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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is published every Thursday by R. P. Strauch. It is entered in the Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
A column mixes hunting anecdotes with college football flair. Tales include near Lawler sightings yielding one skunk and two cottontails, plus a near Notre Dame upset by Iowa City fans, ending 7 to 6. Local humor and reader letters mingle with short jests and civic notes.
A compiled list notes Francis K Robbins born in Goshen Vermont in 1819 and later moved across Ohio and Iowa before settling in Elgin. It also mentions the death of Mary Baldwin aged 92, alongside assorted local notices of illnesses travels and family events from the community.
Mr and Mrs W A Kneeland and Mr and Mrs C F Meier returned from a ten day auto trip covering 2949 miles across Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Texas Louisiana Mississippi and Tennessee They observed twelve producing wells on Oklahoma Citys capitol grounds wells in a lake with a road to it and a producing well in a cemetery They saw cotton pickers in Missouri and Louisiana paved five lane highways in a Huey Long era swamp road along the state highways tone of the era
A pedestrian was recently ordered to pay damages to a motorist for being the cause of an accident in England. The ruling marks a notable point as liability falls on the pedestrian in this incident.
A sheriff sale notice issued by A J Kutschat sheriff of Fayette County Iowa directs sale of the east half of the northeast quarter and a strip off the east side of the west half of the northeast quarter section 24 township 95 range 7 containing 100 acres in Fayette County. The sale is set for December 4 1939 at 10 oclock in the morning in front of the Courthouse Door West Union Iowa to satisfy a judgment against the defendant. Dated November 2 1939. Robert G Archer deputy.
Elgin basketball team attended an exhibition at Waucoma on Tuesday to preview the town’s new gym. Five six minute quarters featured Calmar Alpha Ossian Lawler Hawkeye Ridgeway Fredericksburg Elgin Randalia and Waucoma with mixed scores. After the games a lunch was served for players and coaches.
Local boys including Gordon Zurbriggen, Glen Schupbach, Gerald Boleyn, Jim Christ, Bob Wenger, and Gene Schori played a practice game with Zurbriggen making the only basket. Elgin was captained by Bob Wenger. Mr. Robinson and Coach Hedermann said the early-season games reveal a general lack of practice across teams.
The text urges continuous effort beyond single actions. It emphasizes the need to persist in talking, growing, and taking steps. The message frames persistence as essential for progress and personal development.
Special photo by H. C. Elmore shows Piepul of Notre Dame carrying the ball to Iowa's 8 yard line for a first down in the third quarter. Iowa ultimately wins, breaking Notre Dame's winning streak in a key clash.
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