15 Mar 1934
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1934
Page
1
A Parkerburg Eclipse editorial contrasts two citizen types. It praises the booster who pays taxes, supports schools, and funds improvements, and condemns the cynical nonparticipant who complains but never helps. It urges readers to classify themselves and choose renewal.
The article extols country newspapers over big dailies, praising small town papers for uplifting content. It highlights community focus on business, church events, social gatherings, marriages, births, deaths, and daily rural life as the backbone of the nation. It urges readers to support local ads, noting Christian Advertisers.
Friday morning about fifty friends of Mr and Mrs C W Doty of Highland invited into their home for a pleasant surprise in honor of their tenth wedding anniversary. The item also notes a snow storm, local caucus results, a rusty nail injury, a snake sighting, money loss, and local prices including sugar and flour in Clermont area.
The Northwestern Bell Telephone Co expects 1934 Iowa construction expenditures to reach 2,780,000, about one third more than 1933. Most funds will replace and improve lines, with 434,060 earmarked for adding facilities. In six months, Iowa gains 3,600 telephones as 168 exchanges handle about 205,000 local calls daily, signaling busier times.
A Grundy Register report notes a winter union of Iowa farmers, stronger than before, with better teamwork across corn loans and hog bonuses. The movement is described as farm relief that will aid the farming industry in the years to come.
The B Y P U met last Sunday evening with Ray Gilbert leading the discussion. The group motto is We Study We May Serve and aims to grow church membership. Thomas will speak next Sunday on The Second Coming of Christ.
Selmar Holm and family and Josephine Gregarson spent Sunday afternoon at Tom Holm home in Gunder. Mrs Henry R. Larson visited Henry Mark home. Mrs Elmer Benson assisted Geo Landsgaard’s wife. Marie Kirkeberg visited Reuben Mark home. H T Loftsgard of St Olaf guests in N T Loftsgard home. quilting party hosted by N T Loftsgard. Amna Brorby of Ames visited Oscar Lind home. Mrs Gilbert Loftsgard stayed with Nela Largon in Clermont to care for ill mother Mrs Larson. Reuben Mark visited Elkhader. Tom Holm helped George Landsgaard with butchering. H E Landsgaard benign business caller in Gunder. Lyle Olson and family moved to Martin Olson farm near St Olaf to help farm next year. Otto Gisleson family guests of Embret Gunderson in Highland Twp. K Olson and son Clarence visited Orville Paige near West Union. Leslie Laniz family dinner guests in T T Loftsgard. Mrs Odegard spending week in Otto Gisleton home. Mrs Gilbert Halverson visited Helmer Loftsgard. A O G Wold C K Hoag and families from St Olaf, and H B Landsgaard family from Clermont, dinner guests of Mrs B Nelson. Stella Kiosa and Bessie Anderson left for Cedar Falls to attend college for three months. Mrs J Anderson and son Kenneth accompanied them to town. Friends and neighbors held farewell surprise for Reuben Mark family with cards and games. midnight refreshments served. Mark family to move to new home. Funeral of Mrs Melvin Peterson at Norway church reported. Mrs Peterson died at home near Postville Friday. Lena Schupbach of Cherry Valley visited Sam Lehman home Wednesday to Friday. Try paying to trade at home.
A garbled historical snippet references Sir Philip Sidney, spontaneous combustion, measles, a sausage sandwich, Minnehaha slang, Bassanio dialogue, vitamin as coal, and prehistoric Egypt fashion. The disjointed lines resemble a pasted OCR fragment from a late source, containing misheard terms and nonsensical pairings.
The Iowa state board accepted the land for a state scenic and recreational area in a Monday Des Moines ceremony. H A Shhaefer and A D Finch delivered the signed deed and county funds. abstracts are being prepared by Miss Elsie Smith. The board will pay the former owners and engineer J R Fitzsimmons will survey the tract and plan improvements, including a dam for an artificial lake to be built this summer. A crew of 24 CWA workers began clearing debris and repairing the Little Elephant lime kiln to create footpaths in the area.
Mrs. Frieda Etter was ill and confined to bed most of last week. Vivian Schave stays with Otto Krueger family while finishing school work at Clermont. George Schave family moved to Castalia and she will join them after school ends. Rob Grimes and daughters visited Mr Grimes' parents near West Union. Lester Chase newlyweds hosted a miscellaneous shower at the Hermen home in Highland Township.
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