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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1938
Page
1
The notice outlines advertising rates per inch for Foreign Display and per word for Classified ads, with charges in advance for the first insertion. It mentions special items such as Cards of Thanks and In Memoriam, but lacks clear dates beyond February 17, 1938 and references church society and school notices with admission noted.
George Waldron announces candidacy for sheriff in Payette County for the June 6 1938 Republican primary. He states he runs subject to Republican voters decision and invites party support.
A voter registration style notice announces W. P. Laver and another candidate seeking renomination for the office of County Treasurer of Fayette County subject to the Republican primary on June 6, 1988. The related line references a supervisor position and a term beginning January 1, 1938, with a similar primary condition.
The local newspaper is a community venture serving town needs beyond any single person or group. It operates for the public good, not for individuals, and gains stronger support to improve services for all residents.
In a distant county a supply house entertained the board of supervisors at a dinner, prompting questions about propriety and gratitude in public office. The piece critiques travel allowances for lawmakers, notes taxpayers bear costs, and argues officials should pay own expenses. It ends urging readers to try the want ads to move goods.
An Iowa State Health Department briefing warns venereal disease cuts about 21000000 working days annually in the United States and costs industry millions. It cites lost productivity, slower speeds, inefficiency, liability increases, and delayed recoveries, urging routine testing and treatment over discharge, and urging industry cooperation in venereal disease campaigns.
W S Townsend Inc told the sales promotion group at the 27th annual National Retail Dry Goods Association convention that newspaper advertising is the single strongest selling tool. He blamed faulty copy preparation for limiting ad impact and called curtailing ads during a slump a false economy, saying cutting ads cuts sales.
F M Smith plans an early spring coast trip to seek a suitable town for business. c Lehman attends a Cedar Rapids hardware dealers convention. Jenn Rothnsberger and spouse welcome a son Lorn Saturday Feb 15. Honace Yack at Farmersburg reap year dance. Chris Lekman & Son renovate store interior. shelves drawers and cleaning proceed. Snow storm with strong wind creates uneven drifts and sleighing potential. Mrs Knudt Halverson dies at Clermont at about 72. Turkey River ice breaks out taking the new fishway. Last year ice left Feb 16 but refroze enough for ice houses. Thomasros. ere improves store with new floor. Fred Miller notes high Otter creek water. wood washed away. F R Berg leaves for Des Moines town Retail Clothiers convention with a talk. Chas Feller family relocate from Patterson building to old Dickineon farm.
A London Sphere critique cites U S dominance in world resources and output. It notes the nation holds 6 percent of area, 7 percent of population, and controls large shares of energy, metals, and transport. It laments calls for political management over individual initiative as foolishness.
The article highlights a 13 percent increase in new ordinary life insurance in force in 1937, bringing total life insurance in the U.S. to over 120 billion dollars and marking a peak. It also notes Thomas C. Grindberg becoming president of Tolerton A Warfield Wholesale Grocery Co. in Sioux City.
Katharine Bleeker Meigs, president of the New York League of Business and Professional Women, argues that women must purge petty jealousies and personal feelings to succeed in business. She links high wages to sales and prices, warning wages must align with plant efficiency, and notes the idea contrasts with calls for high wages. Echo Office advertises Newadam Typewriter Pads at 10 cents.
A long list from the Works Progress Administration shows more than 350 Iowa projects approved at some time, with work not yet started. The Fayette County roads project tops steps with $41,078 and $19,275, plus Oelwein items for library work and park improvements, and Hawkeye street paving among others.
The Big-Four Fair Association elected officers for the year at a Citizens State Bank meeting. President BE C Marston, Vice president M Gass, Secretary Lloyd Walter, Treasurer F W Benjegerdes. Directors include H W Schroeder, E H Brandt, Mort C Deering, J L Gregg, George Kohlmann, A G Burdick, Lee Folsom, Clarence Green, Late Tague, Victor Williams, and Jerry Spencer. Exposition dates are September 16 to 18.
Weekly list notes transfers by W J Rogers to Bertha Bilden and Saint Peter's Church in Clermont with 5.20 acres. Rosina Muehlethaler to Louisa Bucher for 600 dollars in Forbes Add Elgin. Elmer Schori and Clara Kuster with shares in Clare Kuster property worth 1 dollar.
Postville officials confirm state patrolmen have authority to stop motorists within the town limits for speeding or other highway violations. Citizens picked up by a patrolman in Postville will be processed under the law and will face fines for misdemeanors.
The German Mutual Fire Insurance association of Eldorado in its sixty second year reports ten million dollars in risks in force as of July 1937 with over 2,000 Fayette area members. Henry Lauer has served as secretary for 35 years, aided by his son Grant the past five.
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