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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
3
A reader recounts a mother guiding her young daughter across a street unsafely and urges safety education. The piece notes pedestrians cause about 40 percent of auto fatalities and that in over two thirds of fatal pedestrian crashes the person was unsafe, crossing highways or jaywalking, and calls parents to model careful walking and driving.
Des Moines jury spared harsher punishment for a youth who killed a Salvation Army worker after a ride offer. They accepted a manslaughter verdict based on claimed childlike mentality, resulting in a brief penitentiary term and parole.
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A public analysis discusses Iowa coal contracts, the impact on miners on relief rolls, and the state’s choice between Iowa and Illinois coal for university contracts. It highlights costs, potential salary funding, and the education board’s bidding challenges amid freight advantages for Illinois coal. It also covers Congressman Gwynne’s push to raise the wage and hour act exemption threshold for small newspapers, defending country papers as vital community institutions.
Beer consumption in Iowa rose sharply in the first half of the year with Towans recording 10,244,408 gallons by June 1. Using a 2.5 million population, this equals about 4.97 gallons per resident. Tax receipts reached $541,875.53 for the six months at four cents per gallon, an increase of $8,133,221 over the same period in 1938.
A mining accident near Des Moines ends in the death of Orifice Boyer who unhooked his mule from a mine car to save the animal during a collapsing slate. The mule escapes while Boyer is killed by falling debris in a dim tunnel. The incident highlights dangers workers faced underground.
A mixed wrap of small-town anecdotes and curiosities: a farmer’s binders injure Frank Fingler, 75, of Ackrey. a turtle parcel post reaches Algona. a cat from Brooklyn, Iowa, valued at 250 dollars. and 84-year-old Mary Wible celebrated as Ringgold County’s first white girl born. The bits include quirky items about a coroner’s jury, a fire siren mishap, and a Disney artist contract for Giff Hiser.
A 91 faculty staff will offer 184 courses across 23 departments for mail correspondence students via the extension division. English leads with 23 courses, followed by 17 in economics commerce and education. Dr Eddie Anderson leads a 50 member football squad with 18 or 19 lettermen and anchors a roster including Erwin Prasse Nile Kinnick Mike Enich Dick Evans Henry Luebke Charles Tollefson Ray Murphy and Ed McLain. Over 300 peace officers completed the short course at Iowa alongside state officers and university staff in a 30 topic program directed by Prof R M Perkins. For 1938 the university will exhibit at the state fair in Des Moines under Bruce E Mahan.
Ticket orders for the University of Iowa three major home games come in fast. Ticket sales manager Charles Galiher urges Towana to secure Notre Dame seats now as more than half are gone. Minnesota draws heavy requests for the November 18 homecoming affair.
Nashua Reporter notes the House bill taxes all residents of Washington except Congress members and their staff, likening lawmakers to patriots who urge war yet avoid sacrifice. The critique frames the exemption as self-serving.
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