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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
3
Clermont residents share visits and travel as neighbors meet in Cedar Rapids, Manchester, Chicago, and Decorah. Local editor notes numerous family gatherings, club picnics, and a large turnout for an outdoor concert by Larson's band and James Powers.
The article outlines lectures at Luther College Decorah during a school period, a return trip through Elkader and nearby towns, and a 4-H club health exam to select a Clermont Pleasant Valley representative for Fayette county. It lists contestants Frieda Miller Winifred McMillan Louise Hackman Irene Helgarson and others, notes some were ineligible due to recent illnesses, and mentions a Ladies' Aid Society meeting at Mabel Knudson's with lawn refreshments and music. It also reports crop issues from grub worms affecting Clermont and surrounding farms, plus a Clermont picnic at Thompson’s Park with a large gathering of former residents and relatives from multiple states.
A 1913 tale by T. W. Burgess follows Hooty the Owl as he hunts at dusk near the Green Forest and the Smiling Pool. He recalls past fails to catch Jerry Muskrat and suspects a cunning plan as Jerry builds a new house by the Laughing Brook while Hooty schemes from the shadows.
Governor Morgenthau of the Farm Credit Administration tours Iowa with State Banking Commissioner Erickson. He says refinancing dependents on creditors' cooperation, not federal purchasing, with funds rolling in within 60 days as loans finalize. The aim: aid farmers and keep banks solvent through the federal refinance plan.
A compact shopper advisory urges readers to streamline buying by focusing on clear, simple advertisements. It promotes direct comparisons, concise product details, and avoiding clutter to save time and money at the market and stores.
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