15 Jun 1933
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1933
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for Foreign and Local display per inch and readers per line, with pay in advance for first insertion. Near Bereusion cards of thanks, memoriam cards, resolutions of respect and obituary pastry noted at regular rates. Partial OCR shows rate details and notice types.
Thursday June 15 1933 Quakertown Free Press urges readers to cultivate their communities like a garden. By spending at home and hiring local workers they can enrich the town and help it prosper. The piece emphasizes planting seeds through home spending and local patronage to foster growth.
A Birmingham Michigan echo urges perseverance and faith as Americans wage war on greed and selfishness. A NA E A Indianapolis talk lauds newspapers for resilience during the bank moratorium. Notes rail at government forest army spending and reports Indiana and Minnesota swing into the wets column amid election results.
A large attendance at a meeting in West Union endorsed state aid for relief with trained social workers. Miss Tyler outlined the emergency relief committees across Iowa and the cost savings, noting Fayette spent over three dollars per capita in 1932 while other counties were under a dollar. Residents voiced support for county sponsorship of social workers and discussed reimbursement for some relief-related expenses.
Following the termination of the county social worker Miss Seilers on June 1, the board recommended two new relief overseers. Amanda Gremmela of Oelwein will oversee the four southern townships including Oelwein city, and Elsie Smith of West Union will supervise the remainder of the county. Seilers moved to West Union with her husband Harry Mohn from Minneapolis after a visit.
Chevrolet and Oldsmobile dealers show a strong May rise with 65 761 new Chevrolet cars and trucks and a similar gain for Oldsmobile. GM plans higher production across most lines in June. Relatives attend the John Etter funeral from Minnesota Illinois and Washington state. A Mapleton farmer is jailed for shooting a bull in a local jokey remark.
Wm Klingbeil Postville Herald John Griebel Waukon Democrat J A Dreyer Clayton County Register ER P Strauch returned from a four day National Editorial Association convention in Indianapolis The Iowa party traveled through four corn belt states noting varied planting progress and harvest prospects Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa impressions included Hoosier hospitality and a visit to Century of Progress in Chicago The group arrived home late and reflected on the trip amid city disturbances near Chicago caused by unpaid teachers.
In Norway drunkenness is proven scientifically by a blood test. If the blood contains 2.61 per thousand alcohol, the man is intoxicated. The piece suggests that improving home towns would greatly help solve national troubles.
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