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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
4
Grant Lauer of El dorado Iowa urges buyers to order seed from this local farm ad claiming crop adaptation to the area. Also Jerse y cow for sale near Elgin and a note of thanks from Mrs Rosa Baumgartner for illness get well wishes and ecards.
Mrs. Pryor of Burlington spoke as Democrats plan a county rally featuring Gov. Nels Kraschel and Fred Biermann on Monday. A 6:15 dinner precedes an 8:15 Coliseum program with bands from Oelwein and Maynard, plus the Little German Band. A free dance by the Paragon Swing Band closes the evening. all invited regardless of party.
Elgin and Clermont residents share visits and events. Grover of Clermont dined with Mrs. N. M. Fritz. Mrs. Olson Mrs. Ruth Gibson and Lyle Nelson traveled to State Center. Rosa Baumgartner of Elgin improves after illness. Gruver of Cedar Rapids visits Fritz then heads to California. Ruby Boyle hosts family and Bob Miller for twenty second birthday. Mary Keiser returns with several travelers. Habeger visits Swan Fort Dodge and West Bend. Lavonne Simek and Kenneth Coacher sent to schools after homecoming.
Two men lost their lives in a traffic crash at the intersection near Friend and Starkey. Funeral arrangements had not been completed by Wednesday noon, but funeral director F C Muehlethaler expected services to be held Saturday.
From October 24 to 28, St. Louis hosted the American Dental Association meeting where Glen Gore and Helen Anne Fisher, representing the category of young Mr and Miss America, were crowned. The keynote highlighted dental health for American youth.
In Lakewood New Jersey police urge residents to prepare for Halloween pranks and schoolchildren to refrain from mischief. A photo captures a youth posting a quarantine sign on a small red schoolhouse as part of seasonal shenanigans.
Tulsa special photo shows Deputy U S Marshal Al Cottle of Tulsa with Dr C Sterling Cooley of the Oklahoma Chiropractice Board and Nathanile Reed, the 1904 western outlaw who surrendered after being severely wounded in the Katy flier robbery. Reed was paroled after his surrender and recovery.
The greatest north to south length of Brazil is 2,680 miles and its east to west measurement runs 2,700 miles. These figures outline the vast span of the South American nation as described in a recent geographic notice.
The first successful sewing machine maker was Isaac Merritt Singer of Boston in 1851. The initial sewing machine patent was likely No 2488 issued to John J Greenough on February 21 1842.
A large page notes Iowa having 9,000 one room rural schools and over 109,000 students in them. It discusses rising egg prices, light pork stocks, favorable cattle outlook, and uneven farm product trends from mid-August to mid-September. Advice covers hog, sheep, sow feeding, weaning methods, grain feeding, and fall garden plowing with barnyard manure. It also warns on corn loan effects on prices and emphasizes pasture value and dairy rationing.
The piece discusses hedging by buying corn futures to cover livestock needs until next summer and protect against higher corn prices in fall and winter. It notes tomatoes can be stored to Thanksgiving, with color and storage methods. It mentions possible storage demand improvements for hogs in December and January but uncertainty if it offsets rising marketings and the year end price dip.
Page 1 notes the eighth grade hygiene class germ garden project with potatoes in sterilized jars. Room committees plan a Halloween party next Friday afternoon. Students welcome Doris Hanson and Vernon Wedo back after illness. In foreign exchanges, girls select countries for pen pals in Cuba Hawaii British Isles Switzerland Canada Philippines Mexico and Union of South Africa to aid geography studies. Both grades begin new hygiene units Meat in Our Daily Meals and Bacteria.
Egyptian goldsmiths crafted bracelets for the queen of Zer in 5400 B.C., highlighting early luxury crafts and royal adornment in ancient Egypt. The findings reflect advanced metalwork and status symbols in Near Eastern antiquity.
Advertisements note that a portion of the number Alfred P. Sloan Jr chairman Detroit based GM said would be re employed. The scene was photographed at the automotive plant in Detroit as workers returned to work two weeks from October 18.
The brochure cites FHA funding with no down payment for installing window conditioning to insulate homes. It urges readers to consult and notes common household questions about timing and appointments, then ends with a plug for Martin-Senour 100 percent Pure Paint.
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