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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1956
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial published from Elgin Iowa presents its masthead and postal matter noting second class mail status and a September 1 1891 filing at the Elgin post office under the 1852 act.
Rates show subscription at 2.00 per year for four northeast Iowa counties and 2.50 per year for all outside territory paid in advance. Advertising details list 10 cent per line hate? with a 30 cent weekly minimum if cash accompanies order. Blind ads or inquiries go to the office. other notices priced per standard rates. Cards of Thanks and Memoriam Cards are 1.00 each with ten line limit. Resolutions of Respect and obituary poetry follow regular rates.
Dr E D Plass argues against a single injury causing breast cancer, noting no time link or injury-site match, and cites hormones as a contributing factor. He compares skin cancer to injury patterns and urges readers to contact the American Cancer Society in Mason City for questions.
Arthur Joslin age 24 of Anamosa died in a quarry accident near Marion when a truck he was operating slid from a sand pile and trapped him in the cab. He had been married only seven days.
A guide for parents to foster self confidence in children. It emphasizes not rushing skill development, using age appropriate tasks, praising progress, and setting realistic expectations. It compares learning to swim and spelling to patience and gradual mastery.
A compact exhortation on correcting slouching habits. It explains how a potlike protrusion appears from poor posture, then guides lifting shoulders, chin, and abdomen to restore balance. The piece urges standing straight with spine flat against a wall to train the body back to proper alignment.
The piece encourages regular walking and tall sitting to ease muscle strain. With continued effort anyone can improve posture, reducing fatigue and improving looks as a visible payoff.
Iowa report notes a gas pocket found at 50 feet while drilling for water on Floyd Miller farm near New London, igniting a brief blaze before reaching water at 320 feet. Other items include Bussey Methodist church anniversary. drowning escape near Clear Lake. Belgian Congo missionary return. a bolt of lightning killing fifteen head officers on Earlham farm. a hog attack near Clarinda injuring Trace Pershing. and L. G. McDermott 50 years as a Mason in Lohrville.
Advice on soil testing to determine lime and fertilizer needs emphasizes accurate tests. Guidelines cover silicone dressing for shoes and caution that medication is not a substitute for good management. Limestone timing and legume seeding are discussed, with notes on Zopsia grass suitability in Iowa. Brucellosis infection in cattle has fallen below state averages in four counties with voluntary county-wide control programs. Black Hawk Buchanan Delaware and Winneshiek counties report under 4 percent infection under these plans.
Practical farming guidance covers brucellosis rates in cattle the safe-feeding date for Hessian fly in wheat and storage planning for corn harvest. It discusses preventing mite infestations in poultry confinement, farm accident costs, salvaging damaged corn as stover or silage, winter cattle maintenance on range, and central air conditioning viability. It also advises on poison ivy exposure washing, common Iowa farm hazards, soil testing timing, farm lending, pig testing gains, weed control with Amino Triazole, and housing effects on swine gains.
A brief agricultural update notes certified seed oats may be shorter this year but carryover from 7955 on hand reduces scarcity. It advises fall alfalfa sowing from August 10 to September 1, moisture and a firm seedbed determining readiness, with planting after rain. A museum brief mentions a historical RED wagon rolled to the Davenport museum, once used for rural mail routes in the early 1900s.
Mrs Allen Baker of Arnolds Park renewed the Milford Mail subscription recently, marking 57 years of ongoing support from her family, including the late Mr and Mrs Albert Griswold. A comment on escaping troubles mirrors the sentiment of the piece.
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