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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1934
Page
4
Local want ads outline rates, payments, and services for Elgin and surrounding areas, detailing per insertion costs, handling charges, and telephonic payments. Notices mention stove sales, loan inquiries, calf shipments, and club offers for Echo and Enterprise outlets. Names, places, and dates include Elgin, Tucson, Waterloo, and Sylvis with multiple individuals.
Broad sketches of lawmakers from California Texas Florida and New York with notes on Lea Fish Patman Blanton Britten and Wilcox. Observations on Byrd wireless broadcasts and the evolving view of Bryan era policies plus a reminiscence on Washington trees and Whistler’s mother portrait stamps.
R W Angus argues newspapers rely on ads to inform thrifty readers and guide purchases. He notes women are major buyers and ads save time and money while missing ads would deprive households of opportunities and essential news.
Invitation to a May 29 school picnic and program with music, drills, recitations, and an operetta led by students. Miss Meyer honored with a birthday gathering at her home, gifts and refreshments provided by local families.
Antiquarians note France’s ministry of fine arts studies salvage of two boat rafts laden with Roman era marble and stone works sunk in the Rhone. Items once removed from Arles include porphyry columns and tomb reliefs taken during Catherine de Medici and Charles IX’s era and later efforts under Napoleon.
A New York Times report says scholars challenge the Verona romance, claiming the Capulets were not a family and that Juliet’s house legend sprang from local tradition rather than history. They plan to replace the wall tablet to reflect this view, though belief may persist.
In the Irish Free State potato growers claim slimming fads cut potato demand as lemon consumption surges. National Farmers' union figures show fried potatoes rotted last year and a record 52 million lemons sold in one month, up 20 million from the prior year. The emir of Katema shuns taxis, preferring to walk during a Europe visit, walking across Central Africa to Mecca as a pilgrimage.
In Austria deception on police registration forms will no longer be crime but a misdemeanor. Fines or brief imprisonment may apply for false names at hotels and incorrect details such as age religion or marital status.
Police in Moracaka Ostrava arrest a band of chief beggars who headed a large begging ring. Masters earners reportedly collected from 2500 to 5000 dollars yearly and supplied fed clothes and housing to followers who paid at least 50 cents daily to their chief.
Four crates of Africa's locusts signed to London by the Kenyan government arrived at Croydon airport aboard an Imperial Airways liner. The insects will be used in research to combat locust swarms in Africa as part of an Imperial effort.
A Kansas City Times snappy lead notes a strained companionate marriage with a joke about losing a spouse's address. The quip contrasts a suburb housing boom with a sharp jab at an estate agent, illustrating local social wit.
Elgin lost three seniors by graduation while posting 17 hits seven home runs by Frieden Steele and Krueger amid a 17 to 9 win over Wadena. Frieden started, Steele relieved in the 8th, and Wadena had 14 hits with two homers. Batting averages feature Frieden 0.875 Evans 0.846 Meyer 3 5 7 and others. Also noted is a Commercial News item: honor for World O G A contest and upcoming shorthand typewriting demonstrations.
Juniors enjoyed a Wednesday evening weiner roast with most of the class present though some were absent due to illness. Clermonts baseball nine played Elgin and Cheery Valley teams Sunday. Elgin won 8 to 7. Rudy Yunker learned of his sister Maria Zbinden's death in Switzerland, two weeks after his niece Frances Skarshaug finished school at Collins and returned home for summer vacation. Frances was reelected for a sixth consecutive year at the school.
Jane Falk has been ill with measles and pneumonia for the past week. Mr and Mrs Clifton Bailey of Arlington spent last Sunday with her mother, Mrs.
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