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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1930
Page
8
Local ads promote magazine and newspaper subscription deals, magazine offers, and bundled pricing with the Elgin Echo and Dubuque Telegraph Herald. Listings include farm sales, milch cattle for sale, a Velour baby carriage, machinery, and found items. Prices, contact names, and locations across Elgin Iowa and nearby areas are listed.
A fire at the Joseph Bullerman farm on Calmar east side destroyed nine oat grain stacks shortly before 1 pm Tuesday. Calmar firefighters lacked sufficient hose until Ossian aid arrived, storms of flame quelled, with some grain saved but insurance insufficient to cover the loss. Affected farm buildings likely would have burned without help.
Guidelines discuss poultry housing with drinking vessels on a 4 platform 12 to 18 inches off the floor, damp proofing paint from paraffin in solvent, and safe application conditions. Also warns on alfalfa pasture use in year one and conservative grazing in year two, with reseeding if stands thin.
Bronzehorses of Venice thought to stem from a Graeco Roman triumphal quadriga. Brought to Venice by Doge Enrico Dandolo in 1204. They have endured many adventures, including being hidden from view beneath St Mark's during World War I era.
At the W. J. Tegeler home on the Edw. F. Link farm south of town an orchard tree bore a mature crop and then produced new blossoms again. The same phenomenon was noted at the Burna farm about a mile west, suggesting an unusual early second bloom in the local area.
The community notes a wide web of visits and hospitality as the Hanson, Wheeland, Friederich, and Zaugg families mingle at homes near Clermont and West Bend. Visits span Bay City Michigan to Merrill Wisconsin with many dinners, picnics, and Sunday gatherings. A Professor Gilson of Emporia visits, while local youths start school at Elgin high. A Cresco fair accident rumor circulates before clarified as minor injuries.
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