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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1938
Page
1
A notice sets admission at one dollar for a Watch Society gathering on Thursday March 19 1938. The event details appear in a brief local notice with emphasis on the fixed price and date.
George Waldron announces candidacy for sheriff of Fayette County in the Republican primaries to be decided by voters. Also seeks renomination for Fayette County Treasurer in the Republican primary on June 6 1988.
W. P. Lauer announces candidacy for the 1939 term as a member of the board of supervisors. The term begins January 1, 1939, contingent on Republican primary voters' decision.
Announcement notices list candidates for Fayette county offices. Harry R. Humphry seeks Republican nomination for supervisor in 1998 primary June 6. Sumner Frisch seeks Republican sheriff nomination in June primary. Also Myran E Talcott seeks Democratic supervisor nomination for 1939 term with primary June 6 1938.
The Iowa Taxpayers association says if the national debt were paid today it would cost each family of five 2171.50, making households appear more in debt than their records show. Public debt has grown over 1000 percent since 1924 while state local debts rose fourfold. Interest costs alone total 1.7 billion yearly, a burden per family of five. Oelwein Register.
The Elgin Concert Band will present a masquerade dance at the Elgin Opera House on Saturday evening March 28 with Carpenter's orchestra providing music and the band performing the grand march.
A critical column mocks future pensions and the Social Security fund, contrasting Cromwell's hypothetical million dollar gift with a claim that funds have been spent. It notes a 46 day Senate filibuster against an anti lynching bill with 140 hours of debate and 49 roll calls, highlighting Ellender's 40 hour stretch.
A Sumner Gazette reader recalls humorous newspaper headlines that caused laughter across the state. Notable examples include Snowy Day for Sale and Two Cylinder Girls Visit at Southwest of Westgate, with a tease about Payette Co Farm Has Bugs and Peculiar, Missouri.
A record crowd attended a Dikader banquet featuring Strickland Gillian as guest of honor. The menu included 15 hams, 22 pounds each, 150 pounds of potatoes, 15 roasters of escalloped potatoes, juice cocktails, crackers, corn, rolls, pickles, dessert powder, cheese, pineapple, lettuce, angel food cake, ice cream, coffee, milk, cream and butter. University of Iowa physicians warn it may take a year to judge eye injuries to Donald Morrison from a tear gas bomb in the Oelwein jail. District Judge Eichen dorf freed him, noting the defendant was in bad shape. University Theatre at Upper Iowa sets March 18 and 21 for The Taming of the Shrew, under Prof. D. C. Eyssen, praised as a standout Shakespeare production.
Frank Both reviews Bring Em Back Alive an adventure memoir of Buck leading a tiger and other beasts across oceans and islands with fearless feats. Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts recounts Major Rogers and the French War era frontier set of New England as Indian fighters and frontier craft.
The fragment references a March 25 1938 municipal election with J Harrington as Clerk and judges C D Torkelson H W Falk acting. mentions license for three pool tables and a council adjournment amid unrelated lines about a tragic figure ending in Fleet Prison.
Town council regular session at the town hall with Mayor Becker and five councilors present. Minutes approved and bills audited by unanimous vote listing salaries, utilities, supplies, and services including Central States Power & Light, N W Bell, Elgin Echo, Fayette County, Elgin Oil, and other vendors.
Paul Zurbriggen and Kenneth Pang among twenty two UCLA athletes awarded gold footballs at a March 4 chapel. Coach Doc Dorman presented the gifts on behalf of the college and student body to honor the undefeated 1937 football team.
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