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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1929
Page
3
Miss Rubyn Chinn conducts a nutrition feature urging hot school lunches. It presents a plan to heat meals at school using group cooking or individual servings, with menus like Cream of Tomato Soup Creamed Carrots and Cocoa. It emphasizes whole wheat bread with fillings, and a balanced menu for twenty five children.
A father asks about a million dollars and a son says a big number is not the right answer. A shopper smells rot in a store and the merchant calls it the business. A couple of lines note independence and fashion at millinery shops Elgin and Clermont.
A church morning collection yields many dollars and two pennies prompting the minister to joke about a Scotchman. An old Scot responds two of us. A comic exchange follows about chorus tights and a mother's relief at their absence.
The Decorah Chamber of Commerce resumed Monday luncheons with good attendance. Atty Frank Sayre spoke on the fourth amendment protecting against unlawful searches and seizures. The piece notes division among states and courts over door-busting in enforcement and asks where remedies lie. Public Opinion reports King R Palmer of West Union recovering after a Rochester hospital operation for chronic appendicitis and notes his wife accompanying him home Saturday. Also mentions Cottage Studio October sale offer of 14 pictures for 12 at Oelwein.
A detective tone script describes a man asking why a letter to Mr Durand bears the label personal. The dialogue hints at deception as the speaker notes the subject’s frequent use of the word honesty.
R W Gass of Postville was fined 500 in Vinton Benton county for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He paid 200 and was paroled. Sheriff's officials transported him to Waukon after Benton county attorney notified. Bremer county residents circulate pheasant open season petitions though farmers oppose outsiders entering barns to shoot.
The Castalia area road work nears completion with concrete paving past the viaduct finished last Friday. Officials say the road is not yet open but will be soon while a minor detour remains in place. Local reader notes and editorials reflect light community anecdotes and advertising blurbs from Cottage Studio in Oelwein.
Guidance on harvesting and storing oat straw for livestock feed highlights its palatability and texture advantages over wheat or barley straw. It covers blowing into mow, stacking to shed water, timing of cutting, and its broader uses in bedding and manure absorption, with nutrient content estimates. Also mentions Frank Talcott's return from California and Maynard News endowment pledges reaching 216000 toward a 300000 goal.
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