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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
1
A Thursday edition issued by R P Strauch carries the publication’s editorial bylined to Alan, with postal entry as second class mail at Elgin in Fayette County Iowa.
A Louisville billboard asks readers to judge their town by how they treat it and those who live in it. It urges constructive criticism with remedies, urging leaders to help and not merely complain.
The piece uses a fable about a lone feather to argue that advertising needs sustained, thoughtful effort to pay off. It also reports brief social notes, mentioning the Ben Baumgartner family visiting Oakdale and Homer and William Bailey of Arlington dining with Rudy Johnson Sunday.
A Rhode Island style tale about a hardware merchant misled by a slick salesman who overstocked jackknives. He returns home to whittle a boat from pine kindling, then showcases it in his store window. The clever display draws new customers and boosts sales beyond prior months, proving perception can unlock opportunity.
Official notice requires all motor truck operators to display loading capacity plates on the front of the machine. Plates show the loading capacity tied to the issued license, with higher loads possible for an added fee. William Whitney and Leo Grether returned from Rochester Minnesota where Charles Whitney is recovering after an appendicitis operation last Tuesday.
Fred Schupbach of Riverside sent a Los Angeles Examiner clipping noting about 100000 former Iowans gathered at Bixby Park Long Beach for the Iowa Association of Southern California annual picnic and reunion. More than 200 registration booths aided friends locating each other. Schupbach says there is room for more Iowa folks in California. Also reported is that his company 200 Orville was awarded the contract to build a new ward at Patton state hospital. work starts at once.
Bemis and Schlick have been awarded the contract to complete a short pavement strip on Highway 55 into Castalia. The road will go under the Rock Island and Milwaukee tracks just west of Castalia. The highway commission plans confirmed by Mr. Bemir, with work beginning this morning.
Josephine Kniel arrived Friday evening after a week in Chicago visiting the Ray Heins household. She spent time with Mr and Mrs Heins and returned without incident.
Carl Sanders of the Farmers Store was injur ed while handling a unruly bull at Milwaukee stockyards on Saturday. After tying and subduing the animal with a rope, the bull torn the rope from his hands. Sanders sustained blistering on both hands. The bull was later sent to market and canned for consumption.
KGCA is back on the air following a two week silence during operator Charley s vacation. The trip included Mr. and Mrs. Al Anderson Mrs Greensley and Bobby with stops in Minneapolis Duluth Two Harbors and Port Arthur Canada as reported by Public Opinion.
Dr J P Van Horn former president of Upper Iowa University has been appointed superintendent of St Luke's Methodist hospital in Cedar Rapids to succeed R A Bates of Iowa City. He will assume the new post next month.
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