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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1935
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise edited by Elizabeth Priest, local editor and Iowa Press Association member, printed in Clermont Iowa. Post office publication remains a second class mail matter in Jefferson County.
The piece contrasts Public Enemies with Public Friends, praising townsfolk who shoulder local tasks, attend meetings, donate at home, and champion their hometown without boasting. It notes many Public Friends exist in Royal Oak and urges everyone to work opportunities for all.
A fragmented safety satire advises reckless driving techniques and unsafe behavior such as speeding, racing locomotives, tailgating, ignoring signals, and backing without looking. It mocks warnings by linking stunts to fame, memory, or insurance lapses, ending with a cautionary expletive.
With Congressman Biermann's help a survey starts to assess a four building project for West Union. An inspector will visit to judge site and building type. The Community club is urged to back the effort as current income supports expansion while existing quarters are inadequate. Other cities gain post offices, so West Union should too.
Harold Ratliff, editor of the Gle Burne Times-Review, argues the newspaper’s ads are more valuable than the news for readers' pocketbooks, urging merchants to embrace advertising to reach customers and avoid cobwebbed shelves while readers gain entertainment and economical education from ads.
The AAA awarded contracts starting June 27 to buy 8,312,000 pounds of dairy products for relief and market stabilization. Awards include 1,300,000 pounds of fresh butter, 50,000 pounds of cheddar cheese, and 6,962,650 pounds of dry skim milk. Bids are requested for 5,000,000 more pounds of butter and 2,000,000 pounds of American cheese.
The World-Journal announces Congressman Fred Biermann of Decorah Ackley will write regular letters from Washington. Biermann, former Decorah Journal publisher, is praised as a clear observer of national issues and events and opposes wasteful river projects.
Members of the baby beef club and their parents with Beef Breeders Association families will hold their annual project tour Wednesday July 81. They meet at the Farm Bureau office at 9 o clock and depart at once inviting anyone interested in beef cattle or 4 H club boys in practice judging for the state fair contest.
A question lingers over which form of decorative handwork, braided or hooked rugs, holds the older family lineage. In some regions hills and valleys favored braided mats, while other areas chose hooked varieties as the first decorative craft.
W. W. Loomis of Clermont now at La Grange plans to attend the Northeast Iowa publishers picnic in McGregor on August 9 if he can get away. Clermont’s homecoming week follows, and friends hope he can stay over for the celebration.
Farmers planning summer or fall alfalfa seeding should apply limestone despite high soil moisture or favorable conditions. Many alfalfa failures come from soil acidity, with about 75 percent of soils in the state needing lime for optimal legume growth.
A bill to ban handbill distribution from house to house is under consideration in Illinois. It prohibits handing out leaflets by placing them in vehicles, yards, mailboxes, or on porches and also covers free circulation newspapers not entered as second class matter or not published for at least two years.
A Pueblo Star Journal item recalls a church sign reading Subject of Sunday Evening's Sermon Do You Know What Hell Is Beneath it in smaller letters was printed Come and hear our organist The amusing contrast shows you cannot always trust signs
The town of St George in Bermuda, among the oldest English settlements in the western hemisphere, centers on York street with Ebenezer Church within its town limits. The old capital features Spanish town style streets, low buildings, and curving lanes lined with memorials and historic landmarks.
The term Great Spirit Mansion refers to the Great Spirit of American Indians. In Algonquin, the word translates to either the Great Good Spirit or the Great Evil Spirit.
Even in winter a majority of the chickadee diet consists of insects and their exoskeletons, with regular foraging for small invertebrates. The finding highlights the bird’s reliance on protein-rich prey during colder months.
The article details how modern fishing rods are made with Calcutta and Tonkin bamboo from India and China. Poles must be crack and wormhole free, averaging about ten feet in length and seven across, reflecting patient workmanship.
Buay New York Point The Times Square subway station in New York City is the busiest point, with high figures. The Times Square hub sees heavy foot traffic and is described as the busiest location in the city.
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