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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1936
Page
3
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Taxpayers have until December 15 to pay current year real estate taxes to avoid publication and sale costs. Delinquent Tax Sale will be held on the first Monday in January as provided by law. Property advertised for two years or more will be sold to the public bidder unless private bidders exist. J F Maley Treasurer Clayton County.
Roy Cruise and Walter Murray, both of Arlington, were convicted of reckless driving before Justice R. C. Turner at Independence. Cruise received 30 days in Buchanan county jail after a chase and assault on the sheriff, while Murray was fined $5 and costs after being picked up in Independence by Patrolman H. W. Jennings.
Florida astrologist F B Callivin sent a postal card to Gov. Herring stating that Clyde L. Herring of Iowa will be the Democratic nominee for president in 1940. The note was received Monday and reported by Herring as part of post election discourse.
Mrs. Henry Bollen, a former Fayette resident, died by suicide Monday at her Cedar Rapids home. Despondent over ill health for over a year, she took her own life, per her husband’s account.
We note a large gathering for Mrs Whata Rowland as she celebrated a forty year birthday anniversary and a shared occasion with the forty first wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs David Brause. Attendees included Mr and Mrs E End Rowland and many relatives from Decorsh Elgin and nearby towns. A noon meal followed by continued conviviality marked the event.
Marquette Michigan notes Chippewa weatherman Charley Big Knife warns of a big snow and cold ahead before the next moon. He forecasts a winter equal to 1917 18, buys extra supplies, and heads back in sleet toward Big Bay camp with his family.
Three McGregor scouts found an injured golden eagle on a Mississippi river island after skating Saturday. They brought the bird to McGregor, housing it in a straw bed pen and feeding it mice as it recovers.
A barn on the Leo Keppler farm, about a mile and a half southwest of Monona, burned shortly after noon Saturday. The fire origin was undetermined, but the loss is around $2,000 with partial insurance coverage. The barn contents including a few hogs and some goats were destroyed.
In a clipped remark Unticle Eben notes that hungry voters in the district care little for who they belong to or what river of power feeds them. The quote emphasizes how sustenance drives political alignment and loyalty in uncertain times.
Sale notice lists 240 acre M VY Dibble farm one mile west of Clermont and a Clermont hotel property with Herbert Anderson as partition referee. Also notes Cherry Sisters Effie and Addie plan a vaudeville comeback, recalling their Summerstein Theatre fame in New York forty years ago.
The Fayette county farm reports its new root cellar floor laid and windows to be installed early this week. The space will hold the county’s large root crop, better than the old building. No fall work planned. next spring a ward structure for county hospital bed patients is planned.
Iowa district court to hear on December 14 1936 the instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Thomas Colliton deceased for admission to probate in Fayette County West Union Iowa dated November 27 1936 Philip K Meskel Clerk L Fisk deputy announces the hearing for all concerned
A collage of notes: Canadian Stork Derby counts, Independence forming a commercial club with dues, a Decorah youth bagging 15 coons this season, and five Black Legion figures convicted of first degree murder in Detroit. Also mentions King Edward VIII divorce pressure, October highway deaths rising, wholesale prices up, a New Hampshire congressional tie, and a bus crash near McGregor with arrests pending.
Clermont local notes list weekend visits by Marcella Schwein erus Mildred Larnon Henry McGaheran and Thos McGaheran guests in Clermont and surrounding towns plus many family and friend visits and Thanksgiving greetings. The item ends noting Thus McGaheran suffered a slight health issue.
A man broke at the George and Lou Rounds home last week and is under care of a doctor and nurse. Latest reports say he is getting along nicely. The tonte sol-fa system of teaching vocal music was invented by Miss Sarah Ann Glover of Norwich, England, about 1812 and perfected by Rev John Curwen.
Rich in water routes, Canada enjoys abundant water power and inland shipping. The article notes the nation’s extensive waterways enable easy travel by water from the Atlantic to the Pacific with few barriers.
Two brothers, one in California and the other in Denmark, have been playing a game of chess by mail since 1929. The contest, gradually paced then accelerated near the climax, was decided a few days ago.
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