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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1931
Page
4
Classified ads list various items for sale including fur niture, livestock two purebred pigs, firewood, windmill parts, and a range of office supplies. Notices mention prices, contact names, and locations in Elgin Iowa and nearby towns.
Alonzo Han cock tester for Aasa No 3 oversaw unloading of a carload of soybean oil meal at Randalia this week for association members and others. The meal, produced in Centerville from locally grown beans, contains 40 to 44 percent protein and is rising in popularity as a protein supplement, with Fayette county’s large soybean acreage monitored for this venture.
Local notes record numerous visits and gatherings across Oak Grove Elgin Garnav ille and Elkader with families including Baumgartners Dennlers Christens and Hansons. Highlights include pheasant hunting trip to Pearl Lake and multiple Sunday dinners and supper visits.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Sires spent Sunday with relatives in Dorchester New Albin and Lansing. The Baptist Ladies Mission Society met yesterday at Mrs Louise Millers Clermont with Mrs Ed Buser assisting hostess. For Sale rubber stamps Echo Office 35c each or 3 for 1.00 former price 60c each. 20tfhe.
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture covers feed labeling and formula differences. Frost precursors include clear skies and low wind. radiation and air mixing affect frost. Tree trunk growth occurs at the top. side limbs stay fixed. Local brief items note residents Fulb and Schori, plus a local ad tip urging careful Echo advertising.
Irate wife confronts a late returning husband with the line Well what have you to say He replies I m glad I m not Solo mon in a terse exchange that captures domestic humor and a punning moment.
Deputy H A Bilts reports twenty five jail inmates as of October 81, with ten charged with bootlegging, two with driving while intoxicated, two for liquor nuisance, two for forgery, two for auto thefts, and single counts for sale of worthless securities, carrying concealed weapon, alimony nonpayment, extortion, breaking and entering, forged checks, and resisting an officer. The count up from sixteen last year and about double the four years ago shows rising crime and jail population, Argo Gazette.
An Irish traffic officer stops a speeder and quips about the permit. The speeder jokes he has it in his pocketbook, prompting the officer to say if it’s present no verification is needed. Echo Office in Elgin offers wedding invitations in print or engraving.
Community press reports rail service questions with patronage concerns while Skelly Oil pays $5000 bond for a gas plant franchise. The firm planned gas expansion but cites weak finances. A Preston area check writer defrauds Crasco merchants with forged or fictitious funds.
Mr and Mrs George Vaughn hosted relatives from near Strawberry Point Sunday. The event followed by a note to read the Echo Ads, described as paying. Turkeys geese and chickens were mentioned as part of the preparation and meals.
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