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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1931
Page
4
Historic Elgin classifies Want Ads offering windmill repairs, farm timber land, oak posts and potatoes, Holstein cattle, Chester White boar, farm equipment, and rental notices. Listings name contact persons such as C J Harrington Henry Mark Gottlieb Puffer Albert Butikofer Henry Holzer Mrs Martin Wenger Henkes and the Echo Office Elgin. Prices vary from 7 to 25 cents per item with batch rates and dates noted.
A column discusses language and slang from the past, noting the verb hike’s journey from English provinces to America and its modern sense, and recalling Admiral Mark Kerr’s remark that gadget appeared in navy usage as far back as 1877. Various quips and humorous exchanges accompany the piece.
Dr. C. Purdy of Buckley Michigan displays a stone arrowhead in his drug store. Recovered from a blue goose shot at Buckeye Lake Ohio the arrowhead is Indian made suggesting the bird’s age. A hunter friend killed the goose with a shotgun.
June Dixon and her bantam hen surprised household when the domesticated bird, hidden on the second floor, laid an egg between two dolls in a carriage after entering the house unnoticed, then announced the feat with eight loud cackles.
A brief workplace exchange reveals a boss firing a new secretary after an alleged fatal error. The assistant questions the lack of experience, while the boss insists the error warranted immediate dismissal. The secretary had just been hired that morning.
Novelist Carl Van Vechten spoke in Greenwich Village about poor earnings from writing. He warned that the only truly successful novel is the one that enables a living or another form of gain.
In a public exchange, Senator Sorghum and his rival clash over language use. The dialogue highlights their focus on rhetoric, grammar, and perceived sharpness rather than substantive policy.
A woman muses on learning to love as remarks about happiness arise. He recalls a costly first outing, noting the season coat cost eighteen dollars. The exchange hints at emotional stakes and financial strain in a budding relationship.
Dialogue captures a maid assuring thorough cleaning, responding to a complaint about cleanliness. The banter highlights attention to sweeping under carpets and the maid’s insistence on cleanliness in the parlor setting.
Clara Meuhlenthaler and Lucy Christen were dinner guests at the Jake Christen home. Various families from Cheery Valley and nearby towns visited friends and relatives in Elkader Decorah Merrill and Garnaville, including the Leuchtenmacher, Friederich, Dender, Spicalski, and Hanson households. a district No. 8 event and a birthday gathering for Joseph Inge were noted.
Birds attacked tender pine seedlings in a Texas nursery despite scarecrows. Thousands of plants were destroyed until farmers fed oats between rows, drawing birds to the grain and sparing the remaining seedlings.
A brief aphorism notes that the measure of your cultivation lies in the quality of care you give others, not the breadth of your talents, reflecting on personal virtue and usefulness.
Grand Meadow News reports a string of social visits and gatherings around Eskader last week. Martin Halverson and Rudy Reinforth called on local households, sewing circles met, and several families hosted dinners and Sunday visits among neighbors and kin.
Printer offers wedding invitations either print or engraved in finest work. Visit Echo Office in Elgin to order. Price listed as 82 tfp.
A Milaca news item recounts a woman in Salvation Army attire soliciting donations, then entering a luxury car with a well dressed man and driving off. The piece warns readers to demand substantial identification beyond a cap or cape before giving to fundraisers.
In our forties we don't bounce as well as in our twenties and recall mainly the bad oases while forgetting the lucky breaks.
A Norbert accepted payment of four bushels of oats and three cents for his services, reflecting a simple barter style transaction recorded in the local trade notes.
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