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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1935
Page
1
An editorial from Fairbury Nebraska argues that public spending should be fully published by county and city officials. It praises the law requiring disclosure of all claims paid, asserting it protects funds and promotes careful budgeting by inviting citizen scrutiny.
The family of a leading motor car and airplane maker is sent to England to protect members from kidnap threats. Police advised the move amid increased underworld activity and a string of thwarted attempts in recent months, signaling rising U.S. insecurity for well-off individuals.
Osage News notes broad support for sterilizing the socially unfit to curb public charges. Iowa law already allows sterilization of the mentally deficient, with discussions extending to those unable to care for families. Credit records as a factor are proposed by some.
Rol l call at the council meeting included Mayor Gunderson and councilmen Schmidt Cap per Paterson Lehman and Weibel. Maud Smith finished a Cedar Rapids business course and returned home to Elgin My. Mrs William Boyle moved from Mlyria to West Union to settle permanently. Lew Gruver reportedly accepted a railroad job in Grover ta. Edward Schmid, son of Mr and Mrs Clem Schmid, has been ill six days but is improving. J D Shaffer Ed Gehring and Walter Pritchard rode the noon train north for a sale of thoroughbreds. Nelle Stoehr visited Oelwein last Wednesday meeting Ethel Albright returning from St Paul and accompanied her home. John Sutter saw mill has run a few days, sharing logs for timber. Harrington attended Masonic school at Fayette recently. Harry Hadsel arrived from Cedar Rapids Tuesday for a week in Elgin on his mail route. Mrs F W Hughes left for Mt Vernon to visit sister Clara Strauch. Maggie Joyce closed a term of school in district No 1.
The Gelwein post office appoints a new postmaster today with the first appointee released and an acting postmaster named. The Oelwein Register notes the move reflects party divisions and the lack of advance notice, highlighting political quirks in local governance.
The Iowa State Emergency Relief Administration reports a March relief grant of 13439 dollars for Fayette county with an additional 400 dollars from county funds. Of 582 families and 6 single persons, 302 families and 6 singles receive direct relief, while 280 families receive work relief as the need grows.
William Grimes estate near West Union sells farmstead of 145 acres for 5135 dollars total, 63 dollars per acre, to Jesse Guyer among six bidders. A modern house and first class outbuildings on site, sale closes the Grimes estate after his death last month. siblings inherit as he never married.
A mix of aphorisms on planning patience and friendship contrasts with a humorous anecdote about a six month old baby at one o clock in the morning. It ends with a poem line about billboards and trees and a lunch room sign about steak toughness.
Notice is given that a special meeting of the stockholders of Elgin Savings Bank of Elgin Iowa will be held at the bank office in Elgin on April th 1935 at 1 30 P M to vote on dissolution. Signed March 6 1936 by officers and directors Fred Reichert Samuel Mosby Hans Winkler W 8S Rothlisberger George Hanson.
Fayette county plans to refund 1 803 000 dollars of primary road bonds with new bonds of equal amount to retire the same debt. Net bonded debt stays unchanged while interest costs drop from 4 14 to 6 percent to around 8 percent or less. If successful, estimated savings run about 9 000 to 10 000 dollars per year for fifteen years, totaling about 140 000 dollars over the life of the bonds.
A fire of unknown origin Saturday morning destroyed a barn on the Geo W Fay estate farm southeast of Postville. The tenanted Clifford Osmundson family faced the loss of a feed mill, machinery, grain bin with oats, baled hay, and the adjacent corn crib. Neighbors and the Postville fire department saved the remaining structures. partial insurance coverage was noted.
A light local column notes humorous wit, a planned McGregor Liquor store opening this week with interior work in ivory paint, and a farmer capturing a live snake reported at the fair grounds. It also cites John A. Larson’s sows sale and a county representative witnessing the Waterloo murderers’ hanging on April 5 at Fort Madison penitentiary, with views on capital punishment.
Lew Wallace head of the state motor vehicle department announced an extension allowing motorists without 1935 plates to operate until May 1 without penalty. The policy does not erase the $1,002 monthly fine that began February 1, and officers will not arrest drivers for the charge until May 1.
Jacob Breithach field auditor for Allamakee Fayette and Winneshiek counties will be in the assembly room at the West Union courthouse on Friday March 8 to supply information to individual taxpayers and groups about filling returns due before April 1.
The Bremer county board of supervisors ordered notices served on 36 persons to depart the county and return to their former settlements, stating the county would not be responsible for their support. Published in the Waverly Independent.
The Hung Society of China is described as the oldest and largest secret organization, over 1,500 years old with members scattered across the globe.
The speed record for a message sent entirely by telegraph around the world, a distance of 25,000 miles, is three minutes and 46 seconds.
Alaska geological survey estimates suggest glaciers at maximum extent covered about 255000 square miles, indicating a vast ice sheet era in the territory. The figures summarize the extent of glacial coverage derived from geological data and mapping.
Postoffice department announced that after March 39 Froelich patrons must obtain mail from Monona. Decision on rural route service for Froelich remains unsettled. Hog supplies have dwindled, boosting prices for stored products while corn hog price ratios improve but fail to provide a safe margin for feeding high priced corn.
The West Union Masonic lodge invites Elgin and county lodges to a county wide meeting on Monday evening March 11 titled Every Mason in Lodge at the Same Hour. The county seat lodge organizes the program on the Three Great Lights of Masonry.
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