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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1938
Page
1
The notice records the item being entered in the post office at Elgin in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices appear with obituary and ad mission details in the regular advertising section.
A feature on a sharp warning about laziness described as a treacherous killer. The piece personifies laziness as a confident friend who deceives and betrays, risking initiative, ambition, and life with dangerous behavior.
The piece defines daymares as brood of fears that fetter our minds and produce grotesque images of possible outcomes. It warns they sap us when we should be at our best and tether us from real life business. Crowell is cited regarding the remedy.
A cub reporter ends a murder story noting the victim deposited all his money in the bank the day before. The line implies the bank safeguarded the funds, while the tragedy remains unresolved.
A quirky exchange unfolds at a dining event where a guest challenges a head waiter over a misheard musical selection, prompting a feisty reply and a puzzled stir among attendees.
The Thousand family grows with the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Merion Thousand. The newborn increases the family tally to three Thousand girls and three Thousand boys. The Liverpool Evening Express notes the balanced addition.
A Northwood Anchor column contrasts sports bravado with cautionary proverbs. It notes men complaining while claiming they are worse off, cites the shoe and feet parable, and urges courage through self confidence and focused effort to achieve great deeds.
Tuesday this week Henry Holzer passed away after prolonged illness. The Elgin Canning Co began its 18th pack on Monday. Mrs Fred Muehrenthaler and Guss Stoehr traveled to Minneapolis and the coast respectively. Various residents visited fairs, picnicked at Gehring Springs, and attended gatherings including a German Baptist conference in Muscatine.
A fragmented verse laments excess across society. The speaker notes excessive consumption, debt, spending, and materialism in a distant country and at home, citing too many goods, wages, drivers, and taxes as the source of a general disorder.
A 60 pound rock blasted from nearby terrain smashed through the Criders’ bedroom ceiling in Eldorado striking furniture. Virgil Crider and his wife narrowly avoided injury after she left the spot seconds before. Nearby, Fayette county road workers clear rocky ground along the Turkey river.
Mrs. Frederick W. Weitz of Des Moines is appointed chair man of the division of club journalism courses for the General Federation of Women's Clubs for three years, succeeding Mrs. Fred R. Lufkin of Elgin Iowa. Weitz long has edited the Iowa Club Woman, with the state organ rated among the nation’s best. A separate note mentions Frank Soukup of Spillville patenting a barbless fish hook that grips as well and can be removed without injuring the fish. The Little Brown Church marks over 100 marriages in July, with 101, compared to 57 in July 1937. church attendance shows 8,000 visitors in July, up from June’s 5,360 and May’s 3,000.
The Echo Enterprise notes new paving on Primary 1¢ is open to all traffic. It says travelers can go across the state via an all concrete route and highlights relief policy in Page county requiring 25 cents per hour. Relief officials in Clarinda, backed by the county board, uphold this stance.
A 1937 traffic death study shows 40 300 killed, 17 410 pedestrians among them, with one quarter dying while crossing between intersections. It cites careless drivers and pedestrians, noting 289 060 serious injuries and urges readers to reflect on crossing habits.
Allamakee county gains a $99,000 Public Works Administration grant toward a proposed new courthouse. The grant covers 45 percent of an estimated $220,000 project cost. Rev. Carrie V. Lucag of Strawberry Point, after Rochester treatments, returned home in improved health. Echo readers are urged to mention the newspaper.
Charles City Iowa History Division chair issues a centennial edition of Iowa Programs for Iowa club women. Copies available at Hotel Fort Des Moines Des Moines. Includes 24 lessons references on the state its development Iowa authors plays by Iowans and more. Elkader seeks special election to issue 8000 bonds for a swimming pool and applies for a federal grant.
Floyd Hamilton and Ted Walters of the Bonnie Parker gang were captured on August 20 in the river bottoms south of Dallas after a gun battle with police. A photo shows Walters and Hamilton seated in their cell.
A roast in Alma Olsen’s oven in Humboldt County exploded as she checked it, fat spraying her face arms and chest. She was treated by a physician for painful but not serious burns.
Marjorie Ernst of Wadena has agreed to teach the fifth grade at Sumner schools. She has taught at Colesburg for three years and previously worked in Fay ette county rural schools for two years. Ernst is a graduate of Upper Town University.
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