This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 26 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1938
Page
5
Local veterinarian R A Crider reports only two sleeping sickness cases in horses this year, both mild. Outbreaks are numerous nearby but farmers should not panic. Preventive measures work. 75 percent recover without action, 39 percent with precautions. Keep biting flies away with spraying and nets. If horses show illness, call the vet promptly for a 95 percent cure rate when treated early.
Wilbur Lehman of the former Kohler farm south of Elgin brought a seven ear stalk to town. He notes every stalk in the field shows at least two ears with many stalks bearing three four or five ears. The crop is DeKalb hybrid and the field is unusually prolific despite uncertainty about final size. Husking will be the main task ahead.
The Lowe Construction Company crew working east of Elgin has nearly finished grading and filling from the new bridge to the county line in five days. They expect to remain about three more weeks, with more filling west of the new bridge and on both sides of the Turkey River bridge, which may take longer to complete.
A fire at Elmer Marsh's farm near McGregor destroyed the barn hay mow and ten tons of hay while threshing. The threshing machine caught fire but was saved. Machinery and hay loss were estimated at 2000 dollars.
The Star route schedule was changed last week. Mr. Birdsell no longer drives to Fayette but travels to West Union instead. New times: South 7:00 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. North 10:20 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. This schedule should be clipped for future reference.
The M E Aid Society will meet next Thursday August 11 at the church parlors. A committee from the first division will entertain: Mrs Chas Feller Mrs M V Kiple Mrs Franc DeSart Mrs H B Gilson Mrs Norris Capper and Mrs Clifton Powell. Mr and Mrs Reuben Wickler and family of Monona visit Merlin Cook home Sunday.
Carl Joachin Hambro head of Norway’s Storting and League delegate will visit Decorah to speak at C K Preus Auditorium on August 22. He will discuss The International Situation. The Loren Singing Society directed by Dr Carlo A Sperati will perform on the program.
Ruby Olson and Harlan Henkes married in a July ceremony at the Lutheran parsonage with Rev. J Strandford officiating. The bride wore white satin with lace details and a silk illusion veil, carried tea roses, and was aided by bridesmaid Winifred Groth. The groom wore blue. couple plans a Minnesota lakes trip and will reside in Monona.
Mrs Hoyt Young vice chairman of the fourth district republican central committee will hold a series of three meetings across the district starting at Backbone state park on Thursday Aug 11 The first gathering will cover Clayton Fayette Buchanan and Delaware counties and all republican women are welcome even non members Congress candidate OQ Talle Decorah will speak
West Union defeated Elgin 7 to 2 on the fair grounds diamond. Details are unavailable due to a missing score book. Elgin has one more home game this season against Alpha, then closes August 14 at Sumner.
Farmers in Allamakee county vaccinated horses last week to halt sleeping sickness, with losses estimated at 20 to 30 animals in the week before last Thursday across nearly every township. Mr. and Mrs. George Vaughn and Mrs. Allen Habeger traveled to Arlington Saturday for business, while the women visited Oelwein for the day.
A contrast from Faris Post Magazine notes how women and men wore and behaved in 1888 versus modern times. It highlights fashion, domestic roles, leisure, drinking, work hours, health, and retail practices, ending with a snapshot of store operations and consumer trends.
Six more local youths join a two week journey through the eastern United States starting today. They will first visit the quintuplets in Canada before traveling to familiar sights, continuing the pattern set by a group that left a week earlier. Participants include George Snyder Roy Coronel Helen Rothlisberger Hazel Rothlisberger and Wilma Hitch.
A Cedar Falls Record note criticizes auto horns as applause during weekly Reda Fails concerts. It argues honking disturbs listeners and distorts the concert’s atmosphere. The piece suggests polite congratulations after performances instead of horn blowing.
Knud A. Kirkeberg died at his home near Elgin on Saturday evening July 30 after a years long illness. He was 85 years old four months and seven days. A stroke years ago left him nearly helpless though he could still read in earlier stages. Funeral services were held at Marion Lutheran Church Wednesday at two o'clock with burial in the local cemetery. A life sketch will be published next week. Arch Gruver and his mother visited from Long Beach and Cedar Rapids, joining relatives at Clermont for a reunion. Wm. FP Miller and H. B. Greenley left for the Waukon district to fish for a couple days.
In a courtroom Judge White rebukes a defendant for deserting his wife and condemns the injustice. The man retorts that he is not a deserter but a refugee, claiming insight into women she says he cannot know. The exchange highlights gender and social tensions in a trial setting.
The Towa Press association seeks the oldest local newspaper for a centennial exhibit. Bring a copy to the office for careful preservation and inclusion with your name as exhibitor. A current Echo issue will also be shown alongside recreations of log cabin and other early Iowa souvenirs.
Shannon B Charlton and Mrs Hoyt Young chaired the Fourth District Republican central committee meeting at the Rex Hotel West Union with about forty attendees. H O Talle candidate for Congress spoke after the session. Fayette county members attended. plans were made for county organization and early September meetings.
The First Baptist church will formally dedicate its new Orgatron Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock. Miss Davie Mae Belding of Des Moines, an accomplished organist, will perform the dedicatory concert. The Orgatron, electronic by Frederick Albert Hoschke and built by Everett Piano Co. of South Haven Michigan, produces pipe organ like tone via electrical signals and loudspeakers. The walnut console meets American Guild of Organists standards. Any organist can play without special technique. A free will offering to music funds will be received.
The Farm Security Administration will issue additional tenant purchase loans in Fayette county, one of six counties chosen last year with five more added this year. Loans target tenant farmers and farm laborers for buying family size farms at 3 percent interest. Applications accepted at Jerry Spencer’s office over the West Union post office, with a filing deadline of August 31.
Chas Capper hosted his hatchery crew on a Tuesday evening at Mississippi Gardens for a fish dinner. Attendees included Lawrence Etter Donald Gilson Wayne Gilson Norris Capper Elmer Pinney Frank Pinney Richard Gehring and guests R W Muehlenthaler G J Mosby and Mr Perkins of Sargeant Feed Company.
Early hybrid sweet corn contracts indicate the Elgin canning factory will begin packing sooner than usual with a normal total pack anticipated despite slightly less acreage. Officials expect start within two weeks as machinery tests and boiler warmups proceed and workers prepare warehouses for the fall season.
Harvest activity is high as threshing continues with favorable weather. Farmers report oats of top quality and light weight, with yields around 25 bushels per acre in the Clermont region and a peak 42 bushels per acre on a 20 acre field. A Postville thresher logged about 400 bushels in a full day.
Describes an ideal man with integrity and humility who respects all, faces loss uncomplaining, and shares fairly. Emphasizes bravery, generosity, honesty, and consideration for women, children, and the elderly as core virtues.
Jarnagin, in his Sheldon Sun, asserts as a positive fact that modern girls still care for spinning wheels but prefer them at the ends of automobile axles, a line from Chords and Discords in the Northwood Anchor. A Scotchman bought a service station and promptly removed all the Free Sir signs.
Clara Mae Pfister of Fayette spent last week with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Herman Scheel, sharing time and family memories during the visit.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.