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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1945
Page
3
Notice requests subscription payments and renewals to Clermont Local News Editor Mrs. Bess Tschantz with receipts to be issued by the publisher. Identifies Clermont Fayette County Iowa and post office entry details. Includes telephone number CLERMONT 388 for contact.
Clermont area keeps pace with births and visits as Lt. West welcomes a son, William James, born Nov. 7 at La Crosse Lutheran Hospital while families from Winthrop Des Moines Monona and West Union share weekend calls. Fern Friederich visits, Lawrence Mommer travels from Oregon, and communities gather for dinners, anniversaries, and church events amid military and hospital news.
The article details upcoming basketball action with Amundson Shipton Meyer Olson and other players. It lists Nov to Mar games across Randalia Monona West Union Ossian Waucoma Elgin Stanley Waterville Calmar and Postville. A county tournament at West Union is included along with pencils printed with the schedule.
Reports say senior portraits will be returned this month while seniors hope for better photos. Gossip flies about Gerald K starting a firefighting career, Khaki and Lois contending for records, and Kenny breaking up with Gloria. Sophomore play ambitions, after school study sessions, and budding romances fill the town as birthdays and dinner gatherings also unfold.
The Clermont Iowa town council met November 5 1945 with Mayor J B Shipton presiding. Present were Nelson Becker Riegel and absent Stee. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved and bills paid including charges to Farmers Savings Bank Interstate Power Co Clermont Enterprise Clermont Fire Dept Clermont Valley Creamery Sohn Barnhouse Halversons Sinclair Forest Medberry Fred T Cline E H Dibble and Geo Durscher clerk. The meeting adjourned.
Myr and Mrs Hans J Largaas stayed from Saturday to Monday at Sverre Hjelming home West Union. Sunday marked the golden wedding anniversary of Jack and Mrs Johnson Decorah at St Olaf Church West Union. Peter Kleppe and family dined with Lester Anderson. J A Haugland Crosby ND stayed with Nels Gilbert. H C Goddard Waterloo visited Carl Martin home. Emma Gunderson Verla Mrs Norman Aumundson and Mire. Wayne Shipton spent Monday in Cedar Rapids. Lester Anderson left for Lavina Montana after two weeks with his father Charles Anderson. Enroute he will visit friends in St Paul MN. Barbara Berg left for Rushford MN after two months with Nels Gilbert family. Herbert Anderson, Mrs H A Lubke and Lester Anderson in La Crosse WI Friday. I SOREN UNDO AM 7.
In 1912 E V McCollum under Babcock and Hart studied butterfat in milk. Rats fed a balanced diet died with lard as fat but thrived with butter. This led McCollum and Margaret Davis to identify vitamin A as the butterfat element in triflic.
Guidance on storing home canned foods in a cool dry dark place. Recommends sturdy shelves with ample air circulation for safe, convenient jar storage.
Sparkle forks should be polished with a jar of silver polish during dishwashing time. Rinse silver in cold water before washing to avoid eggs and hot water cooking onto teeth. Acidic foods and dressings can stain or etch if left to dry. follow the advised method for best results.
A good poultry pasture lowers rearing costs for pullets and yields healthier birds for the laying house, improving productivity and efficiency in poultry operations.
Bright red apples are repurposed into festive candle holders for the holiday table. Scoop a cavity from the center and insert a candle, using the apple cover as a decorative top.
Frogs do not drink water by mouth but absorb it across their moist skin. This process supports hydration and cutaneous respiration in amphibians.
A fragmented note describes heating a syrup mix to near boiling then cooling it before use. The text emphasizes saving crystals and ensuring the mixture reaches the correct temperature prior to consumption or storage.
Patent records recall Otto Margesthaler obtaining a United States patent for a blog casting machine described as the forerunner of the bodery linotype. It promised to reduce the manual effort needed to set type from five workers to a single operator, marking a milestone in printing technology.
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