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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1940
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is published every Thursday by R. P. Strauch and is entered in the Elgin post office as second class mail matter in Fayette County Iowa.
Obituaries and poetry treated as regular advertising matter, with admission charged for church society and school notices.
Rich's Pipe Dreams opens with L G Lehman leading flag display for Washington's birthday noting more flags on this country's birthday than Lincoln's. The piece suggests assigning a keeper for flag displays, possibly the American Legion, while recalling Legion ties to flag distribution and shopkeepers forgetting them. Winter returns with cold, snow, and cars failing to start as Confucius quips echo. A humorous anecdote follows about a Pullman top berth first trip where a child asks about his parents and relatives, ending with a punchline about the devil speaking. The column closes with a critique of mediocrity in public life, arguing many average men push for high offices best left to capable leaders.
A nostalgic Iowa snippet lists local happenings from Elgin and nearby towns. town meetings, school tax estimates, elections, moved residents, social gatherings, and a snowstorm mark a week of community life with updates on candidates, club meetings, a cement block factory talk, and parish socials.
It has been 86 days since the first heavy snow with only six or seven days above freezing. Reports from Elma Nebraska note Morning Shaffer's death in the morning hours. Henry Tepp is advertising his properties and services.
William Knox announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for Fayette County treasurer subject to voter decision at the June 3, 1940 primary election.
County Recorder seeks nomination by Republican voters in Fayette county at the primary. A. J. Kutschat also seeks sheriff nomination, to be decided by Republican voters in Fayette county at the June 3, 1940 primary.
Review notes the Federalist Spy published at Springfield Mass described Washington’s death after a brief illness of 23 hours with crepe and inflammatory quinsy. Dispatches recount sorrow in Philadelphia New York and Washington as bells were muffled and crepe worn for half a year. Congress adjourned on the news, though unsure, strong belief in its truth.
Scouting activity slows with no regular meeting as many boys focus on tracking tests. Scoutmaster R F Hedemann and Senior Patrol Leader I Gordon Zurbriggen lead a list of interested members including Dale Kelly, Gene Habeger, and patrol leaders for Wolves and Owls with several assistants and members named.
In Middlefield Ohio N Detweiler reports a hen needs only a warmed nest to lay eggs in winter. Each dawn the hen scratches at the kitchen door, hops onto a cushioned chair, and cackles to announce the egg.
The notices announce candidacies for the 1942 term supervisor and for state senator from the 40th district. H. R. Humphrey seeks the Republican nomination for supervisor with primary on June 3, 1940, and Paul P. Stewart announces candidacy for the party nomination for senator in the 40th district with June 3 primaries.
Be On Your Guard as a traveling promoter touts a $1 coupon book offering free items from 15 to 16 local merchants. He claims half the proceeds go to him and that printing will occur locally, but the books were printed out of town. The promoter vanished, leaving town with about $300 from around three days work, while past scamsters did the same in similar fashion.
Francis E. Ingalla of Lincoln Co-operative Bank urged 500 delegates at the American Savings and Loan Institute mid winter conference in Pittsburg to make newspaper advertising a live force in savings and loan programs. He stressed truth in advertising and urged cooperation for safety with County Safety Councils.
The record notes that the Congo River mouth was discovered in 1482 by explorer Diego Cao, marking a milestone in early Atlantic maritime exploration and the opening of central Africa to European contact.
AF of L Painters Union picketed the Knickerbocker Hat Shop at 1228 F Street while CIO affiliates posted a counter picket at Jelleff's, 1214 F Street, over union and nonunion labor in ongoing construction. Jelleff's struck back with a counter picket declaring unions preferred. the scene reflected rising labor tensions in Washington last week.
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