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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1934
Page
3
Local editor Mrs H B Greenley reports in Fayette County Iowa that the post office has moved to a second class mail matter status. The item appears in the Stwkimeed edition published every Thursday morning by the Iowa Press Association.
Local brief reports Mrs Mary Scott spent a week at the Lee Farmer home. Mrs Harry Caldwell returned to Chicago after visits with her parents Mr and Mrs Wickham. Mrs Claude Gress and daughter Fits returned from Cedar Rapids with Zyle and Eunice Gress. Ed Burt covered the shop during a first part of the week due to illness. Miss Mary Graver and son Reuben visited Mr and Mrs Albert Lubke, who left for Port Wing. T Gruver and family hosted visitors.
Ringsted Dispatch notes that after widespread showers in the middle west many communities now seek rain by prayer though no Sabbath has been set aside to thank the Lord for rain. The column also mocks optics of wedding fashions as a joke about a film titled Here Comes the Groom and public interest in a groom’s attire.
A reflective editorial urges readers to face issues directly, reject spellbinders, and accept constructive criticism. It notes advertisers rely on broadening horizons, laments market manipulation in commerce, and argues growth comes from action, solidarity, and justice for all in a thriving community.
The Fayette County test shows 18 herds on test with 321 cows, 17 dry, averaging 26.9 pounds butterfat and 667 pounds milk. Harold Hammersland’s Holsteins lead with 37.9 butterfat and 963 milk, while R F Learn’s purebred Jerseys follow at 34.0 butterfat and 494 milk. High cow was Marie, a purebred Jersey owned by Learn, with 72.2 butterfat and 1082 milk.
Merlin Hellum visited Mrs. B Nelson home on Tuesday. Bennie Erickson and family joined John Hellum's family for a Sunday visit. Agnes Olson helped at the Thomas Olson home for a few days. Gunner Landsgard parents a girl born August 1. Verna and Selma Odegard at Ole Loftsgard home Friday. Loftsgard families reunion at Blooming Prairie Minnesota. returned Monday. Ice cream social at H H Gilbertson home last Friday evening. Geraldize Donald Hoag Harold Thorsrud of St Olaf and Doris Landsgard of Clermont visit grandmother Mrs B Nelson this week. Bertha West and son Gerhard, Martin Amundson and families dined with Mr and Mrs Otto Gisleson. Will Bergan and family with Mrs le Gisleson visited Mrs T Kjosa Sunday. John Hellum and P K Peterson families had a picnic at Lansing last Sunday. Gladys Odegard of Elgin visited with Chas Odegard's family. Erick Halverson John Lantz Lou Martie Carrie Nelson and families met relatives in Decorah and picnicked at the park.
A compact collection of light jokes and quips from a period magazine including lines about politics radio humor and dreamer quotes. Notes on daily life and family banter frame witty exchanges between characters and a dentist joke about a regular drawing account.
A collection of aphorisms on wealth effort character and relationships. It contrasts idle money with productive labor warns about unity in couples and the cautionary value of reform radicalism education and virtue. The sayings touch optimism pessimism and hidden motives across daily life.
Readers urged to tell advertisers they saw their Echo advertisement. The brief item notes appreciation for reader engagement and reinforces the value of ads in the Echo newspaper.
The Clayton County board of supervisors restored engineer Hahn to the county post after a legal battle. Hahn had been asked to resign in January. Holmes, his attorney, lost in district court and won on appeal to the town supreme court, reversing the district court ruling. Costs were stopped, Hahn will receive six months back pay after idle service since February.
Community notes from Grand Meadow and nearby areas describe picnics at Decorah and Frankville, weekend visits with relatives at Eagle Grove, gatherings at several homes, threshing cookouts, and local social events. Mentions of clothing style changes and a brief editorial remark on hereditary traits conclude the column.
Scientific American notes ultraviolet radiation and visible light assist many industrial processes. Uses span textiles bleaching linen oils leather patent leather water sterilization beverage production and food preservation with bactericidal effects. Artificial UV aids vitamin D enrichment flavor improvement and pharmaceutical processing.
Naval Observatory research examines San Diego California shifting 40 feet in seven years to test a theory that continents drift westward due to Earth's eastward rotation. If confirmed, it supports crust bending and mountain formation and potential links to earthquakes, as reported by Pathfinder Magazine.
A new 2000 mile road linking La Guarra Venezuela on the Atlantic to Guayaquil Ecuador on the Pacific has been opened in South America. It passes through Caracas Bogota and Quito the capitals of Venezuela Colombia and Ecuador respectively.
Horn O. K. cautions about a risky hill while brakes fail and panic rises. Jack and Luellie debate the true meaning of love as fear and hope mingle in a dramatic moment.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a photographer quoting fifty dollars per dozen and a request to look pleasant. Additional lines reference a distinction, a mother named Fritz, and a mention that Ben was not invited as he merely arrived. The text reads as a quaint domestic or social scene with incomplete context.
The line appears as a garbled or nonsensical phrase with fragmented wording about freshness and coffee in Malta. No coherent event or identifiable entities emerge from the readable text.
A brief note suggests using a want ad to sell services or items while pursuing income, emphasizing hard work and building strength during wait times. It frames selling as a practical option for a person waiting for better opportunities.
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