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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1922
Page
6
A busy national scene centers on General strike threats by coal miners, congressional fights over a 350 million annual revenue plan, and efforts by Denby and allies to shield the navy from drastic cuts. Debates cover veterans care costs, federal bonds, and war-time relief programs as politicians seek feasible funding.
Various Iowa items: a Sioux City grain receipt year shows 2483 and 879 in January 1921, Hmoch Beery of Plover Pleasants dead at 66, John Hendricks of Logan burned at a gas station, Lake City financiers form a 40000 dollar electric plant, Clarinda church urges prayer meeting then picnic, Senator Fitchpatrick of Nevada dies, Judge McCall farewell to son-in-law, Ellsworth near Council Bluffs resumes farming, Highland Park Des Moines plans new church costing 60000, Storm Lake to build a 250000 gal water tower with 30000 needed, Clyde Black wins corn yield contest at state show, Marion County taxes double as road work criticized, two infants burned in Council Bluffs fire, Mike Larkin of Waukon crushed under wagon load, Thirty-ninth General Assembly tax committee meets in Des Moines, Allen Memorial Hospital project in Waterloo costing 214,913.12, small town with golf and hole course claims the world’s smallest town, four new pole highway trials added nationwide, W. W. Shinn dies dancing, Grey destruction causes 100000 in losses, Post Office and telephone burned, Herring Motor Company ordered to pay 5636 to A. M. Babb, Roysa jailed for fraud, Roy and LaVere tied to stock scheme, Mrs Ellsworth Richardson joins Farm Federation leadership, Gronenburg child injured but expected to recover, Major General Bundy announces Turner desertion charge fake, William Olander appeal April 4, Warren County shipping stock totals 22 cars worth 238, St Mary'sPeak Ship line oldest in county.
A butcher narrates holiday turkeys pricing with customers selecting oversized birds. He notes demand drives weight choices and describes patrons as shocked by prices, calling the scene a display of market agony. The piece reflects humor from the New York Sun.
The Chicago Post quotes on education as a process of expanding ignorance rather than knowledge. It argues that Myn learns nothing, only widens his horizon and deepens his sense of what he cannot know. It questions what hydrogen and oxygen are and contends divine wisdom remains hidden while comprehension of ignorance grows.
A quarrel over wording in a club report centers on who is described as the fittest or fattest member. Mrs. Ponderows complains the paper mislabels Dinnera, while Dinnera praises referees for decisive calls and suggests winners face no critique.
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