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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1931
Page
2
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture covers lawn seeding timing for late summer, poultry shipping grades by age sex and size, tenancy changes from 1920 to 1930, tomato varieties joining the market, and insurance advice for farmers. It cites Beltsville Maryland poultry lays, and shows September October laying patterns for Rhode Island Reds with year to year comparisons.
The U S Department of Agriculture bureau says planting trees on steep or severely gullied land slows erosion and makes reclaiming to pasture or cultivation feasible. Plow the gully and plant trees in rows six to eight feet apart in deeply furrowed soil, following contours to reduce wash. Prepare a good soil bed to promote rapid growth and ensure seedling survival.
Repair the corn crib and granary and rid the farm of rats now to save stored grain this fall and winter. Success depends on community cooperation to destroy rats on all infested farms simultaneously. Specialists advise using enough bait at one place on the same day, with red aquila poison being effective yet safer for other animals. Fresh fish ground and meat or cereals offered separately provide rat choices for best results.
A quoted line discusses darkness and stars, describing light persisting and asters glancing in the night. The passage presents poetic imagery without a clear news event or identifiable persons or organizations.
The painter Horace Vernet is said to have maintained a constant musket fire in his studio while he worked on battle scenes. He allegedly endured corpse and smoke around him until each painting was finished.
A benediction compares generosity to a fountain watering the earth, spreading fertility. The text exalts giving as more delightful and honorable than receiving, praising benevolence as a noble virtue.
The largest species of rattlesnake, the diamond back rattler, reaches an extreme length a little over eight feet.
A collection of wry maxims about love, money, danger, and social behavior. It notes that charity hides no excess, marriages face hitches, and a man’s prudence, ego, and humor shape outcomes. It contrasts reactions to pain, public opinion, and practical wisdom.
Mrs Ray Illis and family of West Union hosted dinner with the Moore home. Numerous guests from Oelwein Preston Strawberry Point and Volga City visited local families. Birthdays celebrated for Naomi Weber and James Davis. Reunions, travels and weekend activities noted among families including Jensens Whittenbaughs Schroeders and Dempster relatives. A boy DaWayne Walter born to Mr and Mrs Walter Medberry.
A list of residents and relatives visits Newton area for land matters including Gwynne Lichty Chapman Culver Culver Seedorf Biglow Harkins Gage Crandall Henrich Whittenbaugh and others. Bessie Whittenbaugh visited family while Virginia Lee Flower was admitted to Gelwe hospital in critical condition. Will Harkins of Long Beach California stayed with the Henrichs last week.
R Kent Beattie forest pathologist with the U S Department of Agriculture has returned from a two and a half year search in Korea and Japan for blight resistant chestnuts. He gathered about 250 wild nuts and scions of 90 cultivated varieties. Nuts were shipped to Washington and planted at the Forest Nursery in Glendale Maryland for testing suitability and blight resistance.
Fifty seven year old Charles Boone of Cherry Hill Maryland was misled by a Fourth of July torpedo novelty. His son George Boone found the item and, while walking home, gave it to him. The elder Boone bit into it and required surgery to sew up a hole in his face.
Britain teams up to build a four passenger air taxi powered by a 400 horsepower motor. It uses four revolving planes instead of fixed wings driving a giant propeller. The inventor hopes it can land or start from most flat roofs and reach up to 130 miles per hour.
Damage from plant diseases in the United States averages one and a half million dollars annually, per Dr. R J Haskell, plant pathologist at the Department of Agriculture. In Canada losses are estimated at about 15,000,000 pounds sterling each year.
Dad argues business pressure requires consumer spending as the daughter prods with a demand for a fur coat. The exchange highlights social pressure and economic strain during hard times.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes a playful remark where a teacher jokes about sausage in the dressing, reflecting a lighthearted classroom moment.
A brief cheeky exchange about conveying a caller’s request to Mr Jones. The maid asks what message to deliver and what the caller wants to borrow. The snippet captures a domestic vignette of social etiquette and everyday communication.
In a crowded cafe, a bettor named Cupper remarks that Katherine is set to marry the K-ray specialist, while another jokes about what the suitor sees in her, reflecting light gossip about relationships.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Baldwin and daughter of Waterloo visited from Friday to Sunday at the Learn home. Mr and Mrs Will Starkey and Mr and Mrs Chas Anderson were guests Sunday at the Learn home, with Mrs Anderson staying longer. G C Havenstrite and son and F R Havenstrite returned from ten days in northern Wisconsin visiting relatives. Several Stark girls now in Cedar Falls and Waterloo visited here early last week. Oliver Rowland and Walter Warnke called on H K Johnson and John Learn Sunday. Ira Rose family and Bertha Kerkestue and H K Johnson family shared dinner with Ole Kerkestue Sunday. Louie Olson family also dinner guests at John Mark home. Mrs H E Johnson and children spent Tuesday at Erie Rowland’s. Mildred Rowland and friend visited her sister, Mrs H E Johnson. School opened Monday at Riverside and Cliffton schools.
This article urges eliminating carelessness as a key to safety for both adults and children. It argues carelessness is ungentlemanly and dangerous, equating it with conduct unbecoming a gentleman, and links personal responsibility to safe driving and daily affairs. A Lions Clubs of Towa series note.
Madison drafts outline for creating the first three executive departments and a set of 12 constitutional amendments. Ten amendments are ultimately ratified, shaping early U S governance.
Fragmentary remark from Toledo Dade quotes that the universe is not a simple place and hints at a deeper, puzzling cosmic complexity. The readable text conveys a sense of awe and mystery surrounding celestial phenomena.
The piece contrasts two areas, noting children in the affluent district stage performances while those in the poorer area face limited options. It suggests disparity in opportunities for youth to showcase talent and engage in creative activities.
A Want Ad touts Feller's Hardware in West Elgin with a full line of galvanized pipe and fittings and quotes prices from K F L Sires of Elgin and Edgar. Riser of Postville took butter to McGregor en route to the Clayton county fair at National with Mel Kohler and R. P. Strauch. the four also played golf at the McGregor course where Kohler reportedly won as usual.
The funeral of Mrs Roy Reierton was held on Monday at the Norway church near St. Olaf. She was a young woman who lived near the Seth Clark home in Marion township.
A fragmentary line mocks the idea that smart people or laymen know all scientific truths. It hints that even the clever still labor in vain to discover, contrasting intellect with the limits of knowledge in a pithy, era-tinged tone.
A Buffalo Evening News column critiques the idea that physical endurance and self-sacrifice are the path to wealth, arguing money should fund dignified care via a respected doctor rather than sacrificing health for profit. It frames social values around health, money, and medical dignity.
A quirky notice presents travel tips praising mule backed trips and Mule-Hide roofs as weather relief. It notes a Seattle lumberman cutting his goldfish to half rations amid a hot spell. It also observes a slight coal market slump as overheated buyers risk higher costs later.
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