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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
3
Local editor Marjorie Scheel reports a notice restricting trespassing and hunting on the Larrabee property including Daniels land and Warner farm, prohibiting any entry or hunting activities. This message serves as a local property safety alert and legal reminder to stay off the land.
The piece argues enforcement is a core R in safety efforts and urges strict adherence to existing speed laws. It calls for police to enforce 25 mph limits and for courts to show backbone, resisting leniency and adjusting limits only when truly safe.
Two Iowa brothers Dr. L. T. Reed of Gravity and Dr. Guy Reed of Davis City went to Fowler Colorado after hearing of their brother Joe Reed's death. Arriving for the funeral they found Joe alive and well, having survived a stroke that would typically be fatal.
Cartagena, Colombia, is identified as the oldest Spanish settlement in the New World, reflecting its historic status in early Spanish colonial expansion and territorial foundation.
Capitol News notes Iowa gasoline tax refunds rising with farm use and tractor demand as 1939 refunds trend higher than 1938. It highlights Young Democrats holding a Des Moines convention May 28 29, with Edward Breen as banquet toastmaster and Senator Guy M. Gillette and Secretary Henry Wallace among expected speakers. Appleby’s Iowa visit is viewed as prepping the state delegation for a national bid, not crop data gathering.
Congressman Ben Jensen of Extra stopped at the state house during a recess to meet Governor George A. Wilson and speak to the press. He toured his seventh district, noted limited calls to defend bills, and shared constituent concerns about President Roosevelt approving Argentina canned beef purchases for the navy.
The governor, an orator and former star ball player, threw the first ball in the state high school tournament at Manson last week. He watched two games then traveled to Menlo, his old hometown, where he mounted a platform and gave the commencement address to the Menlo High School class. It notes that thirty nine years earlier he was a member of the same graduating class.
A brief item from the latest dispatch is labeled No 20 marking a specific entry in the sequence. The notice notes the numbering system and its use for cataloging upcoming or reported items.
Clermont notes a busy week with Supt Theodore Ressler visiting, guests across local families, a May 18 birth of a son to Glen and Mrs Nygaard, and several church and social events. Residents welcomed visitors from Osage Mason City West Union and Canoe, with dinners, debuts, and a May Day ceremony at St Peter’s. Local service stations and shops advertise convenience and employment changes.
The dog Verna Lee owned by Gitchell Bros. Arlington won the spring futurity consolation at the Greyhound National Coursing meet in Abilene Kansas, ending Sunday of last week. Barbara Lee and Clyde Lee, entries owned by Gitchell Bros., advanced to the fourth and second rounds of the futurity and sapling stakes respectively.
The ad copy urges readers to use want ads to sell “the greatest undeveloped territory in the world” sitting under your hat, promising results and encouraging action through classified advertising.
Rumors circulated that editor Frank Clark of the Titonka newspaper in Kossuth County had died after illness. Residents in Algona, the county seat, were startled by the report but he later appeared in good health, with a prior false death claim reported at Garner and on KGLO radio.
A Burma family shares cheroots up to two feet long as a social habit. In Sioux City two high school students swallowed a baby sparrow each before biology class. The instructor warned that the birds would digest easily and the boys reported no ill effects after twelve hours.
A fragment notes the mountain beaver described by a jeweller as a unique rodent in Oregon and Washington coast country. It mentions John VII, king of Poland, reportedly saving Vienna from the Turks with Kara Mustapha and halting a Jowjem onslaught on European civilization.
A Chicago grain elevator blaze last week caused at least eight deaths and destroyed over $2,000,000 in property. The Echo reports a dust explosion fed flames across multiple elevators with dramatic blasts and wide destruction. Dick Bates provided exclusive photos.
Massed crowds attended the Eucharistic Congress in Algeria as Cardinal Jean Verdier broadcast in papal legate form. The event featured conferences on diplomacy and peace linking France, papal nuncios, and government officials. Pope Pius blessed the gathering and renewed efforts toward peace.
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