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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
4
In today’s Echo, readers are urged to scan the ads for bargains and deals. The piece, framed by a reflective Osage Press anecdote about debt repayment, emphasizes disciplined, varied payments as a form of investment in results, not mere spending.
Thanksgiving gatherings fill Elgin as families travel to join kin and friends for feasts at Christ home, Falk home, Schupbach home, and numerous local residences. Invitations extend to Postville, Eagle Grove, Woolstock, and Rochester for shared meals.
Thanksgiving program by the Grammar room and junior high attracted a good crowd. A two act play and music directed by Mr. Jorgenson composed the main program while remedial reading tests and a luncheon unit with cream soups occupied other activities.
R. J. Carroll, superintendent of Postville schools, resigns to take a similar post in Oskaloosa. The school board accepts the resignation and receives numerous applications. Carroll's new salary is $3,000 per year.
A brief note explains that the word Nevada is Spanish for snow clad or snow covered, reflecting its use in place names and geographic terms. The explanation highlights linguistic origin without additional context or elaboration.
Elgin residents hosted relatives from Decorah Waukegan Milwaukee and Cedar Rapids over Thanksgiving week. Guests included Rev and Mrs P F Zoschke Charlotte Tebbe and the Berndt family along with the Schori Klingman and Falk households. Several moves occurred with Walter Bovisalder and families relocating within Elgin to new homes on Franklin Street and near the creamery hill.
Des Moines doctors warn pedestrians to go slow and relax when walking on icy sidewalks. They caution against bracing with an arm to break a fall to avoid fractures common in such slips.
Fred Grindelund, 87, of Calmar, a printing salesman for the Decorah Post, was killed almost instantly when his auto collided with a gravel truck near Waukon. The coroner's jury ruled the accident unavoidable. Want ads little salesmen.
A librarian asks a student about borrowing while a woman fears an upcoming operation. A doctor reassures a frightened patient as a mistress speaks to a new maid named Mandy about service. A line hints at domestic conflict over a kitchen cupboard and the Missus’s demands.
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