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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
2
The Iowa State Democratic Central Committee will meet in Des Moines on Friday June 28. Chairman E G Fueling may resign as four factions contend for control with pledges of support from county delegations while he remains determined to be released from the post.
The seven day week is common globally while parts of Africa use eight day market cycles. In Congo the term for week equals market, linking market recurrence to week length. Ancient peoples such as Romans and Scandinavians reportedly experimented with weeks longer or shorter than seven days.
The reform bill of 1832 sparks lively hopes in England with jokes about marriage for single women and schoolboys predicting cheaper jam tarts as public mood runs high over the historic political change.
In eastern India wild tribes name girls after the tree in bloom at their birth, a tradition tying newborns to the season and nature. The practice links personal identity to local flora and seasonal timing.
The site of El-Askar near Cairo, once built in 750 by Suleimen as a high capital, is now a desolate waste.
Grover W. Day, once a Baldwin home resident, visits Elgin to share his life story and gospel message. He describes education at the Iowa School for the Blind, conversion after family hardship, and his ministry singing in hospitals and preaching in penitentiaries. He urges Elgin youths to live worthwhile lives and offers to assist the community again.
Echo subscribers are urged to notify the subscription department promptly of address changes. New postal laws require newspapers and periodicals to pay postage due for notices of address changes provided by the post office. Delays in delivery or failure to receive the paper are noted, with guidance to send address changes in advance.
On March 7 1850 Daniel Webster delivered a landmark defense of the Compromise of 1850. He rebuked Northern agitation over slavery and the fugitive slave law while urging Southern concessions, a stance that pleased the South but led Northern critics to accuse him of courting Southern backing for the presidency.
The coconut palm grows in tropical America and other tropical countries with a long stem crowned by a rosette of leaves. From the bases of the leaves arise the flowers that produce the nuts.
Politicians back practical remedies while economists demand certainty in diagnosis. The statement contrasts pragmatic policy talk with stricter academic caution amid ongoing fiscal and growth debates.
A Fayette wedding Sunday at noon joined Gertrude Carpenter and Karl Fox in a double ring ceremony at the Carpenter home. Rev. John D. Clinton officiated. Attendants included Loraine Carpenter as bridesmaid Leonard Shillinglaw as best man Betty Schori flower girl Ben Schori rang the vows. The couple, both graduates of Upper Iowa University in 1932, plan future in teaching and business.
A fragment notes a father and son leaving Fayette for a trip into northern Minnesota and planning to return home after June. The reader is advised to read today’s Echo for bargains and ads.
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