Boxing and Wrestling Show Draws Strong Crowd
The Friday boxing and wrestling show held with the kittenball game drew a good crowd and delivered value. Three or four fast bouts before the game alone were worth the admission price.
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
4
Over 300 000 Will Vacation at 1936 Iowa State Fair
Preparations for the 1936 Iowa State Fair near Des Moines report attendance of over 360 000 vacation seekers. The eight day event begins August 28 with major features including a National Livestock show and a statewide 4H Club congress. Entertainment spans auto and horse races, a rodeo, a light festival with fireworks, and a free 100 acre vacation camp for visitors. Secretary A R Corey calls it the best State Fair Town has held in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Exposition Grounds
A R. Corey
World Champ to Race at Fair in Des Moines
Emory Collins of LeMars returns after three world records at June dirt track races to lead the National Circuit Auto Races during the Iowa State Fair on Aug 28 29 and Sept 4. A $6000 purse draws top North American dirt track drivers including Gua Schrader and forty stars for the largest race meet Iowa has seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Emory Collins
LeMars
Iowa State Fair
North America
Gua Schrader
Iowa
Pick Boy Roping Champion at Iowa State Fair
Des Moines invites all children under 16 to a Friday August 28 Children’s Party at the Iowa State Fair. A featured event is a boys roping contest offering the winner a contract to appear in the State Fair rodeo from August 28 through September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Grand Meadow social visits and farm updates
Grand Meadow residents spent weekends visiting Kensett and Anamosa, with numerous calls to friends and relatives. Several hosted or attended gatherings at Willard Martin, Bert Lyngaas, Lyngaas, and Olson homes. A lightning strike killed five cows at Selmer Erickson's farm. Want Adg are good salesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Boras
Kensett
Even Lien
Clarisa
Alphie Thorson
Lydia Marie Reierson
Willard Martin
J. H. Skarshaug
Andrew Reinhart
Oscar Lien
Oline Erickson
Laura Lyngaas
Carolyn Erickson
Florence
Elsie Lindgren
Clarisa Lien
Julda Berg
Nelgin Loftsgard
Anamosa
Carl Smyth
Cedar Rapids
Myrtle Erickson
Ed Johnson
Louie Anderson
Bert Lyngans
Louie Amundson
Joyce
Ames Olson
Darlene
Marilyn
Howard Kluss
Baby
Henry Larson
Robert Wharram
Esten Landsgard
Arthur Olson
Jens Johnson
Clermont
Clifford Osmundson
Strawberry Point
Paul Cooley
Waterloo
Eunice
Albert Olson
Buddy Martin
Ole Reierson
Vivian
Delores Osmundson
Bert Lyngaas
P. K. Peterson
Selmer Erickson
Thelma Lyngaas
Glen Nygaard
Creditors and taxes loom over anxious citizen plea
A distressed plea cites waves of laws as blocking finances and forcing hardship. An unusual May warmth and rainfall patterns are noted, a Lanark farm fire destroys barns and crops, and a Venice bride drowns after a river leap, with a boy reporting the tragedy.
Norman Thomas to Speak in Waterloo on Oct 13
Norman Thomas of New York City will address Waterloo audiences in the evening of October 13. He is described as the candidate for president on the socialist ticket. The piece also notes a historic float called Mani tou being towed to St Paul for a floating menagerie and a Decorah cafe owner stopping a sleight of hand customer who tried to pocket a sugar shaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Thomas
New York City
Waterloo
Mr. Thomas
United States
Decorah
Youll be surprised how easily you can sell it with a want ad
A concise note highlights the ease of selling through a want ad, implying strong clear demand and quick results for readers considering listing items for sale. The line emphasizes practical value and accessible marketing through simple classified advertising.
Pine lumber and barn paint sales pitch found
A brief ad style passage notes unloading Genuine Idaho White Pine lumber praised as top quality and invites inspection. It also promotes Double Thick barn paint from Martin Senour claiming low cost and a paint that won’t suck in. A fragment asks, What’s the shape of the earth, asked the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Martin- Senour
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Want
Thos. E. Howard
Adm
Elgin
Standard Oil Company
Feller
Sayle
Cornelia
Reierson
The
Echo
Albert Butikofer
Elgin Poultry Co
Emil Schneider
Towa
Metzger
Emery Buroden
Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Dept
Free- Port
Illinois
Pastville
Fayette
Grethex's Exchange
Mankato Commercial College
Mankato
Minn
Echo Office
Y. & E. Record Chest
Yawman and Erbe Metal
Carter
Farm Bureau
Mon
Grand Meadow News
Adg
Lanark
Tinos
Oliva Thomas
Venice
Ill
Monroe Taylor Jr
Sesson
Fearne Rhomber
10Th & White Sts
Dubuque
Guttenberg
St. Paul
R. A. Crider
Elgin, Iowa
L. S. Hutchinson
Elgin State Bank
Henry H. Wolf, M. D
the Broadcaster
Johnny
Ste
Schori & Kaster Lumber Company
Elgin Echo
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