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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1935
Page
4
The notice outlines ROIS want ad pricing: up to 25 words at 25 cents per insertion, 1 cent per word beyond 25, plus optional 10 cent weekly handling for replies. Cash with order. no charge accounts. Telephoning allowed but payment due month end. Monthly billing incurs 10 cent per line. Also reports chain letters dying locally, no one received more than a dime, requests local reports before next Thursday.
A congressman sought medical advice after a painful infection and a quip about giving up talking. Newton merchants spent 120 on their first rooster day as farmers delivered 6000 pounds of roosters at a two cent premium above market price. Advertisers hope Echo readers notice their ads.
A column surveys federal spending from the navy to legislative costs and notes the high price of government. It discusses Roosevelt's planned veto of the Patman bill and historic customs of presidents delivering messages in person. It ends with maggots and allantoin as a healing aids.
A tribute to printers highlights a prominent statue of Benjamin Franklin on Pennsylvania Avenue. The square pedestal bears the words Patriot Philosopher Philanthropist on three sides and Printer on the front, a self description Franklin favored. Sincerely, Fred Biermann. Want to sell? Then try a want ad.
Friday visits by Rev. T N Nielson of West Union and Rev S W Cass of Hawkeye mark a week of social calls. Fayette residents Frederick Lauer and Burton Warren joined Elgin friends while several others hosted dinners, picnics, and church activities. A high school baseball game saw Elgin fall 12 to 9 to Fayette. Relatives traveled to Postville and Waterloo for family events and missionary furlough reports, with tributes at a funeral for Dr Roy De Sart and remarks on local business retirees adjusting to retirement.
A short humorous piece features banter about coffee and cement then a teacher posing a math problem to Tommy Brown. The boy replies with Mash the Potatoes, highlighting a playful joke about sharing four potatoes among five children.
Oak Grove News notes many social visits across families in the West Union area including the Gilson and Howard households. F. L. Gilson of Kansas State Teachers College gave a lecture recital at the West Union commencement, while others hosted and visited relatives in the region. The article also mentions drouth relief freight rates expiring and Muscatine’s dismissal of thirteen married teachers challenging the district court.
Notice to settle all accounts due the Stoehr Drug Company of Elgin by June 1, 1985 or they will be turned over to a collector. After that date legal costs will be added to the original amount. A8e Stoehr Drug Co., Elgin. Roosevelt has 405 millions to give to cities a headline claims to spur work relief, with commentary on cities and exhibitions. Old newspapers 6 cents per bunch at Echo office.
Spectators roar as May 30 marks the climax of a five hour race for a $100000 prize. Pete DePaolo once held a 101.13 mph record, later broken by Fred Frame, Louis Meyer, and Wild Bill Cummings, with the current 104.863 mph track record. Firestone engineers highlight safety and tire innovation as central to these feats.
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