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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1937
Page
1
The item is entered in the post office at HMgin in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter, indicating its mailing status and classification for local postal handling and delivery.
A 1937 editorial argues thousands want work but strikes block employment. It cites auto workers, shipyard and steel unions, and General Motors as a test case for collective bargaining. It warns of economic harm to recovery and questions government roles in managing strikes and ensuring those who wish to work can do so.
In Postville and surrounding towns residents are listed visiting relatives, travel plans and health updates. Highlights include Mrs Puter in Postville, Ritchie relatives from Pierre, awaiting winter weather, a new home conversion on Main Street, a baby boy for Palmer Bartholomew, farmers changing hands, and Miss Ella Lehman nearing nurse completion at St Luke's Cedar Rapids. Minor injuries are noted as well as the ground hog forecast and upcoming property deals.
A column reflects on high school dances described with old fashioned terms like sparkin and boondoggling. The writer notes that modern language uses bigger adjectives but the social tension with elders remains similar. The piece contrasts past and present slang and youth behavior on the dance floor.
The column argues that excessive taxation hits households hard with Mrs Home Manager stretching weekly pay. Henry A. 4 of the California Consumers Association estimates that three quarters of breakfast costs are hidden taxes. About 86 cents of 48 cents a pound for breakfast items is taxed.
The Louisiana Press Journal notes an upcoming decision with Simpson moving to Windsor in a key free to announce tree dispatch.
In a local tale from the Argo Gazette a West Union man recounts watching a small young woman order and drink several beer quantities in a single visit, noting she left sober after a string of quart and pink bottle drinks and questioned her staying power. The observer wonders what about beer lets a girl consume such amounts.
In the Union’s reminiscence the writer recalls the days of the old fashioned ice man who roamed Main Street weathering zero cold to gather chunks of ice. He notes how ice was once harvested from ponds like Line’s or Swain’s, cut nine to twelve inches thick, and stored in an ice house, a process now replaced by machinery.
The document cites French influence on radical sitters who plant in factories to shut down work and stall industry. It notes losses of 882000 dollars daily at General Motors as sitters disrupt pay. A legal notice from Fayette County Iowa, March 1 1987, concerns probate of Mary Lehman in the District Court at West Union.
A Mount Vernon couple learns by notice from Linn county clerk of courts that their marriage certificate was never returned. They fear the document is unissued and race to locate the attending minister from four years ago to testify to their wedding. Kenneth C. Burnham of West Union married Opal Latham of Hazelton last week.
Herbert Halstead of Union township trapped nine foxes in the last month eight red and one gray. Most were caught on the W E Halstead home farm near West Union on the Lima road. Pelts aimed at market. poultry damage minimal with only one turkey hen missing. The top pelt price reached nine dollars. Halstead also traps other wild animals over miles of country.
A rhymed cautionary tale about Mary spreading a cold to all she meets. The verse grimly notes people fell ill with grippe and flu, some died, some recovered, and it laments Mary traveling away from Helena Montana and distant ports, urging restraint and hygiene.
Extremely cold weather has paused the Es kader school house project with brick work on hold until a few favorable days allow progress. Once the boiler room is covered, work can continue to some extent despite winter conditions, per the Clayton Co Register.
A visitor asks if Saphira’s daughter is happily married. Saphira replies that she is, noting the husband is scared of her. The exchange underscores a playful, folksy tone about domestic life.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Shaffer and Virgil Shaffer returned from a two months journey down the Rio Grande valley to Brownsville and into Mexico. Kenneth in West Union yesterday exhibited Brownsville lemons larger than the largest grapefruit weighing up to a pound each. It was a great year for the Rio Grande fruit prospects as noted by the Echo Office.
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