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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1948
Page
2
In the weekly Elgin Schools publication editorials praise Luella Falb for leadership in 4 H and Home Ec. The issue covers upcoming Rust College singers, new Panthers Tracks annuals, and the October school calendar with football games and teacher meetings. It also notes student activities in art, music, and grade reports with birthdays in the primary rooms.
The National Cammess aims to show a graph prepared by the High Canning Co. illustrating the rise in costs of various bonds. The chart suggests wider food and better market buys today and urges study of the chart.
Fourth and fifth grades report a cleanliness campaign with wall charts and perfect-score badges. They study health, food basics, and read The Good Master by Hate Seredy about a boy and girl in Hungary. Art features fall scenes and bright room decorations.
Local notes recount visits by Mr and Mrs Ivan Moore and others to Albuquerque New Mexico where Moore works at Sandia Base. Funeral services for Agnes Lenore Rubens were held at St Joseph church with Low Requiem Mass. Agnes Lenore born March 17 1883 in Wadena died Oct 2 1948 at 65.
Experimental tests show okra seed could be processed into a uvex product resembling cotton seed nti. Growers might yield 800 to 1000 pounds per acre with potential profits, noting okra’s disease resistance and nematode tolerance. It tolerates a wide range of soils and may prove profitable at scale.
Miss Fanetta Leftegard becomes bride of Keith Brainard at Marion Lutheran Church on Friday October 1. Attendants include Verna Lantz Bernice Brainard and Mrs Kenneth Anderson with Leslie Poesch as best man. A reception for about 200 followed with pink blue and white decor and a three tier cake.
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A brief quotation noting that every issue has opposing perspectives. It emphasizes fairness and truthfulness by urging consideration of both sides before forming a view. The line underscores balanced discourse and integrity in judgment.
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