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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1933
Page
3
The item indicates circulation through the Clermont Iowa post office as second class mail matter, reflecting standard processing for local mail distribution and archival status in Fayetta County records.
Clermont residents and guests share visits and tributes across town. Alice Frederick stays with Ed Gass. Elizabeth Ruckdaschel aids the Wickhams. multiple callers visit in Oelwein and West Union. Helen Dibble returns from Alpha. James Powers schedules a Madison radio sing and Clermont friends invited. A R N A picnic occurs. barn damage after a storm prompts rebuilding. several families travel Cedar Rapids and Chicago. birthday celebrations and hospital care for Etta Opperud and Trene Peterson. Alfred Gunston lies ill from a powder burn infection. nurse Louise Amundson attends him.
Merlin Hellum visited his uncle Gilbert Peterson near Decorah then returned home Friday. Numerous locals attended picnics and suppers for Henry Hovland of Grand Forks. Families visited, guests stayed with relatives, and church events filled weekend activities in Gunder and surrounding towns.
Since the bass season opened on June 15 fishing reports have reached the Fish and Game Department. Anglers did not reach limits in most areas but catches were of good size with several smallmouth bass weighing over a notable amount.
In a 1993 Burgess tale, Jerry Muskrat jokes with Peter Rabbit about building a new house after a flood. Peter asks where to place it, and Jerry debates realism and risk, noting the old site’s flooding and his aim for a safer, better home. Jerry scampers to scout the Smiling Pool area for a suitable site.
More than 200000 trout placed in Iowa streams during June with 221300 stocked. Of these 11200 were adult trout and the rest fingerling distributed across streams near Decorah West Union Waukon Cresco and Bellevue. Efforts aim to enhance fishing in Iowa’s trout rivers.
The Fish and Game Depart ment states that using artificial light to take fish at night is not listed as approved tackle and is therefore illegal. The tackle restrictions session of the new regulations specifies permissible equipment only.
Nothing on Us Arm in Massachusetts which manufactures pocketbooks says it has more orders for its pocketbooks than it can fill, and it notes it also has more pocketbooks than it can satisfy.
Ancient Egyptians used castor oil as a medicinal remedy dating back to about 2000 B C. The historical note links castor oil to early medical practices and traditional healing.
A fragmented snippet hints at a richly told tale involving a character named Willie. The readable text suggests a playful or tall tale tone, with a focus on storytelling style rather than a clear event or outcome. Further context would clarify characters and setting.
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