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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
1
A 1937 town column stresses cooperation to unlock growth, praising unity behind good plans. It notes Union and Postville marching band eligibility for the Iowa City state music contest May 6 7 8, describes uniforms, then offers humorous quips on obituaries taxes ice cream ghost stories and Dorothy Lamour’s moustache joke.
The article records numerous social visits around Postville including Lillie Goetz’s trip to Postville, Klingman and family at Ben Stahl’s, Pierce Moser’s return from Elkader, and Clarence Becker’s 13th birthday party with games music and gifts. It lists guests, local travel to Decorah Farmersburg Cedar Rapids Clermont and Randalia, plus a school teachers’ trip to a meeting and a wedding supper at the Frieden home.
A quip echoes a lighthearted vow on romance stating the partner must be both beautiful and dumb. The speaker jokes that beauty will invite affection while the sillier nature will attract his own love.
Fayette Leader reports rising numbers of young boys on Fayette streets at night alarms officials. Parents are urged to keep youths at home after supper, direct them to better pursuits, and avoid bad company to prevent trouble and sorrowful incidents.
Antes left Thursday for Town City where he had a minor operation. He stood the procedure well and will likely be home in a day or two with continuing gains. Sands, badly hurt in an automobile crash that killed Mrs. Hale Burling, is home recovering though vision remains impaired. Joliet Wallpaper Mills faced multiple strikes, then closed, affecting about 300 workers who voted to return to the old wage scale.
The EJ McCue farm four miles south of West Union sold at administrator's sale for 113 dollars per acre. The 108 acre property is in good condition with fairly new buildings. In Chicago a tattoo artist markets social security numbers on workers to keep IDs handy. A newlywed couple faced stares on their train ride after marriage. Dr M E Kallman must pay 6000 dollars in damages for malpractice per Clayton county jury verdict in Postville.
Fayette county reports 581 old age pen sioners in March with 5544 total benefits and average 14.66 each. Alma Hanni of Cresco seeks restoration of U. S. citizenship after marriage to Rudolph Hanni, Swiss-born. Peiping papers note the birth of quintuplets to a peasant woman near Luahsien, all boys, all alive, with village elder aid promised.
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