Lights should be about ten inches high apart, six feet above floor with a 16 inch diameter reflector.
The narrator recalls boyhood resistance to being the teacher's pet and notes a shift in attitude as he sees bobbed haired school maams walking down the street, recognizing changed ideas over time.
The Floyd Darey home in Lima is quarantined as eleven children bear scarlet fever. Three or four are over the illness, while the rest began last week. The disease is described as very mild.
Ten deaths from tuberculosis occurred in Fayette County during 1928, per State Health figures. The death rate was 88.9 per 100000, higher than Iowa state at 36.0. The county’s rate is lower than the state and lower than six prior years.
Belva Benson hosted dinner Sunday with Mr and Mrs Willis Torkelson Clarence Torkelson Gilma Olson Leo Boleyn and family attending. A chicken supper at Herbert Miller home Monday honored Leo Boleyn. Mr and Mrs L B Carter and son Lewis spent the weekend with Mr Carter's parents at Osage with Mrs Clem Schmid traveling to New Hampton to visit daughter Bre John Lyford.
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