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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1937
Page
4
Receipt requirement for Social Security deductions stated. Employee must be furnished with a receipt every time wage deductions are made. Advertisement notes a 0c per pad at Echo Office.
A rare California redwood survives in Milledgeville's city cemetery as one of Georgia's scarce botanical specimens. The stately tree draws attention for its unusual presence in the state and may become a notable local landmark.
The heaviside layer lies about 100 miles above Earth where the air is ionized and can reflect wireless waves downward, enabling long distance radio communication. This layer acts as a reflective shield guiding signals back toward the surface.
A concise note states that the entire nicotine content of cigarettes cigars and pipe tobacco resides in the smoke and none is burned in the process.
Camels are highly social and rarely travel alone. If not trained early, many will refuse to start a journey even after hours of beating by drivers, Collier's Weekly notes.
After frost the horse disease outbreak in western Iowa will ease quickly. Iowa researchers report 12 top Victoria Iowa 105 crosses yielded 7.8 to 87.8 bushels per acre. Strawberries benefit from proper row spacing with Sept 1 thinning. Fall vegetables like spinach radishes and leaf lettuce planted now will be ready by October. Iowa wheat showed rust resistance and outyielded Turkey. Crossbred chickens claim broader traits but claims are unsubstantiated. Lamb prices through Dec 1 are expected near current levels with strong feeder lamb demand in the Corn Belt. Seed corn drying is urged with air moisture under 14 percent and air temps below 110 F.
Marion Township Farm Bureau women reorganized on August 24 at the home of Mrs. Nels Nielson in Gander. Officers appointed include Lena Clark chairwoman and Ern Lerch publicity chairwoman. The group outlined five project aims focused on affordable, up to date clothing and sewing efficiency. Mary Wood of Ames will lead the county training school October 19 to 22.
Roy S Dearstyne of North Carolina State College explains key inheritable traits for poultry success. Early maturity, steady egg production, large egg size, long laying life, and fertile egg hatchability drive profitability, aided by selective breeding and culling inferior birds. Early feathering aids broiler production.
A Missouri Farmer writer says crippled poults weeks old often show slipped tendons due to mineral imbalance in feed. Overmineralizing or improper phosphorus calcium ratios can cause the issue, usually not from commercial mashes. Consultation with the feed maker is advised before altering mineral blends.
Poultry notes say eggs cost 61 percent of total, urge standard-bred stock and nest provision for four to five hens. Pullets laying under 140 eggs yearly risk non profit, heat harms egg quality first 24 to 48 hours, store eggs cool on wire, avoid moldy feed, and manage lice. Winter feed via mangel wurzels recommended. proper summer care accelerates laying by 2-3 months. Chicks need adequate feed. underfeeding common issue.
Fay ette County reports 110 rural schools opened Monday with many to begin Sept 6. A list shows rural teachers assigned to Pleasant Valley West Union Clermont Illyria Union Westfield Windsor and other townships. Several entries note "will not open" for certain positions and locations. The feature ends with editorials on banking depictions and a discussion of national man power.
Water weighs about 62.5 pounds per cubic foot. One cubic foot equals about 7.5 gallons.
A brief aphorism asserts self respect as the noblest garment a man may wear, emphasizing inner dignity over external display. The line suggests personal integrity defines character more than appearance or status.
A concise reflection on liberty as a foundational ideal once paid for in blood. The piece juxtaposes ordinary reliance on freedom with historical sacrifice, urging appreciation and vigilance for civil rights and democratic values.
A compact reflective piece links snow whiteness to light reflection and declares a conqueror as the unbeatable, notes solitude fuels imagination, asserts practice builds facility and holiness through effort, and recalls Neville's Cross 1346 showing Scotch and English in wartime.
A collection of short items notes Luella Miller resuming teaching in Shellsburg, and visits from Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Miller and daughter from Maiden Rock Wisconsin. The piece muses on modern transport from north China to west Japan and cites Henry Ford at 74 in good health.
A comic strip style exchange features a wife urging Betty to marry, a Dustlose pitch clearing arguments, a physician asking why Sam drank a labeled poison lye, and a quip about getting into clover by moving fast.
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