20 Jul 1933
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1933
Page
1
Advertising rates list cards of thanks and memorial notices at $1.00 each. In memoriam and resolutions of respect, church society and school notices with admission charged, and obituary poetry priced at regular rates.
Walter Lippman argues the economy bill marks a shift toward executive‑led appropriations, purifying American politics and elevating government character. He warns Congress is pressured by lobbyists to district favors, hindering nationwide any real representation, with few outstanding lawmakers. The piece, Selma Irrigator and Enterprise, Cal, notes the milestone toward a more efficient government.
A call to foster belief and cooperation in a town to attract homes and business. Fearful talk and apathy deter growth, while civic optimism spurs investment and effort. The piece ends by noting Shakespeare’s line about being a borrower or lender in Hamlet.
Elkader and Postville played a ten inning game Sunday with Postville losing 12 to B. William Sullivan presiding at the upper meat market while Frank Weigand takes a forced vacation. Frank Capper left for Chester Town Monday to join his uncle's store. Mrs. Ben Weibel and Eva returned from Guttenberg after visiting Mrs. Frank Greenley. Mrs. Wansor of lama City visited sister Mrs. J. C. Cooley. F. W. Hughes went to Slindy Monday for business then planned visits to Sabula Savannah and Mt. Carroll. Frank Bohanan of Wadena seeks Elgin citizenship. wife may move this week. Twins born to Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Benning on Sunday July 19. one died soon after. Clarence Becker burned by powder accident Saturday. A wedding bonded Willis Gress to Clara Bengon at their parents’ home in Clermonton on Tuesday July 21.
The Fayette County Board of Supervisors rejected further aid from the State Emergency Relief Committee keeping $1,950 for June with the state body. The county protests direct control issues, notes past distribution of $23,100, and cites rising poor relief costs. The Fayette County Union editorializes on waste, governance, and moral urging to accept the funds.
Official notice from Fayette County Iowa announces renewed amended and substituted articles of incorporation for the Elgin Canning Company for twenty years from April 3 1933 with renewal rights. It lists corporate name Elgin Canning Company principal place Elgin Iowa and 40000 capital stock nonassessable. Board directors officers and voting rules detailed with notarized acknowledgment dated March 16 1983 and 1988.
The ninth annual convention of the Association for Christian Marriage in Rouen endorses the American custom of keeping company before marriage. The author argues that allowing young people to court and know each other improves chances of a happy union, praising the fun and glamour of the practice and criticizing parental control in mate selection.
A columnist notes a fashionable remark on women and toes, reminds readers of Kettering quotes, and highlights the World’s Fair visitor counts. July 24 admits 4,480,183. Jewish Day July 8 had 244,742 visitors. A Arkansas carpenter profits from repurposing inner tubes into cane chair bottoms. A Minnesota town reports a man found dead with a typewritten smut story in his pocket, prompting a moral question about hidden contents.
A fox killed sixty two chickens at Jacob Frieden's farm. The animals weighed about a pound and a half each and were left scattered on the ground. The fox appeared hungry and active during the incident.
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