13 Jul 1939
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is published each Thursday by R. P. Strauch. It is entered in the Elgin post office in Payette County, Iowa, as second class mail matter.
July 13 1939 notes recount a wagon accident near the Otter creek bridge as Lew Christ’s car and Oscar Baumgartner’s cream wagon collide spilling 1280 pounds of cream. The team topsy turvy, auto in a ditch, $100 loss, no injuries. Also a Postville nurse recalls a needle embedded in Lauis Burdick’s leg removed with pain relief. Local residents take vacations and visit relatives in western Iowa.
Bert and George assist at the Smith home while Herbert travels Sunday. Alfred Jacob, rural carrier, buys a new motorcycle to replace horse and buggy on his rural route, first in the area to try it. Fremont Ogle and Charles Monnahan add autos, signaling more farmers coming to town by car. A block of cement walks is laid across the town, improving access as three old board walks remain. Lincoln pennies have entered circulation, minted in Philadelphia. John Falk buys the Fair store building, plans painting and repairs, and gains property on both sides of the alley for expanded access.
A well to do farmer four miles south of McGregor was slugged, bound, and gagged by two men who sought gasoline and ransacked his house for about an hour. He freed himself hours later and walked to the Thomas farm to summon help. A head wound and bruised eye were reported.
The West Indian mahogany was the first discovered and used in England and the American colonies. Today Cuba supplies commercial quantities with smaller amounts from Santo Domingo. It is regarded as the finest mahogany, heavy and fine textured with beautiful color and figure, mainly used for reproductions of eighteenth century chairs.
A humorous column collects quips, anecdotes, notices, and light jabs from various sources. It includes wry lines about aging, a pharmacist mispronunciation, a beauty queen’s marriages, jokes about car owners, a sunburnt hay harvest image, graveyard inscriptions, a fish and game warden gag, and LSU education research noted, all in a breezy Elgin newspaper voice.
A quirky exchange ties playful soda slang to a Russian price claim about silk stockings. The dialogue then shifts to a theater scene where a wife asks a series of questions about comfort and view, prompting the husband to swap seats with a witty jab about selfishness.
The bank in Elgin Fayette County Iowa reports total resources 428460.07 and total liabilities 438469.07 as of the close of business June 30 1939 with details for loans deposits securities and real estate assets. Notary and officials certify the statement as true and correct to the best knowledge. The text also notes a renowned martial elegy The Bivouac of the Dead by Theodore O Hara with translations and esteem.
A vintage PSA urges travelers to drive carefully during peak vacation months. It cautions to watch yourself first, signal intentions, stay on your side, and not endanger others. It emphasizes careful driving over rushing for pleasure trips.
Lolita Blake from Clermont travels to Bayview Michigan to attend Albion College summer session and participate in plays at the Little Theatre in the northern Michigan resort She will perform in Mrs Wiges of the Cabbage Patch and other productions during the session.
A fragment notes the sloth as almost cold blooded in a quirky or biased framing, describing the mammal with inverted traits and comparing it to reptiles in a curious ancient style.
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