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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1936
Page
4
Dust explosions and crop reports outline farm damage costs and worker injuries, plus seed corn shortages and rye planting guidance. Notes cover breeding, egg and poultry price trends, green leg coloration in White Giant chickens, silage as hay substitute with protein supplements, and bulb planting depth and soil prep tips for October.
Local notices list Mary Lou Tripp and Georgia Grimes ill with tonsillitis, and several others under care or traveling. Visits include John H. Cline in Elgin, Wm Walthers in Elkader, and Edna Hunsberger at the bank. Route updates mention Dr. Hutchinson at a dental society meeting and the Washington trip of Elgin boys facing snow storms.
A terse public notice urges readers to report news promptly by phone, emphasizing urgency and direct communication. It suggests calling a specific line to submit tips or items to the newsroom without delay. The message conveys a sense of immediacy and community involvement.
Fayette county farmers will attend township meetings in early October to share ideas for the 1937 agricultural conservation program. County leaders will compile farmer input on changes to payments, crop classifications, basis usage, soil-building practices, and a possible maximum conservation allowance. Secretary Wallace urged focus on soil erosion control, soil fertility, better land use, and sustaining farm income.
Plans for the 1936 37 4 H girls program will be explained by Florence Forbes assistant state 4 H club leader at Fayette on Tuesday Oct 6 Miss Forbes will meet with the county committee in the morning to write the project and with the leaders and county officers in the afternoon to make plans for the new year s work.
Two demonstration teams from Fayette county will travel to Waterloo on Friday October 2 to take part in the 4-H demonstration contest. Team members are Darlene Benter and Frances Edmonds from the Hearts of Center Club and Ardis Pagel and Eileen Fridley from the Banks Busy Bees Club. Club leaders are Mrs. E. C. Knight of Randalia and Monica Potratz of Sumner.
Mr and Mrs H B Gilson and son Wayne Corrine Wenger Mr and Mrs WM Frederick and son and Mr and Mrs George Gilson were dinner guests in the Guy Whitford home at West Union Sunday They drove to Decorah and visited Donald Gilson at the hospital where he was recovering well Little want ads sell big things as well as small ones Try one
County headquarters sent invitations for a Young Democrats meeting at the courthouse assembly room at 8 o clock tonight October 1. The invite does not state the meeting’s nature or whether there will be speakers.
The record notes that no Supreme Court justice up to 1862 reached age sixty. Among 35 appointees, 17 were aged in their thirties and forties, highlighting the youth of early high court members.
Returns of goods to retailers in the United States exceed four billion dollars annually and may approach five billion as shoppers increasingly return purchases. The trend reflects expanding consumer return policies and retailer restocking practices across the retail sector.
Uncle Eben remarks that politics makes strange bedfellows, but a loud rumpus disrupts sleep for all. The quoted line underscores how political turmoil unsettles communities, emphasizing the conflict between public life and private peace.
The American Chemical Society reports an estimated ten percent drop in annual apple crop volume due to late drop and thinnings. This loss affects supply and may influence pricing for the forthcoming season.
A aphoristic line urging resilience through vengeance as motivation to act. It contrasts forgiving with finishing the work, asserting greatness lies in rising above injury and not in bitterness or self-doubt. The speaker emphasizes personal strength and moral stance over injury.
Filipinos smoke a large crop of tobacco raised in the Philippine islands, with most of the product consumed locally by men women and children in daily usage.
A fragmented and opaque line attributed to Uncle Ben questions legality of cruelty prevention toward parents, using dialectal phrasing and unclear context, with no verifiable names, dates, or events.
The article lists the full name of King George as George Frederick Ernest Albert in a baptismal record style note. It notes the monarch commonly known as King George VI or George, with emphasis on the regnal and given names.
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