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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
4
Bert Lyngans of Ri Postville hosts a free presentation at the Avalon with tickets available by calling the Echo office. The feature tale Friendly Enemies portrays two men and their loyalty to their countries in an absorbing drama.
Full blooded Berk shire boar advertised for sale by McMillan Bros in Elgin. Contact McMillan Bros for details.
The dental salvage committee requests obsolete dental instruments of high quality steel. Much of the steel came from Germany and will be returned to Hitler with interest as part of wartime efforts.
Readers urge better yard waste practice noting that burning leaves wastes valuable fertilizer. Many leaves could be composted or buried in a pit to produce rich soil, reducing air pollution and saving nutrients.
Detailed advice on storing celery carrots and other vegetables to prevent flavor transfer and shriveling. Guidance includes trench and basement storage, moist air, cold frames, and proper box placement. Also notes curing times for sweet potatoes squashes pumpkins and future garden planning with manure plowing. Mentions Ellis Elwood mining bauxite at Sweet Home Arkansas and a large top-removal project at Hurricane Creek.
War time guidance urges children to take responsibility through homemade play equipment. Using scraps and simple orange crate designs, families can create color coded blocks and peg games to teach colors, sizes, and cooperation. Daily recreation fosters family bonding while easing wartime anxieties and conserving materials.
Dairy specialists advise farm kernels feed good clover or alfalfa hay for dairy cows with some grain for high producers. Iowa ranks among top lamb feeding states and butterfat per farm rose in 1941 to 1942. Soybean varieties Richland Mukden and Chief certified this year with fields list from Joe L. Robinson. Higher butter prices noted.
Extension agronomists urge Iowa farmers to test soybean varieties this fall to pick early maturing types before frost. Farmers with empty silos can silage high moisture ears for hog feed, while maples face gall mite pressure but leaf removal and burning helps control it. Machinery rationing may limit some equipment but essential items remain available for 1943 needs.
Collegians rate seventy five of each hundred persons whose life sketches appear in Who's Who in America as college graduates. The index highlights the prominence of higher education among notable individuals and suggests the link between academic attainment and public recognition.
The article urges farmers to anticipate needs and request equipment now, details rationing through county committees, and advises on poultry storage to prepare for possible meat rationing. It notes Iowa crops of 1942 with stem rust-free results and cites the ongoing barberry eradication program, claimed to be self-financing after 1942.
A Marion boy Bernard Lee McGrew is photographed with a large number of his grandparents. The piece lists several grandparents and spouses including H Jacobs of Marion, Ern st McGrew of Springville, Ida MeGrew of Springville, Frank Hall of Whittier, Edith Bergan of Shellsburg, and George Jacobs of West end, noting the unusual family turnout.
A broadcaster quips about a deaf carpenter as a reminder that many rush to build. The piece urges focus on repairing and maintaining existing buildings and notes heat expansion impacts. It promotes Mule-Hide Cor-Du-Roy surfaces to prevent cracks from temperature changes and to make customers feel at home.
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