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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1938
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise published Thursday mornings under editor Elizabeth Priest as a member of Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association. The paper is entered as second class mail matter at Clermont in Fayette County Iowa.
Fred Biermann argues that expanding foreign trade is essential for U S farm prices and overall prosperity. He compares Iowa’s $2.915 billion assessed value to 1987 export and import totals, noting exports exceeded the state value by $480 million and imports by about $200 million, and contends trade policy could triple current volumes. He recalls a 1865 Norway letter, noting cheaper international postage today.
The piece recalls a northeast Iowa pioneer story about receiving a letter from the old country in 1865. It notes 1865 as near the era when Heinrich von Stephan founded the International Postal Union about 66 years earlier, contrasting 90 cents transit on German ships and $1.26 on British ships with modern low rates.
The piece covers a proposal to tax gasoline less if it contains 10 percent alcohol from farm products, suggesting industry growth for farm goods. It also notes opposition to a war profits bill, calling it a fascist blueprint, plus Democratic primary clashes in Kentucky and Illinois. It ends with details on Roosevelt press conferences and gendered attendee patterns.
The Augusta Wisconsin Union urges drivers to protect children on streets, arguing cars cannot replace a crushed life and praising the editor’s call to motorists to think while driving. It stresses the value of boys at play and the need for caution on the road.
The text notes that Mercury does not freeze at ordinary temperatures and is used in thermometers. It explains Mercury would solidify at about thirty eight degrees below zero Fahrenheit.
A Kansas City Star snippet shows a woman recounting that a mother used a new steam cooker once before declaring she is a housekeeper not an engineer. The remark captures a humorous foil to early domestic technology debates.
A Clermont area column lists numerous calls and visits across neighboring towns. Residents such as Claude and Parker Gress, Mrs. Brandt and Mrs. Olines, Roy Tatro, Emah Larson, and many others are noted with social calls, hospital updates, and travel to Cedar Falls, Maynard, Independence, and other locales. The piece also mentions a local bridge club gathering and a creamery purchase by Frank Shipton of Chester. A Nevada tax comparison concludes the column with commentary on tax structures.
A courtroom exchange shows a lawyer probing a young man about work and earnings with snappy replies. The witness notes his father sits on the jury, suggesting potential bias. The scene has a satirical tone typical of American Magazine humor.
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