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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1929
Page
3
Two Minute Talks Our Women rear and health habits discussed with focus on training and meals. Recipes include Cream of Spinach Soup Cream of Split Pea Soup and a citrus meringue dessert with detailed steps and measurements.
West Union's Waler Fr. Beall, president of the Northeast Iowa National Park association, outlined a better ration using legume hay and mixed feed at a Chicago lunch event. He advocated soybeans and cowpeas, noting legume inclusion improves fattening and wintering rations while reducing overall feed costs.
Enthusiasm and determination returned at the largest Upper Town University trustees meeting in Fayette in years. Endowment campaign total stands at $229,050, up $85,555 in the last year, with Fayette pledging $83,115. Trustees unanimously pledged unity behind the college and campaign.
A short ad note urges buyers to train as listeners to improve selling. It also invites Christmas aid orders, noting samples are ready at the Echo Office for potential customers to review.
The Fayette County board of supervisors approved purchasing a Browning machine gun for the sheriff's office at about 160. It fires 45 caliber steel jacketed bullets in a rapid stream. Sheriff Robertson deputy Nehring and vigilante chief Will Philips will test it first.
A concise reflection cites Burke arguing that liberty without wisdom and virtue becomes the greatest evil, lacking guidance and restraint, rendering folly and vice unchecked. It frames liberty as dangerous when untethered from education and moral discipline.
Two men, linked to forgeries in Fayette, West Union, and nearby towns, pleaded guilty and drew fifteen year sentences. One suspect, son of a wealthy farmer, used 2000 acres of land to aid his son’s escape. Officials report similar activity in Corydon and Fayette. Other items note adulterated foods, a Council Bluffs court quip, and various local notices and ads.
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