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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1935
Page
4
The notice lists low rates for ads and notes terms cash with order. Tele phoned payments are expected before month end with a 10 cent per line surcharge billed monthly. Also offers used kitchen cabinet for 7.50 cash and spiral note memo books at Echo office.
Local transfers include Elzer Gossman to Louise Leibner and Marie Mittlestadt to Wm Thiele with deeds of multiple lots in Clermont. Transactions list trustees and advertisers like Floyd A Orvis, E Mittlestadt, and Fayette Co Farm Bureau Service Co, detailing undivided interests and lot numbers in Arlington and Clermont subdivisions.
Sumner will hold a special election September 24 to decide if the town grants Central States a ten year franchise to build and operate power and service lines. The Central States plan to compete if granted the franchise as Sumner builds a municipal plant. Darwin Lowell, six years director of school bands in Eldora Town public schools, is contracted by the local school board to arrive in Postville September 1 to succeed Miss Genevra Herwig who has resigned. Ed Krogman of Guttenberg is convicted of driving without a license and fined 25 dollars plus costs. mayor suspends 28 dollars of the fine. Krogman was arrested Sunday by state patrol officer William Matias. A Gibraltar article notes the rock is two and a half miles long and lies in the Mediterranean rather than the Atlantic.
A Iowa editor argues that machines reduce labor needs but can raise factory wages long term. He cites a Colorado congressman and notes unemployment during depressions. He predicts public works and identifies jobs unlikely to be replaced by machinery such as waiters and teachers.
Washington gossip weighs potential candidates for the Republican nomination as Roosevelt nears reelection. Names discussed include Borah, Carter Glass, Dickinson, Vandenberg, Wadsworth, Snell, and Fish, with age, policy stances, and regional appeal shaping feasibility and convention outcomes. The choice hinges on issues before the national convention and candidate location.
Charles Truax congressman at large from Ohio died suddenly August 9 from heart disease. He was on the House floor a short time before death and told a colleague he felt ill and would rest. Truax is the fourth congressman to die since the 1932 election and about 80 are incapacitated by illness.
A report asserts President Roosevelt is in better health than at his 1901 inauguration. The source labels his work as “man-killing” yet notes his vigor improves despite intense duties.
A writer notes President Hoover looking worn near term end yet expressing confidence. The piece mentions Franklin D. Roosevelt swimming in the White House pool funded by popular subscription as a notable investment. The account attributes Hoover’s mood to his hard, long work and absence of worry.
A fragment recalls the Congressional Record arriving with about half the pages upside down. It praises the Record’s large printing house for accuracy and pride and jokes that a country printer might misprint an obituary or swap I for E occasionally.
Reports from Dubuque county describe next year’s campaign as already heated with heckling. Milo Reno spoke against Henry Wallace, while Captain George Freeman, longtime Rob Roy ferry operator between McGregor and Prairie du Chien, celebrated a sixtieth wedding anniversary with his wife at McGregor on August 2.
Mrs. Sarah Sadler of Tama county, near Toledo, has lived in the area 72 years and traveled only to Marshalltown and back. George McManus, famed Jiggs cartoonist, once resided in Emmetsburg, whose resident Martin Cannan is his uncle. Emmetsburg figures in local family ties while Frank Paradise forest ranger announces the Hawkeye National Forest name for the new recreation area.
Local notes list visits and greetings among residents. Mr. and Mrs. RB Bird spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Cedar Rapids. Esther Miller of Granger Minn visited Hilda Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Yunker visited in West Union. Mrs. Bob Clothier visited her mother Mrs. Tille Hanson. Atty. Robert Service stayed with cousin Hattie McKellar. Hilda Meyer and Esther Miller visited Mrs. Adolph Elvers. Bobby Falk visited Elkader and his grandmother Mrs. John Feller. Supt. D R Roberts and family returned from Lime Springs. Koevenig and son from Postville visited C J Harrington. Brubeck and DeSart dined with Hana Keiser. Clifford and Norton Olsen visited grandparents near West Union. Chicago visitors Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Schram hosted A M Snyder. Thompson of Peoria and Mrs. Jacquette of Huron dined with Mae Bopp. Max Bishop family and Mrs. Emma Bishop visited Mrs. Schricker. Chole and Miss Brown of Bloomington Wis. visiting. Hendershott and Butler of Oelwein guests of Mrs. Spahrlas. A C McNiel of Waukegan NL spent weekend at J B Miller home. Roxena Service improving, nurse to manage care. Rutledge family from Woodard Okla and Rose Durscher visiting. local quip on birth control from Sylvester Ga.. Morris household goods moved to Chicago then back as Morse pursued Iowa City diploma. Mrs. Hulda Stoehr and party bus to Cedar Rapids and vacation plans with H N Stoehr. Betty Elkema to Iowa City. Schori visited Lewis Stoehr.
Echo subscribers must notify the subscription department of address changes promptly. Under new postal laws newspapers and perforating items must pay postage due for notices of address changes provided by the post office. Delivery delays and failures to receive the paper are also addressed by sending changes in advance.
Doyle Bennett breaks collar bone in park. Lumber office stairs repaired with new platform. Coney funeral delays Rev J J Snyder family vacation plans. Norman Owen chosen as instrumental music instructor for West Union schools. Falb family hosts farewell dinner before E L Morris moves to Chicago. Althea and Ellen Sherman named in American Women Who's Who from Clayton County with Oberlin ties. Read Echo ads.
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