Morgan urges shared progress over individual aims
The Tennessee Valley Authority chair and Antioch College president Arthur E. Morgan tells freshmen that America must build characters through social responsibility. He urges a shift in personal aims toward shared progress to make the New Deal meaningful, recalling the early American dream of equal rights and better life for all.
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Arthur E. Morgan
Tennessee Valley Authority
Antioch College
America
Dr. Morgan
Republic
Mr. Morgan
Sentinel
Benudji
Minn
Feuling Built Campaigns on Weekly Iowa Newspapers
J. J. Feuling, Democratic central committee chairman and country newspaper editor, championed using weekly Iowa papers in the campaign. He knew home delivery and twice read country weeklies reached households best. He advertised, bought the weeklies, and proved the effort paid off, cutting skeptics to belief.
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J. J. Feuling
Democratic Central Committee
Feuling
Iowa
Spencer News-Herald
Remembering a Tragic Morning and Local News Highlights
A Clermont resident William Sullivan cut his throat in a fit of temporary insanity. The Elgin Farmers Dairy Co. held a stockholders meeting electing Reichert, Rathlisberger, Luchsinger, and Gehring to lead next year. Marriages, Christmas shopping, and school bond news fill the Echo’s pages alongside notes on local commerce and weather-related shortages.
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William Sullivan
Clermont
J. C. Sullivan
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
Opera House
Fred Reichert
John Rathlisberger
Luchsinger
Jake Gehring
Frank Weigand
Rowley
Elgin
Sylvester Shaffer
Cora M
Roy Greenley
Stoeckman
Faming
Knudtson
C. S. Halstenson
Alfred Bauder
Monticello
Caroline Bauder
Frieden and Schiupp
C. J. Harrington
C. M. Dorland
Scott
Weekly Iowa papers aided Gay election effort regions
Weekly Iowa newspapers did not claim major credit but acknowledge contributing. Democratic central committee spent more paid space than any party before. Republicans mocked it as a shish fund, but the piece argues it was good business to pay for newspaper space.
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Iowa
Gay. Herring
Democratic Central Committee
Front door nuisances plague towns with door to door sales
The Postville Herald warns Elgin and nearby towns face waves of strangers selling magazines rugs and other items by front door. Government licensed gold buyers and Rogers tableware offers lure residents to sign away value. Seek local store deals read fine print and consider a town permit committee to regulate solicitors.
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Elgin
Postville Herald
The
Herald
Rogers
Door to door canvass permits and land use plan
A historical note describes requiring an approved permit endorsed by the local committee for canvassing to protect the public and allow residents to request proof to avoid slickers. It mentions hunting and trapping rules near lands and a lunch gathering hosted by Edgar and Mrs. Riser for the Town State Buttermakers Association, including an Odd Fellows hall banquet and a Rebekah Lodge scoring contest.
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Edgar Riser
Leity
Town State
Odd Fellows Hall
Rebekah Lodge
Pastville Herald
Voters urged to vote on city lighting plan in Waukon
A petition signed by 877 Waukon residents asked the city council to allow voters to decide on establishing a municipal lighting plant paid from earnings. Decorah now has a Democratic representation in Congress and state legislature. Ainsworth, Weller, and Butler previously held district seats. Greene aure hen alive wire commercial club outlined December turkey days with prizes and free children's shows on the first four Saturdays and free candy and show on December 22.
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Waukon
Decorah
Allamakee
Fred Biermann
L. L. Ainsworth
L. H. Weller
Walt. H. Butler
Greene Aure Hen Alive Wire Com— Amercial Club
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Elgin Echo
R. P. Strauch
Kathryn J. Strauch
Fayette County
Beauses Nasesena
Thurusday
Court House
Ossian Bee
Walt
Folger’s Coffee
Walt’s
Isa Waltham Watch
Waltham
Baumgartner Watches — Jewelry
Elgin, Iowa
Early
Smoker
Paris and
Orient
Stoehr Drug Store
E. R. Withell
D. C
Trupep
R. F.D
Elgen Echo
Stochr’s
Brick City Pharmacy
Bigler’s
Wadena
Mutual Ins. CO
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