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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1934
Page
3
Thursday morning publication lists Mrs H B Greenley as local editor and member of the Jews Press Association and National Editorial Association. It notes entry in Clermont Iowa postal records as second class matter.
Clermont local notes report callers and visitors: Mrs Wim Crowe in Decorah Monday, Bertha Shipton of Greene spent the weekend with relatives, Helen Sampson visited Oelwein, Raynell Farley of Waucoma stayed at the W. R. Sperry home, Mrs Barnes of Manchester visited her sister in Clermont, Anita Rudi and Gordon Junkers from Glidden visited the Hangarines, families of Sperry and Christianson visited Waucoma and Alpha, the Miller family from Independence spent Sunday with the Miller household, Lottie Russell and two sons moved into the Fay Rafferty house, Dr. and Mrs Brandt and Lois dined with Mrs Schmid in Postville, Gerhard Gunsten teaches at St Olaf College and does practice teaching in Clermont High, watch clock repair ad, Mrs L H Appelman visited West Union with sister Mrs Humphry, Mrs L L Carr attended PEO meeting in West Union, Dean Simpson from CC Camp Mt Vernon visited home, Etta Opperud drove from Cedar Rapids for weekend with her parents. Viola Roland accompanied.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at St Peter's for James Edward Horan four year old son of Mr and Mrs Richard Horan who died Sunday night after a week long illness. A crowd from St Olaf attended a party at the Clermont opera house last Friday honoring the Jotin Wold family moving to Clermont from St Olaf and renting part of the Knudson house across from the grade school.
Mrs. Cora Mabel Reierson Thorson died Wednesday evening near Postville after a pneumonia struggle following a sore throat. Born December 19 1887 she was 46. She married Albert Thorson in 1914 and left six children Iona Alice Evelyn Mildred Donna Mae and Oliver. Survived by her husband, mother Ole Reierson of Elgin and sister Hal Otness of San Carlos California. Funeral services were held in Postville and East Clermont with burial beside the East Clermont church.
Transfers filed by W J Rogers abstract office cover Teabelle Olson to Ole Olson Thompson's Add Clermont. Hazel Smith to Rose McMillan value 1000 dollars Conner's Add Sutra. Bertha Randall to Thore Thompson QCD 1 dollar NW and SW parcels 1493-7. Maggie Johnson to Thore Thompson QCD 1 dollar NW and SW 1493-7. Harry Johnson to Thore Thompson QCD 1 dollar NW and SW 1493-4. W A Kneeland Adm to Clarence Hoopman AD 4850 acres 8-95a. Kneeland Adm to C E Finnegan AD 2400 NW NW 7 95 7 NE NE 12-96-8. Kneeland Adm to Christ L Peterson AD 5000 N half NE SW and 5 1/2 NW and NW SW 38-95-7 and other land.
An elderly woman smiles and declares she feels better about her appendix after a minister visits. Her daughter corrects her, noting the visitor was a city specialist doctor. The old woman jokes that the doctor acted like a minister.
A clipped note references Nina Wilcox Putnam and a playful tale about a girl who imagines owning four imported brand names and luxury items. The fragment hints at a whimsical social tone and a busy social scene.
A garbled quote from a romance column mentions a girl manipulating a man, with a snide caveat about men ending up “eating out of cans.” The line is attributed to Bell Syndicata and Romona in a humor desk snippet.
Poem urges value of everyday ties and community as essential for happiness. Speaker declares could forgo love, friends, laughter, luxury, but cannot do without neighbors. Small acts of kindness and gossip sustain life, reminding that happiness comes from knowing people nearby.
Emma Goldman, exile returning to the United States on a temporary visitor permit, maintains her anti capital stance at age sixty four though her intensity has softened. The piece contrasts youth and age, arguing experience allows for broader understanding and reduces blind certainty, urging cooperation over conflict for common good. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
A compact set of humorous, garbled phrases labeled boners from eighteenth century exams and essays. It references incorrect terms like Caviar as a tropical disease and misattributed lines, reflecting early humor in schooling texts.
The Fish and Game Commission adopted a plan to reduce crow populations citing their threat to game birds crops and songbirds and approved county bounties and crow hunts. They also opened year round sucker fishing and set trout season to begin April first in designated streams with 80 plus streams named. Deputy wardens report northward duck migration aided by open water and milder winter.
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