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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1935
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for foreign display and local display per inch readers and classified per word. Payables in advance for first insertion. notices include cards of thanks memorials and resolutions with admission charged at regular rates. Obituary poetry also at standard rates, with typographical errors in legacy notation.
Summit, Forest City, Iowa letter argues under the Universal Draft act proposed by the American Legion that all citizens would be drafted in war, including labor, capital, and industry, with munitions plants nationalized and workers paid army wages. The writer says passage is unlikely but would curb war profiteering and deter conflicts.
The Spencer Heater Co. of Williamsport Pa plans its entire spring and fall ad campaign in newspapers. N Tull president says newspapers mold public opinion and revive business as confidence returns. E A Ralston resigns West Union Supt to become Wash ington Iowa Supt. Washington population 4500. Advertisers urged to read and respond to Echo ads.
A note recalls Easter Sunday next week and reports on a new insurance group, the Ancient Order of Gleaners, limited to farmers and wives in Highland. The town marks partnerships dissolved at Weibel and Gehring. Fred Gehring continues the hardware business while E A Weibel exits. Various locals, visits, and events fill the column, including weddings, illness, travel, and weather affecting a Clermont game.
The President returns from a pleasant fishing trip amid light humor as readers recall Bing Crosby and a grand cataract tale. A Kansas town woman’s society proclaims a clothingless display in the church basement, while Denis Horan unveils his fourth Martin house for the courthouse yard. April 8 birds arrive as planned, houses lit with electricity, and the Union notes a supposed homestead exemption alarm amid legislators’ spending worries.
Mrs D P Hensley of West Union learned she had six great grandchildren within three months. The six births occurred from December to March 6, each child born to different families including Durfey in Vida Montana and Adams in Wadena Minnesota, Greenley in Clermont, Karl Kelly in Lima, and Bergan in Lima. Mrs Hensley, eighty last August, lives with her daughter Myr and son in law Guy Stearns Argo Gazette.
A Hollywood dance director claims the awkward age of American girls is fading due to film influence. He credits movies for teaching girls to grow up gracefully as they gain poise and better dress, noting fewer clumsy moments and more tasteful attire among teens. Remember when you were fourteen.
The Argo Gazette reports Fayette County purchased twelve International trucks for road work. Seven Fayette dealers supplied the units, with H J Doscher of West Union highlighted. The trucks are type 30 and rated at tons and a half capacity, presented in two trains under blue illumination last Tuesday night.
Relatives gathered Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs L C Keavenig in Postville to honor the fifty third anniversary of Mr and Mrs G J Harrington and the twentieth anniversary of Mr and Mrs T F Shiptent. Attending were Mr and Mrs C J Harrington of Elgin Mr and Mrs T K Shipsow of Alta Vista Mrs Ethel Kohler and family of Elgin and Mr and Mrs Warren Harrington of Postville.
Ralph Bente of Stanhope Iowa was elected superintendent of the Marquette schools to succeed B L Morris. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from the University of Iowa. An old spinning wheel sits in the parley aye and in the astreet hundreds of them Ex.
A letter from the state headquarters says Loth Huey Long and Gov Olson will speak at the Des Moines fair grounds on Saturday April 27. The program opens at 10:00 a.m. Reports conflict about Olson attending due to duties in his home state. further announcements are expected.
A lyric urging older readers to cheer as the Townsend plan promises financial relief after sixty five. It envisions a carefree life financed by government support, with emphasis on privileges, leisure, and safety from bills and rent.
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