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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
4
Rates for peace want ads are six cents per insertion up to 25 words and one cent per word for each word beyond 25. An additional ten cent weekly handling charge applies for replies sent to the office. Cash with order. Monthly billing adds ten cent per line. Payment by telephone accepted. this must be prepaid by month end.
A reflective piece contrasts authoritarian and permissive parenting with a family in which a boy named Jimmy learns self reliance at ages six to fifteen. The article argues democratic living starts at home through practical lessons in responsibility and consideration of others.
Members of the Fayette No. 4 Dairy Herd Improvement Assn report fall freshening cows are most profitable with 145 dry cows in 458 tested. The group averaged 481 lbs. milk and 19.4 lbs. fat from 42 cows producing 40 to 59 lbs. fat and 8 cows 50 to 60 lbs. fat. Harva Miller’s G. H. Ruby led with 1666 lbs. milk and 56.4 lbs. fat. Top 305 day records include Deering’s R. H. at 520.7 lbs. fat and Chenswold’s BR. J. at 492.6 lbs. fat. The ten high herds for the month include Harva Miller, Jerry Spencer, Max Menberry, Kenneth Kerr, Harry Cline & Son, Roy Swenson, Fayette County Home, Harry Whiteher, Edward Steffen, and E. O. Warner.
Washington DC photo shows Japanese Ambassador Ken suke Horinouchi speaking with reporters at the State Department after conferring with Secretary Cordell Hull on the far Eastern situation last week.
Florence Forbes advises bringing real autumn beauty indoors with natural materials. From buckbrush berries to coralberries and cattails, she suggests simple wood bowls, gourds, peppers, and fruit as seasonal décor, inviting families to collect and arrange outdoors in home displays.
Recipe describes a fall salad using endive chinese cabbage spinach and kale with hot dressing. Wash greens cut small pieces and count a heaping cup per serving. For four portions brown one cup chopped bacon drain fat then add vinegar or lemon juice water salt and greens and heat.
Corduroy prices reflect durability and weave closeness. More tufts per inch reduce nap and wear. Wide wale suits sports wear, narrow wale for children's clothing, and very narrow chiffon cord for dresses. For jackets, seek wind resistant, water repellent fabric and confirm washability or dry cleaning needs.
The 1940 flax crop is expected to be the largest since 1924. Iowa apples show top color size and quality this year, likely among the largest in several years. Swine erysipelas is transmissible to humans, care needed when handling hog carcasses. A new chemical applied to apple trees may extend fruit on trees by about two weeks. Sorghum at immature stages should be fed in small amounts with less laxative roughage to prevent scouring. Vaccinating western feeder cattle for hemorrhagic septicemia or shipping fever two weeks before feedlot entry is advised. Imports of cattle are down vs last year, but canned beef imports are higher, mainly from Mexico for stocker and feeder purposes. Orchardists note rab- (truncated).
Bits and mice cause damaged fruit tree bark before protections were erected. Boone oats, a recent Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station release, led nine varieties in community grain trials across 29 counties. Oat germination issues stem from wet storage with some samples as low as 20 percent. Calf pen rotation is advised for disease control. Red clover seed prices drop to eight year lows at $9.40 per cwt, while 1940 corn moisture tests run 22 to 30 percent. Iowa hosts 48 communities in 10 acre yield contests with 800+ entrants. last year’s winner was Raymond C. McClure with 163 bu/acre.
Dr. Anna Gardner of Daytona Beach Florida addressed the 11th International Lutheran Women's Mission convention in Des Moines Iowa. She urged young women to see all nations share a common human bond and urged youth to study biology and psychology to understand shared aspirations and potential. She emphasized the role of Women’s Missionary Society as a potent opportunity for mission work.
Boyd Novinger and Jack Marley released a balloon filled with iron filings and acid gas, which traveled about 150 miles. An automobile wheel broke from a Waterloo man’s car and landed at Cedar Falls home. A Grinnell mail trailer was found with three punctured tires after a missing knife incident. A Sumner farm chicken house scare proved to be a skunk. An odd note on air weight states air weighs about 533 grains per cubic foot.
The page mixes light humor and ads about painting screens for winter readiness and Mule-Hide Cor-Diu-Roy roofs. It includes a dating quip about a first date and a joke about optimists who cast bread on waters hoping for a hot dog return.
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