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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1929
Page
4
A compilation of local ads lists rates per word for advance payments and per line for non prepaid notices, with a 26 cent minimum. Items include horse blankets, a Perfec tion milking machine, a Fordson tractor, a Webster’s dictionary, Holstein cattle, air mail services, construction paper, sugar tankage, old newspapers, and a humorous Elgin boy’s Christmas adventure anecdote.
Illyria items list New Year greetings and visits among local families including Reitz Frieden Hanson Rothlisberger and Yearous households. Socials feature wood bee church dinner and a January 16 meeting of Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid Society led by Mrs. Foxwell.
The U S Department of Agriculture outlines methods to control botflies harming horses. Shaving off botfly eggs attached to the horse with a safety razor or using a 2 percent coal tar creosote solution are suggested. If bots are inside the horse, carbon bisulphide given by a veterinarian is advised. Best months for control are December and January.
A roamer and philosopher in the American Magazine argues the worst phase of modern education is built on the assumption that taking equals happiness. The critique challenges the idea that fulfillment comes from consumption and seeks a deeper, values based learning approach.
Mrs Ise Maul Jigen director of music for the National Association for Music says music can cure some illnesses and aids many patients if the right kind is used. She notes examples of recovery during ward concerts, cites calming effects and appetite stimulation, and urges hospitals to treat music as medicine with regular programs and trained conductors.
An American club tale in London finds a crabby factory owner seeking a political seat. He asks his foreman to gauge worker sentiment and learns it is fifty fifty. Half say support him, half want him gone, reflecting divided loyalties in the small town.
A discussion on the contrasts between neglecting health and strict self-care. It argues daily exercise and disciplined habits prevent discomfort, likening hunger to other daily tests of will. The piece stresses the ease of overdoing activity versus underfeeding and cites physiologic culture thoughts.
A politician protests allegations of appropriating funds, calling the charges a base slander and vowing to fight to clear his name. He asserts he did not take the money and warns the accusers have struck the wrong party.
A sly visitor asks a child to recite Mary Had a Little Lamb. The girl declines, noting the poem lacks literary merit and realism given rising meat prices. She jokes that Mary could only afford a chop, not a lamb.
An undergraduate ignored curfew hours by playing a saxophone in the college precincts. The next day a higher authority issued a note stating that Tom was compelled to regard his saxophone playing as music for disciplinary purposes.
A concise view urges looking on Bright Side Life with faith and hope. It counsels keeping mind and heart free from brooding jealousy and hatred and favors happiness over doubt and misgivings.
Mr and Mrs George Howard and Mr and Mrs Reuben Howard and Phyllis Rowland were guests Sunday at the Joe Peters home. Waukegan visitors Mr and Mrs Howard Frisbes joined relatives near here. Mrs Sidney Patterson and Marian spent time at the Paul Patterson home. Rev Batchler missed the Baptist church sermon due to flu. Mrs Frank Lyons helped care for a seriously ill granddaughter. School resumed after a two week break. Azalia Nutting visited the Clarence Tripp home while Mrs Clara Bartlett stayed with Frank Martin in Elgin. Early Lamps mentions that the use of kimps traced to 800 Bo in Assyria.
Mrs Elmer Schori entertained several of her son's boy friends at dinner Monday evening. The gathering produced a lively evening focused on food and camaraderie as the group enjoyed their time together. Mr and Mrs J F Kruger of Madison South Dakota sent season’s greetings to local friends through a recent letter. Nancy Baldwin, living with her brother John Baldwin and family, has been ill with the flu for weeks and remains not fully recovered.
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