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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
8
The article lists numerous neighbor visits and gatherings across Cheery Valley and nearby towns. Families including the Butikofer, Dennler, Hinderman, Friederich, Christen, Lehman, Wenger, Shaffer, Olson, and Mark clans are mentioned visiting, hosting, or traveling to events in Fayette, Strawberry Point, West Union, and surrounding areas, with church notes and club meetings noted.
The Echo corrects an earlier item stating Mike Mary Ossie sha Mss and Thos Ogle attended a farewell party at Waucoma. it was a funeral. Dinner guests Sunday at Arthur Loftsgard’s West Union home. Mrs Harold Meyer spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Henry Knake at Strawberry Point. Virginia joined John Barrack near Aurora. Handy Hands 4 H club met with Anna and Clara Bane.
At the Dorcas Society annual meeting held Saturday, officers were elected led by president Mrs. Mervin Reierson and vice-president Rosella Opsand. Other officers include secretary-treasurer Bernita Landgard and assistant secretary Mary Ann Wettleson. Family visitors and birthday anniversaries noted, and Ladies Aid plans a November 29 church basement meeting hosted by Mrs. Geo Landsgard, Mrs. Elmer Benson, and Mrs. Will Bergan.
The Brainard Ladies' Aid Society gathered Wednesday to meet with Mrs. Herman Boyer. Several local residents visited relatives and friends over the weekend including Gladys Nutting returning to Fresno California and Myron Burnside of Idaho. Numerous entries mention visits among Nutting, Boyer, Miller, and Grover families with dinners and suppers shared. Robert Kerr and Willis Lyon drove to Chicago with stock. Local social activity centers on family visits and hospitality.
The Ladies Club of the Presbyterian church gathered Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Helen Oldfather’s home with Mrs. Eva Aeschliman and Mrs. Libby Oldfather assisting. After the business meeting a program was given by Mrs. Russell Nelson and Mrs. Hilda Cooley. Mrs. Ole Johnson underwent surgery Friday at a Rochester hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Klingman welcomed a daughter born November 14. Hilman Chapman passed muster at Oelwein’s Navy recruiting office and will enter the Navy. Walter Hall learned his son Pfc. Austin Hall was killed October 24, 1944, in Leyte. Harold Hermen opened a garage in the Knutson building, recently bought by W. F. Moore. Mrs. Luther Crandall plans a Rochester precept at Rochester, Minn.
Romania’s oil production has fallen sharply since its 1936 peak of over 63 million barrels. By 1943 estimates show output at just over half that level. The drop continues despite Nazi pressure for higher quotas, mainly due to depletion of aging wells.
A simple recipe to glorify stale bread by whisking three eggs with sugar and two cups of bread crumbs. Add salt cinnamon almond extract and vanilla then bake in a shallow pan at a moderate oven until firm and lightly browned. The texture resembles macaroons in crunch and flavor.
Poultrymen craft egg cases by nailing wooden risers on ends and sides of orange crates to reuse second hand boxes for packing eggs in standard 30 dozen lots.
Licorice, a demulcent valued for cough treatment, is used in many preparations like Cascara to mask bitterness. Its sweetness comes from glycyrrhizin, perceived as extraordinary, second only to saccharin, about 50 times as sweet as cane sugar, and detectable even when dissolved in twenty thousand parts water.
The article notes radium is not weighed as a pure metal yet, being refined into a salt concentrate. Its weight is precisely determined by measuring the intensity of its rays rather than placing it on scales. It mentions production totals near three pounds to date.
Many spindles in new cotton goods factories in China have been manufactured from scrap metal, reflecting cost saving and resource reuse in early industry.
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