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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1930
Page
3
Dr. R. Peterson a Chiropractor who used the Weselmann and Beevar meat market flat as his office fled in a large dual wheel truck with his family during the night. Unpaid bills were found left behind and the rear curtains were missing as neighbors discovered the abrupt departure.
Mr and Mrs E A Melle of West Union returning from Alca country outing collided with Mrs William Baars buggy between Clermont and Postville. Baars party had a lantern unlit. Baars injured and buggy wrecked. Melle drove her home and a surgeon was sent.
The London Opinion notes the convict’s return to labor after years away, remarking on the lack of labor-saving devices and the unchanged rough reality of prison life. The piece blends humor with a critique of modernization and the enduring grind of confinement.
Pratty College Custom Horace Mann started the may walk at Antioch College in its early days. The annual walk through the glens to Clifton drew fresh scenery and drew praise for its beauty.
A fragmented account recalls a family meal with Mrs. Briggs stressing substantial breakfast. The morning spread features stewed apricots Farina with milk bacon muffins butter and milk with a recipe noting two cups flour one cup milk two tablespoons sugar and three tablespoons melted fat.
A handwritten style list outlines a muffin recipe requiring onion? no. It gives 1 egg 4 teaspoons flour 1-2 teaspoons salt 4 ateips won cat in fine strips. Fry bacon drain drippings. Mix ingredients then add milk beaten egg butter and bacon. Bake in hot greased muffin pans 25 minutes at 400 degrees F. Also lists weekly breakfast menus for Monday through Saturday with various beverages cereals meats and breads.
A wave of visits and gatherings fills Clermont as Mrs L Oland and Sophie Groth stop by. Local families welcomed newborn Millard Nelson on Monday September 29. Attendees included the Wolffs hosting relatives, the Laplanders, and many friends at various homes. West Lutheran Missionary Society plans a Thursday October 9 meeting at the church parlors with hostesses Mrs Emil Larson Mrs Hans Larson Mrs Adolph Frederick and Mrs Ingeborg Paulson. Mrs Dora Nelson and family visited from Fennimore Wisconsin, while Eagle Grove guests Palmer Larson and children joined by Earl Peake toured local homes. The Ladies’ Aid met with a large crowd and a fine program. Lavanda Carr and Lolita Blake performed songs. October plans were announced and extended family connections highlighted by a twenty-six year reunion note from S Sorenson.
A lone cornet serves in the headquarters troop Fifty-second Cavalry brigade in Philadelphia. The role survives because the regiment traces to the Revolutionary era and retained by the National Defense Act. The cornet rank sits between enlisted and officer, a unique appointment tied to lineage.
A old report notes that almost any medicine stain can be removed from linen by soaking in alcohol, rinsing with water, and placing in sunlight. It also mentions electric headlights on locomotives being first used early in 1884.
editorial notes the Chicago Great Western shops opening and 100 extra workers planned for September 22 were deferred after new management decisions. The newspaper credits Superintendent E J Brennen for initial information and clarifies the delay, noting the exact new date was not provided and the Daily Register published the prior info in good faith.
Concrete paving on Primary 18 now allows travel from the junction north of Hawkeye to McGregor. The route from Pontville through Clermont and West Union to near Hawkeye was completed this year. Shouldering between Clermont and Postville finished and about half the Clermont to West Union stretch done. Two crews operated to finish early.
The Supreme Court reversed the conviction of M. V. Henderson, former Hawkeye State Bank cashier, due to error in admitting the bank examiner’s report to the state superintendent of banking. It upheld the conviction of S. Bevins and notes Bevins seeks a new hearing before proceeding. A separate note in the paper gives a grape juice gelatin recipe.
A fragment suggests a statement about keeping the eye clean by tears and eyelid action. It references a mysterious “disinfactent” and describes the eye’s natural cleansing process involving water. The text appears as stray marketing or speculative prose with unclear product or context.
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture notes cotton bagging use in the United States and the potential to substitute cotton bags for jute. It also advises fattening a farm turkey for November 27 starting in October with progressive feeding and references issues with poultry lice and baiting for rats and mice in farms.
Dairy farmer Pp. Baylor near Waterloo notes a 195 pound fat advantage over three months when seven cows graze stalk pasture versus zero grazing. In 1928 29 Saylor’s seven cows produced 601.9 pounds of butterfat on stalk pasture while keeping them off stalks yielded 196.6 pounds, per testing association records.
In Norfolk a local pilot program facing backlash as readers joke about the need for postgraderte courses. The lighthearted chatter centers on the idea of improving expertise amid a surge of interest in advanced classes.
RIVERS HELD SACRED INDIAN TRADITIONS. The article notes that twelve rivers are regarded as sacred by native communities, reflecting cultural reverence and regional beliefs surrounding river worship.
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