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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1931
Page
3
A compendium of practical tips covers handling apples and waffles, meat prep notes, curtain coordination, and vegetable storage in sand. It also includes a recipe for Spanish cream made from milk eggs and gelatin with step by step molding and serving options.
Weekend visitors and gatherings surround Elkader and Clermont with residents and relatives including Landsgard Reierson Halstenson and Morgan. Beekeeping winter preparations cover tree protection against rabbits and mice plus essentials for healthy wintering colonies and sugar syrup stores.
The piece blends cheerful lines about storm sash orders and fuel sales with humorous exchanges about mishaps and daily life. It mentions miners’ tonic sales, a boastful record attempt, and light jests about Civil War fighters, bath singing, and household mishaps.
A Northwest article urges sportsmen to kill fewer than the daily limit of fifteen ducks to protect duck populations and prevent potential legislation. Eyed Eagle Lake near Britt, Minnesota, reportedly held 18,000 to 20,000 ducks before opening season, prompting talk that drought-dry lakes may become permanent duck lakes. The Walton League in Minnesota is promoting a winter grain feeding program to support wild birds, with Iowa sportsmen urged to join.
A visitor reports on a developing trout pond near Preston in Jackson County, noting a 9000 fish stocking and springs feeding potential for more ponds and a game preserve. The area shows promise for hatcheries and a broader trout program as locals believe it could attract public attention and investment.
In a field check deputy warden R P Monpla sure from Mason City reports a flooded slough in south Ployd county harboring about 500 ducks including mallards pintail spoonbills and greenwing teal. He found no violations when checking hunters the day before the season opened.
Appanoose county issued 1,260 hunting licenses this year, up from 1,460 last year, with over 200 new licensees. Muscatine reports woodcock sightings near Columbus Junction along the Cedar River, and farmers urged to protect pheasants as marshlands expand. Clayton County field trials attracted participants from several towns, while two Dakota youths were fined 154 dollars for hunting out of season near Sioux Center.
Marshall town owner of K. F. J. B. and president and general manager of Marshall Electric Co. develops a public show place on thirteen acres along the Iowa river valley. A Q9-hole golf course, illuminated fountain, night lighting, and wild game—ducks—will be added as plans unfold.
The text notes Lake Comar in Story county will become a breeding site for gold fish after removing all other species. The six and a half acre lake will be dedicated for gold fish, with expectations it will provide cover and enrich soil, while highway engineers ponder its suitability for Iowa highways.
The Salvation Army conducts a four day drive in Oelwein with strong response and plans to spend the proceeds locally including establishing a soup kitchen. Next week solicitors in Salvation Army uniforms will visit residential districts to confirm the organization.
Guidance on rinsing with lukewarm then hot water and an alkali powder, brushing utensils, and using steam to sterilize. If no steam boiler, a galvanized iron steam cabinet works, heating water under a fire and steaming at 200 degrees for five minutes. Chlorine treatment possible with health permit. Farm taxes rose 172 percent while income fell from twelve to nine and a half billion dollars.
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