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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1933
Page
8
Cheery Valley families and relatives including Mrs Behtipbach Mrs Jake Buttkofér Mrs Sam Lehman and Mrs Dan Butikofer hosted and visited across Elkader West Union and nearby farms. George Leuchtenmacher Mindle Butikofer and multiple Hansons attended dinners quilting parties and Sunday visits at Hanson Bros Friederich and Meyer homes with several hospitality gatherings.
Ed Meteger home hosts Aden Hanson Lucille Hanson and George Christen with Jake Dennler and families visiting Clarence Hofer Wednesday. Walter Butikofer and Harry Dennler dinner guests Friday at Jake Butikofer home. Alice Hanson spent night with Ellen Hanson. Mrs. Fred Butikofer and Ramona stayed with O T Knudtson family. Will Chase Jake Frieden families visited Rosa Schlupp’s home. Ida Frieden helped move to Will Yearous farm. Emil Dennler Sunday with Hanson Bros. Jake Christen Martin Hanson with Frank Christen Sunday. Saverdl ladies quilted at Adolph Hanson home. Jake Dennler entertained friends at a card party. Fred Hanson visited Adolph Hanson Wednesday.
Illyria items list neighbors and relatives visiting homes around Frieden, Hermen, Shaffer, and Cummings households. Guests include Elmer Frieden, Alvina Frieden, John Rothlinberger, Adolph Hanson, Ida Frieden, Marie Frieden, and others with brief notes on local gatherings and music event participation at Oelwein.
Near Volga City supper guests at Walter Rothlisberger home last Wednesday. Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs C L Klingman. Next month they will meet with Mr Alton Medberry Rex Medberry and family spent last Sunday at Lew Lehman home. Ed Wenger and son Gene were guests Sunday at Thea Ogle home. Ide Frieden stayed with Harry Frieden family near Elkader. Mrs Andrew Yearous visited Mr and Mrs Raymond Benson Friday afternoon. Mrs Albert Schupbach and daughters Ruth Naomi and George and Lena Schupbach of Cheery Valley were guests at Gottfred Frieden home last Wednesday.
Mrs Ole Johnson of Wadena attended a Dorcas Society meeting at Clarence Anderson home in Gunder on Saturday. Mae Guisvig of Etkader visited here. Roy Combs of Elkader called a Farm Bureau ladies meeting for Lena Clark’s home, but attendance was too small and postponed. Walter Martie and family moved to a farm near Postville. District No 56 had no school Monday and held a business meeting at the schoolhouse.
The Echo invites readers to submit reports news items and general happenings from the town and surrounding community. Residents are urged to cooperate by delivering news to the office to help print items of general interest.
A special execution issued March 9 1998 in The Equitable Life Assurance Society v Walter H Murphy et al directs sale of the Northwest Quarter of Section 21 Township 95 North Range 10 West in Fayette County Iowa. The sale is set for April 20 1933 at 2:00 PM in front of the Court House Door West Union Iowa to satisfy the judgment and costs with Sheriff H J Nehring overseeing. property listed as 160 acres more or less.
A reader in the Ooelwein Daily Register argues against wage cuts for city and state workers. They warn lower wages may increase reliance on public aid and reduce overall demand, noting that even with wage cuts, businesses may not recover if workers spend less on goods beyond necessities.
The schedule lists U I at Iowa City on April 22 and May dates including Carleton at Northfield May 4 or 5, State Teachers at Cedar Falls May 12, Michigan State Normal at Fayette May 13, Carleton at Fayette May 16, Iowa State at Fayette May 17, T S T C at Fayette May 20, Iowa at Fayette May 23, Luther at Fayette May 30 or June 3, and Luther at Decorah on June 6.
Dr. Chas Mayo warned that doctors bear blame if the public remains misinformed and credited newspapers for medical education. He noted that medical ethics oppose advertising, except for quoting service prices like grocer specials. He argued doctors could promote disease prevention without breaching ethics.
Farmers welcomed a heavy snowfall overnight and into Sunday morning, estimating about a foot of snow on the ground. The blanket will aid soil preparation for spring work and support new seeding and land renewal. Echo news brief notes the impact on farming activity.
Deputy Warden F. E B. Becker reports that Frank Crickhom of Postville owns a fort in Chems ey where a flock of pheasants and quail moved in after two failed corn years. The birds, protected land, multiply to 42 pheasants and about 60 quail and help control pests, improving yields. The grandson of Mr Blocksom feeds them year round.
Reports from across the state note the spring flight of ducks and geese, with Pintail Mallards and Baldpates arriving in numbers. Winter fox hunting yielded 11 red and 11 gray foxes by Castalia residents Elmer Schultz and his brother without dogs, while John Powell of Postville took 7 red and 1 gray fox. Social notes mention a party for Bessie Anderson and Martha Berg, Falk's weekly specials, and visits by Paul Dean of Waukegan to Elgin. Family birthdays and a blood poisoning case from a finger pimple are also recorded, along with jig saw party prizes for Kenneth Evans and friends.
The New Hampton Trilune Gazette notes Connecticut once restricted tobacco use for those under twenty and barred use more than once daily within ten miles of homes. It mocks the era’s foolish laws while contrasting with modern freedoms to choose and enjoy many tobacco forms.
Mr. Dyer told the Community Club that proper employment inducements can halt urban outflow. He cited population shifts from cities to smaller towns and argued residents will stay if small communities offer the same opportunities and pleasures as cities. Progressive towns are acting on this.
Arthur Brisbane notes oats vary from 6 to 42 9-B cents a bushel across western farms to 16 3 8 cents in Chicago and up to 42 9 8 cents delivered in New Jersey. Transportation to the final consumer costs 34 to 86 cents, five times the farmer’s price, signaling a broken distribution system.
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