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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1960
Page
3
Numerous Elgin and West Union families hosted dinners and weekend gatherings, with guests including Lester Anderson Ruth Starkey and many others from Ossian West Union Elkader and Decorah. Notes mention weddings births and a Legion Auxiliary correction, plus a newborn Ramona Faye Larson and Timothy Lee birth announcements.
Mrs. Orville Tatro and relatives from Grayslake visited Mrs. Mary Tatro for dinner and lunch on Tuesday. The Howard Dickson, Wayne McCrackin, and Vasby families from Waukon Marquette and Cedar Rapids joined relatives in various Sunday and Thursday gatherings. Several guests attended the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Jacob in Fergus Falls, while other visits occurred among Olson, Rathbach, and Yauslin households.
Extension botanist E P Sylvester surveyed Krueger Bros farms in Kenton Lyle and Edward to assess chemical weed control in corn and pastures. He reports nearly complete control across tested plots and a yield check by Ross James on comparable strips to measure performance.
The experiment compared two strips with identical fertilizer rates and liquid insecticides. No control yielded 92.6 bushels per acre while the treated strip produced 129.68 bushels per acre, indicating a yield boost from the treatment.
Charles Schoon of Rolfe was seriously hurt when a freight train struck the car he tried to move off the tracks after it stalled. The incident occurred as the train neared, leaving Schoon injured.
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