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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1935
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise publishes weekly on Thursday mornings with Elizabeth Priest as local editor and member of state and national press associations. The paper is entered as second class mail in Clermont Iowa, Fayette County.
Cler mont residents report carpenters work on the Miller flat occupied by Mr and Mrs Albert Lubke. Other items note births marriages visits and social events in the Clermont area including a hospital birth to Mr and Mrs Walter Everman and reports on local homes and clubs.
Dinner guests in the Anson Priest home Sunday included Mr and Mrs H L Gordon and Jean of Oelwein Mr and Mrs George V Larson and Kathryn Mrs Kate Horan and Frances Mrs Susanna Gordon Clarice Dugstad and Dan McGreevey
Doahe Shaw Okla Local merchants carry large stocks of seasonable merchandise and sell them as cheap as the same quality merchandise can be bought elsewhere. The motto of your merchants is personal attention. They are stores of better service. They realize that competition in service is the life of trade. Local merchants are filled with courtesy and give all customers attention. Regular advertisers in this newspaper are a credit to your city. Read the advertisements before you buy and patronize your local merchants.
Iowa lawmakers face criticism as the chain store tax bill enters state debate. The Eldora Herald Ledger notes oil industry opposition and potential shutdowns pressuring changes. The Lansing Journal urges fairness and removal of harmful provisions to avert hardship and job losses.
New Hampton Tribune reports a traveling man survived an auto crash while away with a woman. He asked to keep it out of the paper to spare his wife and himself embarrassment, but the paper presents the incident as a caution to local girls to guard their reputations.
Fred W. Schneider of West Union resigns as a trustee and superintendent of the Templar hotel at Templar Park Spirit Lake after fifteen years, citing health and conflict with his own business duties. The Nashua Reporter notes a nickel club addition after a subscriber prepaid forty nickels.
The assistant attorney general ruled Iowa teachers may collect a $50 minimum monthly salary starting next school year, even if their contract is at a lower figure. The new law takes effect July 1, 1935, with no conflict with existing contracts.
Seventy five per cent of voters do not stop to think what makes government bonds in demand at low rates. They will learn later when taxes rise that moneyed classes buy these non taxable investments to dodge taxes. The money classes are getting from under.
The piece lists flowers by month and discusses an Iowa House bill on driver licenses with a July 1 effective date. It criticizes the $0.25 fee as too low, calls for examinations, and notes Postmaster Farley’s order reversal affecting door-to-door advertising. It also mentions local editorial opinions about state politics, a Fayette County representative, and Upper Town senior day with 100 high schools invited.
The Sumner Gazette outlines Iowa chain store tax provisions signed by Gov Clyde L Herring. It lists tax per unit 5 to 155 dollars, a gross receipts tax from 25 to 476000, payment dates starting July 1 1935, exemptions for cooperatives farmers and others, funds to general state, penalties 6 percent plus 1 percent monthly, administration by the state board, 25000 set up with repayment, and a 3 percent admin cap on receipts.
KNOW IOWA notes Iowa farms are worth more than those in 23 states combined while Iowa ranks 24th in size. It cites coal beds in the south central quarter, common oaks maples elms and cottonwoods, with pine and cedar on bluff areas. It mentions 1803 US entry via the Louisiana Purchase and names Dubuque Bellevue and Bonaparte as historic links. The US agricultural census flags farm subdivision continuing nationally.
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