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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1934
Page
3
The notice records that an item was entered in the Clermont Iowa post office in Payette County as second class quail matter, detailing the mailing classification and location.
Clermont area notices report Anna Stee ia and others visiting neighbors, weekend greetings from Frances Farley and Maida Sperry, and health updates for Francis Kneeland. Several guests join Mrs. Schave and family, with visits from Roberta Rinehart and Eunice Gress. A move by Homer Leui is noted and a critical view of investment bankers contrasts with public trust.
The Senate debated a Harrington amendment to keep private sale out of state liquor control, but the amendment failed 35 to 15. The final bill to be voted on this week would place hard liquor sale under a state commission, with controlled, nonprofit operations and a revolving fund. The House adjourned and the session aims to end around March 10, with tax revision and relief provisions still pending. A Des Moines meeting outlined a 27-member county network to aid distressed farmers, while Republicans gathered for a preconvention powwow signaling a heated 1930s Iowa political year.
A Fayette County Fair Association report notes the 1934 free acts purchase with a circus revue featuring 16 performers, 22 horses and 2 mules. The platform acts include a 1933 state fair attraction praised by secretary Ed Bauder as outstanding. Trade at home among friends.
Nimbleheels boasts of a long tail that helps balance in the air and stores seeds in two pockets in her cheeks. Peter questions the practicality while imagining having pockets like Nimbleheels. The exchange happens in the Old Briar Patch as Nimbleheels jokes about life, pockets, and seeds.
Jay N. Darling travels with secret service guards after a murderous kidnapping threat. He spoke in Fayette Decorah and is en route home. A Telegram asking for his Chicago arrival details, traced to Chicago gangsters, prompted special agents to stay close. He warns that citizens deserve safety from kidnapping.
A $100000 school expansion bond failed in Decorah by a fraction of one vote. Yes 915 versus No 611, total 1526, needing 60 percent. Legal advice deemed the marginal fraction insufficient to carry the election.
Governor Frank H. Coctey of Montana urges decisive action over rumination. He warns that dwelling on difficulties and past defeats can sap courage, while recalling past victories over circumstances strengthens resolve to face future problems with boldness.
A Chicago Tribune remark notes that lively barroom crowds could spur a new reform group. The piece mocks ads by suggesting a future temperance organization might arise from repeal era social shifts.
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