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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1935
Page
3
Elizabeth Priest, Clermont local editor and Fayette County resident, joins state and national editorial associations as part of her Thursday morning routine.
Bob Sperry left Saturday for Elora do where he has employment on a farm. Mrs Bert Bruckner and baby returned to their home at McGregor on Monday. Mrs Roy Meyer helps at the G L Loftsgard home near Gunder. Harold Landsgard returned from a business trip to Marion South Dakota. Eliza Nelson at summer school Upper Iowa spent Sunday at home. Viola Tatro of Waterloo spent the weekend with her parents. Fred Luthi and daughters and Mrs Maser of Morris Minn were guests of Mrs Louise Miller. Mr and Mrs Harold Landsgard and heirs visited the Clarkus Tollefson home at Decorah. Bily Crowe of Oelwein visited his grandmother Lilian Crowe. Millard Larson Evelyn Nordhus attended a surprise party for Mrs Earl Becker at West Union. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Traeger Sumner and Mrs Helen Frederick Elgin were supper guests at A G Frederick home. Mrs Harry Jones Madge and Richard and Mrs Humphrey Cedar Rapids visited Dr L L art home. Mrs Lizzie Drensch Garden City Minn and Mr and Mrs Henry Drensch Rodman Iowa visiting Mrs Louise Miller. Almer Leo Nelson and Lloyd Dunbar of Waterloo visited Roy Tatro home. Viola Tatro returned to Waterloo with them. Hillary Gordon Jim Lawler of Goe lwein visited Anson Priest home. Hillary came to see his aunt Margaret Meagreevy ill. Mr and Mrs Hans J Larson Mrs Fajelmar Michelson Mrs Laura Lynsguas and Mr and Mrs Ernest Holt were also visitors.
Attendees from Decorah Cresco Waukon Langing and West Union chapters gathered at Ostrander Minnesota for a two day Hurdagslaget meeting with about 125 present. Visitors included Benton Gruver and Kenneth Chapman from California and Mrs Paola from Kansas who left for home after visits. Mrs Kenneth Chapman and daughter extended the stay. Local hosts Mr and Mrs Arthur Mechels on Sunday hosted guests including Reed Peterson and the Smiths.
Local residents flocked to many gatherings and visits across Grand Meadow. Vera Mae Olson stayed with Richard Olson. numerous relatives and neighbors from Erskine Ostrander Laverne and Anamosa visited churches homes and farms. Bible school closed, reunions held, picnics enjoyed, and multiple households hosted relatives and friends Sunday and Friday evenings.
Joseph S. Stern, president of United States Shoe, urges women to choose footwear suited to their feet. He notes many rely on fashion rather than fit, and advocates consulting local shoe dealers for correct lasts and heel heights to improve foot health, comfort, and daily life. He cites reports of foot troubles improving after proper fitting and lasts.
Police and federal agents raided two Cedar Rapids drug stores Saturday. Alcohol had been stored in dummy steam pipes in the basement, insulated and connected to heating equipment. A plumber removed the pipes for evidence.
Four Davenport girls solicited magazine subscriptions in Decorah last week using a curious approach. They asked, Are you the manager, then claimed they would take nurses training and collect 500 names. Decorah businessmen recalled promises of free care for a year after becoming nurses, but many found the tale confusing and preposterous. The girls finally noted they sold magazine subscriptions, a likely college fundraising prank.
Three Fayette county youths Paul Harrison Grover Miehe and Robert Putman left for Newcastle England to represent the United States in the International Judging contest Secretary Wallace and Representative Fred Biermann praised them Biermann arranged an audience for the delegation with the secretary who offered congratulations and good luck Also accompanying them were B W Lodwick Ernest M Wright and Iowa Dairy Association secretary
A young woman asks the clerk for Lifebody in a drug store. The clerk responds with a witty line telling her to set the pace, framing a playful exchange in a brief retail moment.
Secretary Wallace discusses amendments to the Agricultural Adjustment Act aimed at aligning marketing agreements and licenses with the Schechter decision while preserving farmers' voluntary adjustment programs. He notes government authority to continue processing tax rates under amended provisions and references cooperation with Congress leaders and County Agent Paul E. McElroy.
Advertising costs for major magazines are listed from American Legion Weekly to Pictorial Review. In Polk county, a July 17 hearing on the new chain store tax is scheduled in district court. A horse and motorcycle accident near McGregor leaves one man with a fractured leg and others injured. the horse dies. Harry T. Gass of Postville is fined $600 in Waukon district court for liquor and cigarette license violations and stamp issues.
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