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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1932
Page
4
A period advertisement page lists rates for want ads with 25 cents per insertion up to 25 words and 1 cent per word beyond 26. It covers payments by cash or phone with late charges, fly spray pricing, and multiple sale notices for animals, goods, and services. Local listings include farm, hardware, writing equipment, and rental notices with contact names and locations in Elgin and West Elgin.
The advertisement touts over a century of continuous farm machine manufacturing by McCormick-Deering. It highlights proper design, high-grade materials, and unmatched after-sales service, inviting customers to inspect the full machine lineup and request information.
Fragmented OCR text references the eleventh car this year and first of the year. Mentions retail prices in cents per bushel and a drop to 24 cents for the tax. States 22,000 bushels ported.
A passage on carp as a domesticated fish with many varieties, origins in Asia, and introduction to America around 1877. It discusses carp as a significant Mississippi Valley food fish, its feeding and breeding habits, and factors in freshwater fish decline. Includes a Kentucky tip for bait using macaroni and notes on game wardens promoting sportsmanlike conduct and fish laws.
Paul G Redington chief of the Biological Survey warns at an American Forestry Association address that pollution has depleted fish waterfowl and aquatic life in many streams and lakes. Commissioner O Malley notes worsening conditions on the upper Mississippi River tied to the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge administration.
Mr Morrison and children from Bt Paul Minn visited the Wettleson home and other relatives nearby this week. Hilda Hoag stayed at the Erickson home near Wadena. T Bilden and family spent Sunday with Mrs Nelson. Gisleson family hosted Saturday. Stella Kjosa visited sister Mrs Will Bergan. Landsgard and Lena Clark guests in H E B Landsgard home at Clermont. Ray Klingman and family dined with Ole Loftsgard. George Landagard was a Clermont business caller. Alfred Vikesland of Decorah helped with H T Bilden work. Loftsgard family reunion at Henry Olson home. Haying nearly finished. sp1 crop reported.
The starling, not as bad as painted, destroys thousands of insects with 387 varieties found in one stomach. It resembles a red-winged blackbird but has a short drooping tail. In full plumage every feather has a white tip and the bird is quarrelsome. Its diet includes cherries raspberries apples grapes and strawberries and a large flock can strip a cherry tree quickly. Its habit of hollow nesting brings it into competition with bluebirds flickers martins house wrens and domestic pigeons.
Local families enjoyed Sunday and weekend visits across Albert Schupbach, Will Meyer, John Leuchtenmacher, and Friederich homes. Visitors included Mrs. Lehman, Mrs. Casper, Mrs. Reinhart, and Emma Reinhart. several hosts hosted multiple relatives and friends, with gatherings at the Frieden and Hanson households and others in Maynard and Mederville.
A series of Sunday and Monday visits highlighted social activity in the community. Families including Christen, Dennler, Dennler, Thoman, Muehlenthaler, and others gathered at multiple homes with extended relatives such as Emma, Lydia, and Rose Baumgartner. Funeral attendance was noted in West Bend for Joe Schneider. several households hosted guests into the following week.
The week featured visits and gatherings among families in Cedar Falls and nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Blatter hosted in head, Wis. guests. junior Baptist society members were entertained. several families including the Krugers and Krogmans joined a Sumner picnic. Detailing various callers, dinners, and planned travel to Minneapolis.
The text presents a jumble of phrases about insulation for roofs and Mol e Hide roofs, with stray quotes and dialog lines from stage crew and actors. It reads as a damaged OCR capture mixing advertisements and humor without coherent news context.
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