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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1935
Page
2
The congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church was postponed due to bad weather. A pot luck dinner at noon will precede the meeting. Local notices recap visits, family guests, and community events, including school contests and plays. The piece notes multiple residents visiting in West Union, Waterloo, and Elgin, with brief bios and social updates.
The text presents a fragment about the area of Turkey, stating 204,192 square miles, and notes emphasis on reading forward or backward. It lacks clear event or person names and appears as a nonspecific prompt or trivia fragment.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Schneider thank friends and Elgin German Band for gifts and music at a shower held last Thursday evening at the Elgin opera house with warm wishes from the community.
A great Assyrian stone dog once stood on a cliff overlooking the river mouth and sea near Beirut Syria. When wind blew from a certain direction the hollow head emitted howls terrifying locals. The bravest pushed the giant statue over the cliff into the sea where it remains visible at low tide.
A Hebrides islander seeks more police service as Iona, lacking cars, bikes, and roads, continues with a single policeman each week. The visiting officer travels from Mull by sea and departs for the next weekly round, leaving the community to manage until then.
Foreign governments may select representatives to study at the United States Military Academy and request congressional action. Congress can authorize their graduation by a special act, but these men do not receive commissions in the U S Army.
In Roosevelt's era Mexico was deeply indebted to foreign powers and Germany sent a note to collect. Roosevelt framed it as a Monroe Doctrine breach and the United States collected the debts on behalf of the creditors.
Six income tax assistants to aid farmers in Mayotte county during the week of May 18. Richard Stolle Edna Brause and Lester Bachtell will staff banks and town halls in clerical outreach, guiding filers through net income rules and allowable business deductions.
The Forestry Department at Iowa State College will establish windbreak demonstrations in five Fayette County townships this spring. Demonstrations use trees from the Forestry Department nursery at low cost, featuring species such as Norway Spruce and Douglas Fir. G R Ramsay, extension forester, surveyed plots March 5 and will assist with planting and line out. Participants include R C Stell Fremont, Paul Davis Oran, Walter Rothlisberger Ilyria, L D Hitch Union, and W A Lauer Dover townships.
Field Secretary Harry D. Linn of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association will visit Fayette County March 19 and 20 for a demonstration on multiple hitches and colt breaking. On Tuesday March 19 at 12 30 pm he will speak at J A Medberry's home in Illyria Township. The event invites all county residents to attend. He is expected to show five and six horse hitches and the Shandowey hitch for four or five horses, followed by a live colt breaking demonstration.
Fresh water mussel shells are used mainly for shell button production. Unsuitable shells may be sold for wine, stucco, and poultry grit if enough quantity exists. They may also be spread over ready as 18 done with oyster shells in some seas tons.
Fragmentary reflection on poetry expressed across song, statement, and action. It hints at lyric epic and dramatic forms, suggesting poetry lives in multiple modes beyond written verse.
Dr H H Wolf planned to attend a medical meeting in Cedar Rapids Wednesday afternoon and evening. Emil Schneider drove to West Beat Sunday for business and to see friends, returning the first of the week. Mr and Mrs Warren Harrington and Mr and Mrs L O Koevenig and Jimmie of Postville visited in the C J Harrington home Sunday. J B McCoy of Cedar Rapids arrived in Elgin Tuesday on business and stayed with R P Strauch. Rev Thos Stoer of St Louis officiated at Louis Lehman’s funeral yesterday. Rev Stoeri met B J Baumgartner and the Schori family in Cedar Rapids Tuesday. Ben Schori’s sixth birthday was noted at the C B Schori home last Thursday. Mrs Ray DeSart to host M E Ladies Aid first division this Thursday afternoon. Rural school directors elected Monday include Hans Winkler Pleasant Valley No 2 George Metzger Dist No 9 and Herman Boyer Dist 4. The New Richmond News notes men paying 2 to 5 dollars a quart for inferior liquor and negotiating over a small print run. Mr and Mrs F L Sires of Benson visited Elgin Tuesday afternoon, then Postville, returning Wednesday for Lon Lehman funeral and visits.
Fayette county land deals dominate. Listings note 109 acres east of Fayette with buildings and a $1,500 down mortgage. 80 acres near Clermont and West Union with owner financing. a modern 23 room hotel for sale with furniture. 184 acre West Union farm with electric light and water. multiple farms near Weat Union Fayette and Elgin with varied prices, terms, and improvements. Agencies seek buyers and offer financing options across Fayette Bremer Black Hawk Chickasaw Butler Floyd and surrounding counties.
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