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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1929
Page
4
Street Commissioner Fred G. Gehring warns Elgin residents against raking dead grass and rubbish into gutters. Any waste dumped on streets or alleys will be removed and charged to property owners. Residents are urged to dump rubbish over the old river bank instead. The Elgin Echo notes humorous frontier quip about a juvenile plant next door.
This column lists wanted ads for ball players and stock, plus numerous sale notices for items such as a fox terrier, stoves, hay, motors, bulls, bank shares, potatoes, a refrigerator, a milking machine, and various hardware goods. It includes rental notices and a range of prices, with contact names and locations in Elgin, Clermont, Postville, West Union, and nearby towns.
Edwin Gilvan Lawrence and Evelyn Nelson Delcie Crain and others supper guests at the John Friederich home. Numerous relatives help with chores and visit at the Leuchtenmacher, Frieden, Friederich, and Butikofer households across Gunder Elkader and nearby towns including La Grange and Morton Illinois.
Arthur Craft and Reno Blanchard traveled from Marshfield Wisconsin to fetch Henry Craft who wintered with the D H Craft family. Irene Grimes visited his grandmother Sarah Helms, with other neighborly calls noted. Families including Peters, Tripp, Patterson, Boyer, Grimes and Learn visited homes in West Union Sidney and Decorah, with a funeral visit to Cler mont and Sunday gatherings at various local homes.
Ownership summary of the Elgin Hecho weekly newspaper at Elgin Iowa lists R P Strauch as owner publisher and indicates Bondholders mortgage holders and security owners over 1 percent include Mia F W Hughes of Berkeley California Notary Hattie Mackellar swore to the document on April 3 1929.
A concise note defines pyramiding as the speculative process of using profits from margined stock purchases to buy more stock on margin, and its counterpart in a declining market for selling on borrowed funds. It explains how investors leverage gains and losses through margin to amplify positions.
The note traces roller skates to Branca in 1819 with use in England and America around 1804. It credits an American with the device that linked two wheel pairs and clamped when the foot plate turned, while musing on whether genius or chance creates invention.
Telegraph-Herald announces a combined subscription deal offering both editions for six dollars per year. New and renewing customers can save one dollar by subscribing at the Beha Office, avoiding extra mail costs and trouble.
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