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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1931
Page
1
Nashua business men adopt a credential system for solicitors. A committee from the Better Business club will investigate each solicitor and issue a card of approval. Firms will dismiss any solicitor lacking credentials, ensuring only approved schemes reach businesses.
The Elma New Era urges subscribers to settle arrears to avoid postal enforcement. It cites a strict 1 percent up policy and explains postal officials may suspend services if accounts remain unpaid. The notice asks readers in arrears to remit promptly or request an extension of time.
The official notices stricter rules for up to date subscription lists will see expiring and delinquent names removed. Readers should note post office directives curb free publicity and press districts must pay for advertising.
New auto drivers license law may not be a joke. Licenses come as four cards one kept by the state and three by the owner. Each traffic violation prompts a card sent to the state motor vehicle department. Three violations revoke the license until a new one is granted. Police may note warnings on license cards for court and state reference.
A short column notes the end of the hatching season reduces the value of male birds. It mentions an eastern editor listing births marriages and deaths under the phrase Hatched Matched and Dispatched. Maida Sperry of Volga City and Edward Shelton of Oran visited the Ed Kruger home for dinner.
Mrs August Gunderson of Lady Smith Wisconsin visits Walter Rothlisberger family. Numerous guests visit each other across Garnaville Elkader West Union and nearby farms. Notable items include Le Roy Rothlisberger birthday, Shaffer and Kerr extended visits, tonsil surgery, and relatives gathering at Hanson Frieden Pulfer and Rothlisberger homes. The Gundersons travel through to California while aviation corps veteran Gus Gunderson returns to Florida.
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture notes entomologists flying at high altitudes to capture insects and reports on tomato canning inspections totaling over 26 million pounds. It also covers bovine tuberculosis eradication in Indiana, drought impacts on hatchings, milk use in poultry feeding, forest nursery plans in Rhineland Wisconsin, and turkey industry sanitation gains. Local social visits wrap the item.
Lime Springs residents hosted relatives and friends over the weekend and weekdays including visits by Mary Ann Foxwell, Arvilla Shaffer, and the Capper family. Cedar Rapids and Decorah residents traveled through town. Dr prefix issue noted. John Falk renovates a vacant house north of the former Mack residence. O. P. Stoehr moves a cottage near Postville for summer use and permanent camping nearby.
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