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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1933
Page
3
Mrs. H. B. Greenley, a dedicated local facitior, is cited as a member of the Towa Press Association and a participant in the National Historial Association, reflecting ongoing involvement with regional journalism groups.
A clipped postal notice from Clermont Fayette County Iowa indicates mail matter handling and specifies post office related action or status. The fragment mentions Clermont and confirms the postal context without detailing names, dates, or further directives.
Grand Meadow residents attend a picnic at the Tom Yelm home in Gander Sanday. Many neighbors, including the Olsons, Halversons, Larson, and Ericksons, visit and care for relatives as ill. Relatives from Minneapolis and Hartland share in gatherings, and several households host relatives through the weekend.
A terse rural notice mentions ailing nurse care for a father named Johnenn, a field work stoppage on a farm, and a man named thresher starting a meat job. It also notes visitors Pogene Cooley from West Union, Avdes Olssn and Albert Demmermath households near Brainard.
Congressman Biermann, recently back from Washington, will open offices on the used floor of the Decorah Journal building Thursday to conduct official business. Ray Douglass, who has been in Washington as his secretary since March 4, arrives to join the Biermann office. calls are welcome at the office Journal.
Warren Harrington L C Koevenig and J A Koevenig of this city with Keith Thoma of Elgin visited Heytman's dam below Lansing last Sunday to fish. They reported a fine outing with a mixed catch and the main prize a gar so snake like none volunteered to unhook it until after a few measurements and a firm tug.
Red oak logs are being cut near the depot by a crew under James Whitford for 20 000 logs destined for Webster Lumber Company of Minneapolis. The plan calls for about 6 000 ties to be produced locally before Aug 15, with logs averaging two ties each. Hauling began Tuesday, and the timber tract lies southwest of town.
Ed M. Smith publisher of the Winterset Madisonian argues in a Timely Topics column that the 1872 subscription price of $2.00 per year was modest by comparison to then wages and prices. He notes 1872 cattle at $3 to $5 per hundred hogs $3 to $3.50 corn 18¢ oats 18¢ butter 10¢ eggs 8¢ and recalls hard times with no relief measures and no government reliance.
Representatives from Hawkeye Fredericksburg West Union and Clermont won federal aid to pave five and three quarters miles on No. 18 from Williamstown toward Fredericksburg. A paving crew is already in the section and work will proceed eastward, following a Monday conference with Governor Herring at Des Moines.
In this tale Jerry Muskrat plans and begins a new underwater dwelling at night, digging foundations beneath the Smiling Pool while Peter Rabbit and neighbors react to the muddying water. Jerry endures criticism to stay productively busy, enjoying the work as a source of happiness.
Dry ground and weed control affect hay fever and young trees. July pasture and western range feed conditions are the worst on record, impacting livestock. Iowa has 738 banks under restrictions holding nearly 86 million dollars in farm first mortgages, with Farm Credit Admin planning fund relief. Iowa State College soilsmen urge fewer corn acres and more legumes to preserve soil fertility amid hot weather and seed failures. August reseeding advised for alfalfa and late Sept for sweet clover pasture.
The Elkader Fair booked magician Leo Semb who recently toured Europe to study modern illusions. He will present daily acts on the fair platform, promising European elegance and feats rivaling East India and Hindu magicians.
A five year old told his mother he hid a box of crackers to avoid eating them all himself. The remark reflects child’s concern for self restraint and home discipline.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions gas used to compel platens during a crime. No clear entities or dates are readable to identify people, places, organizations, or outcomes.
The Argo Gazette reports the city will supply crushed rock for resurfacing primary No. 56. First dumpings are being sent to West Union, at the city farm, as part of the Byars quarry project No. 66 targeting road work.
A Collier's note states birds rarely sleep in Nesta and that ravens, magpies and mynahs can be taught to speak. It adds that frozen birds often die from hunger due to snow and ice cutting off their food supply.
A garbled account describes fishermen, wardens, and deputies involved in a case where demands for money and a resulting tragedy are mentioned. The report references court presentation and a demand for a description of the individual attempting to obtain funds, with notification to the Fish and Game Department or deputy warden.
The open season on squirrels runs from September 1 to November 1, both dates inclusive. The daily bag limit is 10 squirrels per person, under new fish and game regulations designed to improve conditions for outdoor enthusiasts.
Fayette county school fund fines from criminal cases yielded zero income for the quarter ending July 1 per Edgar A Traeger court clerk detailed report. For the quarter ending April 2 fines paid totaled 1200 dollars, but the three months ended July 1 produced no collection at all, leaving jailed defendants unable to pay and raising jail populations.
A fragment notes that rhinoceros hide was twenty thick before high powered rifles. It suggests these animals were comparatively safe from early human firearms prior to modern gun power.
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