27 Feb 1936
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1936
Page
1
Kathryn J. Strauch local editor notes Elgin Iowa post office status as second class mail matter in Fayette County publication records.
Advertising rates listed include 25 cents for cards and 1 dollar for cards of thanks and memoriam items. Resolutions of respect, church, society and school notices with admission charged and obituary poetry are charged at regular advertising rates.
A large eastern insurer outlines a three part partnership with farm borrowers. The plan allows skipping annual principal and interest payments when Chicago corn falls below 51 cents per bushel. The proposal aims to reduce foreclosures and align interests of debtor and creditor, signaling a potential shift in east midwest relations.
A Tri hune Lemmon South Dakota editorial urges trust and cooperation as the foundation for future growth. It quotes Emerson on treating others well and notes that distrust weakens towns while confidence sustains a robust civic life. The piece ends by inviting readers to read today’s Echo ads for bargains.
The Ladies Aid Society meets with Mrs. John Palb while the Grand Inspecting Officer of the O E will visit Elgin Chapter. Mrs. Falb and her daughter visited Fred Falk in West Union. Local clubs host Emerson study and speech topics. A March 13 visit to Elgin occurs. marriages and weddings are noted in Dubuque and Wadena. A masquerade dance draws large crowds with prize winners listed. Local residents mark birthdays and anniversaries as families host gatherings and travel to Dundee and Nebraska City.
The post office department calls it unfair for creameries to have stream haulers deliver patrons' checks. It argues checks should be mailed to patrons, avoiding extra expense and delay while opposing direct envelope printing by printers.
Three families moved on Monday within the Elgin area. Karl Mueller and spouse left the Dummermuth farm west of Elgin to join the Rose McMillan farm, where they will farm and reside with the McMillans. The vacated Mueller farm was taken by the George Metzger family, and their former property is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Max Medberry who bought the farm last year. More moves are anticipated but not yet defined.
Several more business places and residences are without city water due to pipes freezing in the past week. Experts warn the worst may come as thawing drives frost deeper underground. Some thawed spots refreeze soon after.
Mrs L Hutchinson reports her husband will have an operation in the near future. Doctors say he must receive treatment first to withstand the ordeal. He has been in a Rochester Minnesota hospital for two weeks after over a month of illness.
Last week's volleyball session was canceled due to fuel shortages but organizers say the initial practice will occur next Monday evening in the high school gym. Local residents invite willing participants to attend as conditions improve and a Republican remark notes unusually harsh winters compared with past administrations. The Oglwein schools reopened Monday after a weeklong closure caused by fuel limits and warned of potential shutdown if coal deliveries did not resume soon.
Readers note first robin sightings across exchanges as a critic doubts current American fiction quality yet forecasts change with next year's campaign. The Gazette reports the Mississippi River ice near Sabula is 82 inches thick and entirely frozen with no air holes, a rare memory for the writer. Governor Landon leads Republican polls with 43 percent, Borah 28, Hoover 17, Knox 7, Van derberg 4, and Senator Dickenson 1.
A reflective column notes spring sounds return after winter and compares campus leadership to pleasing trustees, parents, students and alumni. It observes election-year propaganda worries for business but cites forecasters predicting a ten percent rise in 1936 business activity.
The ladies of the Legion Auxiliary met at Mrs Adelia Torkelson's home last Wednesday afternoon. After the business meeting they made wheel chair pillows for Des Moines hospital. Five members and one guest attended. Mrs Torkelson served refreshments at the close.
The Echo notes Friday February 28 as the anniversary of the United States first railroad charter issued in 1827 to the Baltimore and Ohio line, marking a milestone in American rail history.
The Des Moines Register reports a new plane purchase with a top speed of 200 mph, marking the newspaper's seventh aircraft since Good News, which had a speed limit of 75 mph.
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