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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1935
Page
4
Rates listed for want ads with per word charges and weekly handling. Notice includes cash terms, telephone payments, and monthly billing charges. A man is sought for a Rawleigh route serving 900 families in Freeport Illinois. Phone and write today to apply.
Iowa congressman Fred Biermann declares continued opposition to a nine foot channel dams plan. He argues the $91 million extra cost could instead fund road pavement, reduce dangerous railroad crossings, and restore timber and farmland along the river. He warns seepage would threaten thousands of acres of farm land.
Mr property owner save at least one fourth of annual fire insurance costs by joining Mill Owners policy holders. Property must be a preferred risk and cooperate in eliminating undue humanity which now exist. In vestigating. 4 R P Strauch Agent. Mill Owners Mutual Fire Ins Co.
The Marion Telephone Company held its annual meeting at the Elgin town hall on Monday afternoon January 14. New officers elected were Henry T. Olson as president Harold Opland as vice president Clarence Kirkeberg as secretary treasurer and Theodore Sai and Helmer Loftsgard as directors. The group voted to raise assessments for 1938 to balance the budget and reported better business and collections for 1934 with prospects for 1935.
All assessors reported 100 percent attendance at the West Union meeting led by Auditor J. H. Cline who distributed the season's supplies. Attending assessors from several areas included F. D. Welch Elgin Edwin Buser Clermont Frank Lyon Pleasant Valley Two Henry Kittle son Clermont Two Maggie Kennedy Wadena and J. M. Frey Clyria Two. A new population bulletin predicts a birth-rate decline over 40 years with two-child families becoming most common as couples limit children.
The rattlesnake is noted for a broad flat bead and its distinctive rattles, features that separate it from other snakes.
Grand Meadow and Clermont residents shared visits and hospitality. Mrs Ed Johnson spent Friday night at Julius Johnson’s home in Clermont to care for the ill. Several local families hosted guests, and many neighbors called at each other’s homes. Teachers Florence Erickson and Gladys Munger enjoyed a snow day substitute, while Ruth Anderson improved at home. Farmers traveled to Elkader for corn hog checks and longtime residents shared weekend gatherings with friends and relatives.
All pickup class motor vehicles will pay a 16 dollar registration fee from January 1 1935 up from seven dollars. The Department of Justice clarified that vehicles with beds or boxes used for merchandise or material and carrying truck plates fall under truck classification even if not always used as trucks. A Model T pickup will be assessed a 15 dollar license fee under the new ruling to standardize registrations across counties.
Clayton county farmers report a peculiar horse illness linked to last summer's feed shortage. Excess corn and fodder caused indigestion and fatalities among work horses. Experts urge balanced rations with small grains and protein feeds like bran to prevent further losses. Veterinarian R A Crider notes regional differences in impact.
The United States Capitol has 430 rooms used as offices, committee rooms and storage. It contains 870 windows and 550 doors. Skylights cover 14.58 square feet.
The piece urges every citizen to back their city, stating no resident is too powerful or too humble for the home to benefit. It emphasizes cooperation among all residents to keep the city competitive in industry and trade, challenging readers to reflect on their own impact. Would your city be live and growing or a living cemetery?
The decision of a lightning strike rests not only on the height of structures but also on the ground beneath them, a factor as crucial as the object’s elevation in predicting where a strike may occur.
The ad promotes printing services with a witty line about rain and an unwilling sky, suggesting reliability and persistence for print jobs. It emphasizes a local printing option and uses a light humorous tone.
Echo notes smaller butter storage and lower production, signaling firmer prices ahead. Analysts say output cuts and tighter stocks could push butter costs higher for consumers and buyers in coming weeks.
A fragment quotes odd phrases about saying prunes and apples and a lewd phrase, suggesting fear of making a wrong remark. The text reads like a clipped, rhetorical aside with no clear event, dates, or people.
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