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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1935
Page
4
Classified text outlines ad rate rules: up to 25 words and 25 cents per insertion. over 25 words 1 cent per word. 10 cent weekly handling charge for replies. cash with order. no accounts. telephoned ads prepaid. 10 cent per line if billed monthly. Also listings for empty ketchup bottles sale and flour swap at Weibel Mill Co Ellin? Spiral memo books at Echo office.
Cliff Kiple departs today for Dubuque and an eight week educational tour through the western states and Mexico. Sponsored by Oklahoma State Teachers College he serves as camp helper for about 1200 travelers. The group travels in 40 buses and camps in tents with nearly 30 instructors among the staff.
The article weighs whether a dry spell or a flood is preferable with most favoring a wet year for agricultural advantages. Comparisons are drawn to last year’s drought as moisture levels rise this year.
The passage notes that some followers of Socrates used their talents to harm their country, portraying a sense of misused intellect and political consequence. It reflects on the tension between philosophical influence and civic duty in ancient times.
An Iowa columnist recalls wartime friends and humane symbols near the White House while noting rising partisanship in Congress. He cites Senators Gore and Schall and Representative Dunn as examples of blindness in three lawmakers, with Schall losing sight after lighting a cigar. The piece reflects veteran perspectives on soldier legislation and shared humanity amid political division.
The piece notes stepladders sold along Pennsylvania Avenue fetching high prices at Shriner parades. Buyers rented four, six, and eight foot ladders to obtain desirable viewing seats. Fraternally yours, Fred Biermann.
Three young cave explorers Joe Flynn Leo Tekippe and Al Gremer from Decorah turned a sinkhole find into Niagara Cave beneath a cow pasture. They developed the site with stairs and a mile of electric lights and expect about 70000 visitors this year. The cave features fossils stalactites stalagmites and spectacular underground formations.
A sixty year dispute centers on a mid seventies Ringgold County Iowa baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Rough and Readys. The scorekeeper ruled 42 to 41 for the Rough and Readys, the White Sox audited a 42 to 42 tie, and the quarrel persists. In Chicago the game is largely forgotten. A vanished town’s team gave rise to the White Sox name. Louise Hunt, rummaging through an old wallet in Sheffield, found $95 in large vintage bills among cancelled checks from her father the grocer.
A 1929 Iowa General Assembly expense saga dominates a data dump of short notes. Half the lawmakers allegedly drew illegal expense pay, with six years of interest piling up. The state Supreme Court deemed the claims illegal extra pay, cutting across party lines.
Social rounds include visits among the Miller, Falk, Etter and Yenney families in Clermont and West Union. Guests travel between Waterloo, Postville, Oak Grove, and Illyria as relatives and friends share weekends and weeklong stays. preparations for a Fourth of July visit recur along with local talk of hens laying normally but overall egg output down.
The Northwood Anchor notes ongoing river improvements and railcar control while urging business growth through home goods and civic support. It also discusses soybean weed control, advising drilling or corn planters for seeded beans, and stresses supporting merchants, churches, schools, and the press to sustain municipal wealth. Butter markets show a conservative price trend with storage inflows and bullish for summer demand.
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