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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1957

Page

4

Slate leads Des Moines council race as three vie for finals

Statewide interest surrounds Iowa Des Moines city council primary. Reinhold Carlson, Mrs Florence T Myers and Wade Clarke lead with 40 000 votes, facing Charles Ides Jens Grothe and Newton Margulies in the finals. Incumbents Mills Denny and Iles face possible replacement as two to three new members may join the council.

Reinhold Carlson Florence T. Myers Wade Clarke Charles Dles Jens Grothe Newton Margulies Des Moines Leonard Howell George Forester

Winter care and feed tips for farmers and cattle

Weathered advice urges watering evergreens before Trost to guard against windburn and snowburn. Feeder cattle need daily protein and mineral supplements to use corn stalk fields economically this fall. Some feeders mix four pounds cottonseed meal with one pound salt for free-choice feeding in stalk fields. Farmers should be frugal with feeder pig prices around 100 pounds for sale within ten weeks. Hog price outlook suggests a drop by early December to about 14 1/2 to 15 1/2 cents per pound. Seed can be sown now for spring germination, aided by frost coverage. Fayette county reports twin Holstein births to the extension office, while Town State College researchers seek more identical-twin Holstein heifers for the Ankeny herd study.

Igs Fayette County Wangsness Town State College Ankeny

Parking a car made easy by experts tips and steps

Driving authorities say a good parker shows car control in traffic. If parking seems tough, practice away from traffic using six steps: signal, verify space, align, back at an angle, straighten, finish parallel to curb and lock doors for safety.

Parker Marcec. Bileski Wilesers Chicago Misa Smith Motor Club Sielaki

Duck hunter loses fingers in accidental shotgun discharge

Arnold Krueger of near Letts was injured when a shotgun discharged as he stepped onto a wagon tongue during a duck hunt. The blast took three fingers off his right hand in the mishap.

Arnold Krueger Near Letts

Kremlin call links to touring daughter in Moscow

Mrs Harry Sinn of Independence received a phone call from the Kremlin in Moscow. The call was placed by her daughter Mrs Robert Carson, who is on a flying tour of 19 countries with her husband. Today's best pay. A Want Ad.

Harry Sinn Independence Kremlin Moscow Robert Carson

Four injured at Dallas pep rally bonfire blast

A bonfire ignition at a Dallas center pep rally injured four people. Carroll Olson of Ottosen suffered a serious left eye burn from a lye solution used to strip paint from a plow. his sight was saved. The item also notes farm grease hazards and glue dye use for furniture finishes.

Dallas Center Carroll Olson Ottosen

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