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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1935
Page
3
The Clermont Enterprise published weekly in Clermont Iowa notes its Thursday morning issue with Elizabeth Priest as local editor and membership in state and national press associations. It invites readers to show advertisers they read their ads in the Echo.
Real small farm with 56 fertile acres and many buildings lies among flies and neighbors. Springs aplenty and a right price for investors. The old West homestead one mile from Clermont on paving. 170 acres of good clay soil with rolling terrain and solid improvements. Many other farm bargains and exchanges available. Farm activity rising. list with Grether's Exchange in Elgin Iowa for particulars.
A business committee in Union plans to oppose a rumored shift in Milwaukee railroad service from daily to every-other-day. They will complain to the state railroad commission and urge local firms to route shipments by rail when feasible to boost rail business.
Two wells are being drilled near the shelter house in the West Union scenic area to improve visitor convenience. A pump will be installed to supply water for drinking and cooking. Echo office advertises apical note memo books and stenographers books for low prices.
Brainard community notes list numerous visits, meals, and gatherings among families such as Boyers Dummermuths Patterson and Nuttings, with church events, revival attendance in Elgin, and local civic tours. The column also records hospital stays, illness, and Sunday activities at Brainard Church and parsonage renovations. An inserted ad offers a player piano for sale in Clermont.
Bank suspensions this year have ebbed to a trickle. The Bureau of Agricultural Economies projects hog slaughter under federal inspection for the next 17 months at about 16 million head, down from 22 million last year and far below the normal 30 million. Fall liming of soils will neutralize acidity to protect young alfalfa or clover. Next year is white grub year, with expected heavy infestations in central and eastern Iowa, making protection difficult and advising against plowing timothy or blue grass in susceptible corn. Turkey raisers should finish birds four weeks before market for premium meat. Rhubarb crowns should be divided every 6 to 8 years with two buds per plant, transplanting in spring. Lambs fed corn in fall need shelter as colder weather arrives and fields grow rough.
Fall conditions push lambs to shelter in drylots with legume hay and daily grain. Soybean hay can substitute clover or alfalfa for beef cattle, provided the hay is mature with 20 to 38 percent beans. Feed in limited quantities to avoid digestive upsets, and supplement with other roughage.
A historic appeal emphasizes that good roads are essential for daily use and regional growth. It argues roads knit communities, boost commerce, attract industries, and reflect public welfare through faster travel, fuel savings, and time efficiency, framing road spending as enduring returns rather than expenses.
An unnamed man gains sudden wealth from striking oil and preens to impress others. He bursts into a railway station, hands the ticket seller a $20 bill, and demands a ticket to any destination, claiming his business is everywhere.
C A Ostrander local member received word that the third district of the Iowa Poultry Improvement association would meet in West Union on November 4. He arranged for the meeting to be held in the assembly room at the courthouse with thirty to forty hatchery men from the district expected to attend.
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