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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1937
Page
3
The Clermont Enterprise published every Thursday morning under editor Elizabeth Priest. The paper is a member of the Towa Press Association and the National Editorial Association, and is mailed as second class mail matter in Clermont Fayette County Iowa.
A high school test on motor vehicle regulations asks about pedestrians versus vehicles at controlled and uncontrolled intersections, the definition of right of way, and how to handle being overtaken. It ends with a prompt to assess one’s driving habits honestly. Also notes a beauty parlor visit anecdote and a town night watchman appointment with partial salary coverage by merchants and town funds.
An old diet ad touts Kruschen Salts for fat loss and vitality. It promises weight drop in four weeks, clearer skin, more energy, and a youthful feeling if users take half a teaspoon in hot water each morning and avoid pastry and fatty foods while noting scales results. A money back guarantee supports the claim.
The congressman from Iowa voted lone against the anti-lynching bill, which critics say is unconstitutional and ineffective. The piece critiques federal overreach, cites Gavagan’s city crime stats, and notes Washington’s graft-free city episode while praising Washington’s civic trees and lack of alleys.
The Pettengill Bill passed the House 248 to 120. It would allow railroads to raise or lower long haul rates to compete with water and trucking firms, which receive subsidies and tax breaks. Critics say current regulation favors seaboard and Great Lakes regions, while supporters call it fairness for the central west.
A historical note records the temperature at 6 a.m. on April 18 as 45 degrees and at 4 20 p m as 93 degrees, illustrating a rapid daytime rise. The quote about politicians and statesmen appears as a reflective aside in the same clipping.
Household hints cover spice up pumpkin sauce and soot removal with salt while old tips suggest furniture polish with linseed oil and turpentine and preserving leather bindings with castor oil and paraffin. Domestic maintenance notes include brightening a discolored kettle with a boiled oyster shell. Tax data report liquor sales tax totals of 44 999 80 in three months and 163 193 34 for the year ending March 31 1937 plus over 100 000 per month to the general fund.
In Clermont township the homemade toys lesson drew parents and children to a training at Ora Fisher's home. Over 200 items were crafted from patterns, totaling 284 including baby toys like slips and bibs. The course covered anemia, constipation, colds, gonorrhea, syphilis with prevention and diet tips. Achievement Day is May 18 with leaders who attended all sessions to be recognized.
Shirley Temple surprises Eddie Cantor during Twentieth Century Fox film Stowaway with a Chinese coolie outfit seen in the picture. Cantor jokes he is supposed to be a wit as she explains the costume. A garage sign advertises tool loans at 1.50 dollars per hour with a man.
A list of new children's titles added to the Clermont Free Public Library shelves last Saturday. Notable entries include The Wonder Book of the Air by Allen Lyman, Boys and Girls of Discovery Days by Bailey, Uncle Tom's Cabin by Boylan, The Dog of Flanders by Ounda, Cinderella by Rand McNally, Little Red Riding Hood, and other stories from Rand McNally.
Eliza Nelson helped her aunt with house work in Clermont last week. Elmer and Johnnie Olson visited the E. S. Hoag home on Sunday. Violet Buroden, employed in West Union, spent the weekend here. Selma Odegard assists Mrs. Francis West with house work. Mrs. Cornelius Reierson Tina Nelson and Eldora Loftsgard were elected delegates from the Ladies Aid and Dorcas Society to the W M F at Burr Oak on April 28. Trene Halverson assisted Mrs. Henry Vellersven with house work. A closing out sale of Mrs. E B Landsgard property will be held at Gunder on Friday April 30. Martin Bilden returned home from Rochester Minnesota Saturday.
A gold conservation meeting was held at the Gunder school house Monday evening. Friends of Mrs Ray Jacobian mourn the death of her mother Mrs M E Munger of Elkader, who died Tuesday at her Elkader home. Mr and Mrs Harold Christofernon of Postville visited Ray Jacobian Sunday. Many from this vicinity attended Mrs Munger’s funeral in Elkader last Friday. Lena Clark attended a project meeting at the Elkader opera house last Thursday.
Supt. Finch of the Waucoma schools has resigned after serving four years. The announcement ends his tenure and prompts review of leadership transition plans for the district.
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