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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1930
Page
8
Read all the ads and save money with notices from Fel ler Hardware West Elgin. The brief copy promotes new work harnesses and horse collars and urges investigation before purchase.
Public notices list advertising rates and sample classified items including help wanted, sales, and rental notices. Entries mention Rawleigh Company ads, livestock, farm equipment, and household goods with pricing and contact details, reflecting a period classified page style with multiple vendors.
Community updates list guests and movements across Volga City Elgin and Wadena including the Rothlisberger Frieden and Foxwell families. Events feature church suppers rock parties and visits with relatives plus a subscription offer for the Telegraph-Herald and Echo.
A March Wednesday radio program from 9 20 to 10 80 p m features Will Rogers as master of ceremonies with the Son Band performing Stars and Stripes Forever and Louise Homer singing home ballads beloved by music lovers Advance notices claim Rogers will be the standout event at 100 and the Standard Oil of Indiana will announce a new scientific manufacturing achievement President Edward G Seubert will greet listeners The program will be broadcast across the middle west on stations including WGHP Detroit WOWO Ft Wayne KMOX St Louis KFH Wichita WMAQ Chicago KMBC Kansas City WOOO Minneapolis KSCJ Sioux City WFEM Indianapolis KOLL Council Bluffs WISN Milwaukee WMT Waterloo and XLZ Denver.
In Plainfield Wisconsin about a thousand people gathered in front of City Hall to watch merchants burn butter substitutes and toss oleomargarine stock into flames. The scene featured dairy cow cheers and a band while the Farmers Institute held a session. Similar demonstrations are planned in other dairy towns.
Fayette county board of supervisors endorses butter over margarine amid Iowa dairy boom. The county ranks among the state’s major dairy counties with yearly production in the millions. Editorial urges residents to eat more butter, praising it as the best for Iowa folks.
Attend the town hall event Saturday to support the M. E. Aid fundraiser serving chicken noodle soup chicken sandwiches pie and coffee at a nominal price. Proceeds aid community needs.
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