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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1953

Page

4

Will Draft Program To Speed Road Work

State officials say October spending fell about $19,000 from September after medical allowances for ADC families were eliminated to trim a roughly $20,000 monthly overrun. County welfare boards will assume medical aid duties for ADC families as state aid ends. In Des Moines, Charles Fischer, Iowa insurance commissioner and GOP figure, spoke at a cornerstone ceremony for an Iowa insurance company, introducing company president W. F. Poorman to the crowd.

ADC Social Welfare Department Charles Fischer William Beardsley Iowa Des Moines Fischer W. F. Poorman

Iowa Farmers Weigh Benson Plan Amid Party Disputes

Iowa voices split over Secretary Ezra Benson's farm program with Farm Bureau backing functional gains and unity from some leaders while Governor Beardsley criticizes it as impractical. Youth and Ames Republican groups back administration while asserting support for Benson. The dispute appears nonpolitical according to Farm Bureau officials.

Ezra Benson Iowa Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Iowa Young Republican Farm Council Bob Joslin Clarence Benson Ames Iowa Republican Organization Williams Beardsley Farm Bureau Governor's Office Bureau

Beardsley calves horns and dehorning feeding early

The report discusses Beardsley supporters avoiding work on his 1948 governor bid, noting dehorning calves during early feeding prevents feed setback. It also covers Iowa highway painting needing 130327 gallons yearly, with crews and colors. Other notes warn on crossing fresh paint, deep corn roots from nitrogen, and buying seed oats from reliable dealers.

Beardsley Iowa Dubuque

Dehorn Your 4-H Beef Calf At Project Start

Farm topics urge timely dehorning of beef club calves to improve safety and handling from the outset of a livestock project. Officials emphasize early procedure to reduce injury risk and ease future immobilization and management.

Corncobs and hay ration notes in rural tips column

A rural notes snippet advises substituting corncobs for part or all of the hay ration in cow herds. It urges keeping thermostats low to reduce electricity for ice-free stock waters this winter. It also mentions a seed test and notes U.S. population growth and USDA cattle needs for November and December to fulfill beef construction programs.

Newspaper Humor Snippets Include Stretches And Ads

Funny vignettes show a Broadcaster addressed as maid and interviewee, two spinsters trading barbs over dress and marriage ads, a cemetery headstone quip about atheists, and a professor scrawling Time Will Pass Will You on a clock. Light, period-tone clips.

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