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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1953
Page
3
Clermont residents and guests filled a busy weekend with dinners, baptisms, and multiple family gatherings. Local families hosted friends from West Union Waterloo Des Moines Oelwein Cedar Rapids and Decorah while members traveled to Dubuque Maquoketa Ossian and Eldridge for reunions and visits.
Des Moines residents Mr and Mrs Ronald Slaymaker stayed with his sister and husband Mr and Mrs Ross James over the weekend. Clarence Tatro and family visited in Waterloo at the Talley home. Harlan Stee Castalia visitors joined Harry Cooney Town City and Harold. Maggie Torkelson West Union visited Mary Washburn. Ed Frisbie of California visited Harold Bennett’s family. Kenny and Clarence Amundson traveled to Rochester Minnesota to see Mrs Ole Amundson at St Marys Hospital. Mrs Mary Tatro reports a successful skin graft and plans to return home once the graft heals. Hans Sandvold hosted guests including Martin Sandvold of New York City and Thea Woods Helga Grovdahl Mrs Russell Gilbert Margaret Ossian Joseph Staska Bruce and Harey Grovdahl Todt tie.
Fire crews at Jefferson responded to a grass fire involving a five ton straw load on a trailer. The blaze occurred at the Vince Leonard farm during unloading and caused damage as the straw burned while being moved.
Iowa dairy farmers who bred cows for fall freshening expect stronger profit margins. 1952 Iowa Dairy Herd Improvement Association data show fall freshened cows averaged $4 more margin over feed cost per lactation than spring freshened cows and about $20 more per head over feed cost than summer freshened cows.
Josette Frank of the Child Study Association advises parents to set a time budget for daily TV, balance viewing with homework and chores, and introduce activities that use TV inspiration. She emphasizes planning, tolerance for occasional exceptions, and guiding children to engage in reading, crafts, and drama to foster broad interests.
A sponsored column by the lews Society For Mental Health advertises a pamphlet by Josette Frank on guiding children’s television use. Copies available from the Iowa Society For Mental Health at 304 Fourth St Sioux Rapids for 15 cents.
The piece notes a reduction of workers on Zarms by about a million since 140, per USDA, while farm output rose by one third. It discusses optimizing farm income through capital and labor, noting electricity as a cheaper alternative to human labor. It also cites a 40 percent termite infestation rate in homes in a Midwestern city and urges corn growers to watch for corn borer activity more than feed corn producers.
The Bowntiéha project continues into 1983 with emphasis on good management. Prices rising enough to offset poor decisions are past. Iowa farm income in 1952 stood around 2,800 million dollars, nearly three times 1929 totals and more than double 1941.
Disjointed OCR text references renting vehicles in 1952, accidents while traveling straight ahead, a Chicago quote at 14 cents for the year, and commentary on pasture wood lots. The fragmentary source lines include incomplete phrases about livestock, exercise ground, and reduction of tree production.
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