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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
4
A compact note outlines want ad rates: up to 25 words at 23 cents per insertion, 1 cent per word for over 25. optional 10 cent weekly handling for off site responses. cash with order. no charge accounts unless telephoned with payment before month end. 10 cent per line charge if billed at month end.
The 1934 Elgin homecoming featured pioneer displays including Gilbertson wagon replicas and Asbjorn Olson’s collection of arrows and pottery. Local bands from Farmersburg and Moriana performed, crowds parked outside the business district, and organizers thanked volunteers led by the Community Club.
Rev. G A Thomas of Brainard wed Miss Stading on Thursday August 9 and the couple spent their honeymoon with his parents in Rockford Illinois. They will establish their home in Brainard after returning this week. Azalia Nutting and Lila Gruver returned home Friday from a two week vacation in Indiana. Mrs Ina Matthews of Farmersburg visited Della Chapman residence several days this week. M J Blockhus and George Durscher of Elgin were chosen as jurors for Oelwein Superior Court. Baptist Ladies Mission Society met at Mrs M Zurbiggen's home Tuesday afternoon. a fine time was reported. Let The Echo do your printing.
German scientists announce 15 senses including temperature, touch, and balance. They describe the tongue and eyelid as highly sensitive to heat and discuss muscle sense on a ship. Time sense is said to allow nearly exact minute accuracy, while a skin located “sense of rays” reacts to various rays.
Selenium is added to molten steel before casting to produce a alloy with 18 percent chromium and 9 percent nickel, including 0.25 percent selenium. The result is steel that machines easily while resisting transverse fracture and corrosion from acids and salts. A thin rim process treats magnesium alloys with similar corrosion resistance improvements.
Sir Wilfred Grenfell says Labrador’s northern stretch shivers minds as few parts north of Scotland. three of five hospitals die south of London latitude. He recalls a preacher praying Labrador’s bounds from Arctic Ocean to St. Lawrence and Hudson Strait, westward to the Lord.
The Big Brother and Big Sister Federation, Inc. links about fifty organizations in the United States and Canada to prevent delinquency among boys and girls. Roughly 50,000 youths are aided annually with high success. The federation operates through 250,000 committees statewide, with headquarters in New York City.
Belgium adopts a two tone dialing system for phones. One number links to French speaking local and long distance operators, the other to Flemish speaking services. The setup addresses the bilingual population.
Turkish authorities report nearly 15,000 Tama slaughtered during the Moalem festival in Istanbul. Most were donated by owners to the poor as thousands of sheep were also killed by charitable groups and distributed to recipients.
Bulgaria’s Stamps Devoted to Sports presents a set featuring an athlete vaulting, a steeplechaser leaping, a cycle race, a fencer lunging, Cli¢ Bastin dashing for goal, and a swimmer poised to dive, as reported by Pearson’s Weekly.
A courtroom scene centers on a boy noting Mr. Smith drinks like others, denying wild claims about his behavior. The fragment suggests a defamation dispute or social confrontation with a tepid protest and a spirited defense. The text is incomplete but conveys a challenge to an accusation and a counterstatement.
A fragmented wartime dialogue surfaces with bold defiance as one speaker challenges another to face a firing squad at sunrise. The, text hints at loyalty, fear, and peril amid looming punishment.
A long roster of individuals and families from multiple states including Iowa South Dakota Minnesota Missouri and Illinois gather across towns such as Madison LeRoy La Porte City West Quincy Pittsburg Wood Lake Fayette Decorah and Waterloo. The notice names numerous relatives friends and travelers highlighting extended networks and regional connections.
A long list of names from Elgin Clermont Blooming Prairie Osage Elkader and nearby towns visited in Elgin from Monday to Tuesday. Families include Hoag Anderson Swanson Nelson Martin Berg Teed Dean blocking Blockhus Moser Lehman Darrow Osgian Tripp Bunting Cappet Kuster Palmer Halverson Kavanaugh Opsall Grover Desart DeSart Yeager Weager Morris Schultz Falb Fothergill Miller and Kohler among others plus a note that want ads tell and tell.
Judge accuses Saya traffic officer of sarcasm during a hearing. Mr Nagger explains he spoke instinctively to the officer as his wife does, while Country Constable warns that swimming is not allowed in the lake. City flapper quips about undressing before authorities.
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