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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
4
Ralph Farlow of Winterset collected coins for years and recently paid for a monument using two syrup cans of pennies. Roy Gilbert of Indianola spent hours counting the coins before giving Farlow a full receipt. Farlow still has a third can holding $75 in pennies.
A simple biscuit dough base becomes orange, cinnamon and cheese rolls with small flourishes like orange sugar. The Quick Orange Rolls recipe covers dough, mixing, rolling, slicing, and baking in muffin cups for about 16 rolls.
Autumn meals feature squash with vitamin A rich yellow flesh. Hubbard squash baked whole yields mash with butter cream salt and sugar. Acorn squash halves stuffed with six pork sausage patties bake 45 minutes to an hour until tender. SILVER DOLLARS story notes authentic local newspaper payroll money during National Newspaper Week. residents questioned its authenticity and were assured it was ok.
The article notes higher lamb prices year over year with expectations of stronger consumer demand and mildly higher fed lamb prices in winter and spring. It recommends discing slopes on contour this fall when pasture may be too wet next March, as early discing reduces March work, and suggests seeding clover on the slopes.
Hog flu can weaken hogs and cut profits, with outbreaks possible as days shorten. Poultry houses lit to lengthen the laying period may raise profits if applied correctly but can cause molting if mishandled. Vegetables store best in cool, moist rooms near 40 degrees, avoiding freezing while sweet potatoes need warm dry spaces like the furnace room.
Louis Reittinger of Dyersville reports his apple tree bears unusually large fruit with every apple big enough for a pie. The sighting comes from a local farm in the region noted by residents for bumper harvests this season.
A Canadian cruiser seized a German motorship off the west coast of Mexico. The prize crew and crew of the captured ship are interned for the duration of the war. Jubilant Canadians celebrate the achievement, marking the first time an enemy craft has been taken singlehanded at sea.
In Waterloo Mrs. Howard Lange reunited with her twin sister whom she had not known existed. Ted Whitehead of Eldora followed news on the de Tristan kidnapping and recalls working for Cecil Wetzel, who captured the kidnapper, for three years. A car found in the Cedar River near Rochester mystifies Cedar county officials as to how it was driven 40 feet from the bank. A passerby thought Frank Wright’s Monticello home burned, but the fire department found no fire and Mrs. Wright said smoke and musty clothes prompted fumigation. Clark Smith of Plainfield pleaded guilty to slapping and beating his wife and was fined 100 dollars or 30 days in jail. Leland Adams of Waterloo and Bonnie Hood of Newton planned to marry in Treer but discovered the license was issued in Waterloo, misplacing their plans in Black Hawk county.
A collage of humorous quotes and jokes on social mores and humor appears, including a wry remark about America’s backbone and a parlor tale of a vicar and a cherry brandy promise. An advertisement invites readers to contact insulation and heat efficiency services to reduce winter fuel bills. It extols Mule-Hide Cor-Du-Roy roofing with engineered features and samples, urging consideration before purchasing a roof.
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