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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1937
Page
1
Fortune Magazine reports the U. S. public strongly opposes John L. Lewis and the C I O and sit-down strikes. Most favor union responsibility for contracts, with 94.4 percent disapproving of sit-downs and only 16.9 percent in favor.
A Osceola woman urges communities to form a Children's Protective league. The group would educate parents to spot degenerates in streets and playgrounds and organize clubs led by women to prevent child tragedies sweeping the nation.
Congress recently extended for two years the nuisance taxes on everyday household items. The levy covers sports goods, toilet soaps, dentifrices, mouthwashes, radios, refrigerators and other essentials. Purchases such as lipstick and cameras would also carry the tax.
A St Louis Star Times quote contends many people flounder without a clear aim and notes the CIO is organizing among congressional secretaries. It warns of possible strikes and political clashes, suggesting lawmakers might cede control to staff unless laws curb strikes, while also remarking on free speech and blunt street talk.
Thirty years ago a list of men born in Switzerland who settled around Elgin is noted, with many descendants still living in town affection for Little Switzerland. The issue reports Epworth League reception at the Bergen home, officer elections, a hayrack party for ALSC girls, a camping party, a birthday surprise for A. M. Weibel, a new buggy shed by F. R. Berg, local baseball in Guttenberg, and various family visits and home construction progress.
The Field Museum recommends a home remedy for poison ivy using tincture of iron mixed with alcohol and water to create two ounces of ferric chloride based solution. Apply this preparation to infected areas with a brush or cloth as the maximum strength advised.
A Virginia aristocrat recently bought a $27,500 theme in Alexandria and faces about $50,000 in restoration costs. A uniformed chauffeur drives a Cadillac VB limousine as he pursues antiques and classic literature. His son attends a private school, with the figure rumored to be John L. Lewis rather than J. P. Morgan.
The July 1 report shows Iowa's corn crop rated 88 percent good, the best nationally, with an estimated harvest of 452,476,000 bushels and 11,036,000 acres planted for harvest. Yield is 41 bushels per acre, more than double last year’s 20, while 1936 saw 212,240,000 bushels produced amid drought.
About 30,000 attendees watched at Frontier Park as Jimmy Snyder of Chicago won the 20 mile sweepstake from eleven starters. Bibby Sall of Patterson, N J finished close second as national drivers competed and records for the 1 2 mile dirt track were broken. Hankinson Speedways Inc sponsors plan another event next year. Local spectators included Thos Ogle, E M Hoag, R P Strauch, W F Kohler, H W Falk, Martin Nelson, Edwin Olson, Clermont.
Beloit Wisconsin couple Oscar H. Tierney 77 and Helen E. Acker 68 wed by a justice of the peace after a kiss, then traveled to Beloit. The Calmar Courier notes a state liquor store coming with a five year lease. Justice VanDevanter remarks on AAA wheat checks and political consistency. The piece also recalls sports fans and a psychologist's view on behavior, calling the nation childlike.
The Elgin State Bank statement shows assets of loans and discounts bonds and securities totaling 389021.01 with other items including cash items and real estate. Regional notes discuss hail damage near Hawkeye Bescon and a Galena Illinois truck tax ordinance, plus editorials on highway expansion and the need for home ownership sacrifice in securing loans.
The document records total liabilities of 464261.44 for a Fayette County bank with Samuel Mosby vice president and B J Baumgartner cashier swearing to accuracy on July 8 1937. The notice notes notary Edna Hunsberger and directors Ernest Schori Max Thoma Fred Reichert. It includes unrelated musings about boyhood and responsibility from Osage Press.
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