26 Apr 1934
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1934
Page
1
Kathryn J Strauch is listed as local editor of the Elgin Echo published in Fayette County Iowa and entered as second class mail matter at the Elgin post office.
Display and classified advertising rates are published, including foreign display per inch and readers per line, with pay in advance for first insertion. Card notices and In Memoriam cards priced per category, obituary poetry and resolutions of respect charged at regular rates.
Counsel for the New York stock exchange argues Congress lacks power to regulate the market despite abuses that wrecked the country in 1929 and 1931. He warns if regulation is impossible Wall Street gamblers would rule, noting the public bears taxes and the consumer pays. The piece closes by reflecting on June graduates preparing for the world beyond college days.
Bertha Weibel and Amelia Moser recall fishing a string of two suckers and a large pickerel over ten pounds found along the river bank. They admit the catch after questioning, calling themselves fisher girls as the town enjoys their tale and a street window boat display entertains locals. Roy DeSart visits family in Mazon City. Joe Burianek begins a new venture.
A local Elgin correspondent reports on small scale tobacco packing to aid distant markets, new residents at Neuenschwander house opposite Echo office, and social visits across Fayette and surrounding towns. Repairs, family news, and community happenings mix with light gossip and upcoming ads. Janet Carolyn Moore born to Horace and Leona Moore in Chicago. Leona Olson remembered in town.
Mrs J H Craft and Dorothy visited in the F W Lyon home Monday afternoon. Mrs Clara Bartlett ill with pneumonia at West Union hospital. D H Craft called to West Union Tuesday. Doris Lyon helped paper rooms. Les Boyles and daughter Eileen came from Cedar Rapids to see Mrs Clara Bartlett. Rev G A Thomas held jail services. Brainard B Y P A met with program by Doris Lyon.
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