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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1930
Page
4
North east Iowa and Fayette county are seen as thriving this year as marketing peaks. Charles D. Reed of the Iowa farm bureau urges using gains to pay the farm mortgage and fix up buildings, while warning of a flood of unreliable sales pitches on bonds and untested farm gadgets.
nationwide surveys indicate the dollar buys more today than a year ago while prices rose 15 to 40 percent then. If tax increases persist, the tax collector will gain more than the public as prices decline, shifting benefits away from consumers.
The platoon system divides the same force for continuous city protection. Two platoons rotate twelve hour shifts, while eight hour shifts use a three platoon arrangement. It aims to keep the city evenly guarded at all times.
Finland is known as the Land of a Thousand Lakes. About eleven percent of Finland's surface comprises lakes, highlighting the country’s famous watery landscape and natural heritage.
A brief note on enduring demand for antiques notes shops thrive historically. It mentions an item unearthed near Pompeii showing antiquities' pull across eras and regions.
The readable fragment mentions a phrase about Ig the nossieat of the yowela with rest of text inaudible, offering no clear event or person to summarize into a concrete news item.
Advertisement offers new and renewing subscribers a double deal from the Echo Office. The Elgin Echo costs 2 dollars yearly and the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald 4 dollars. together they are 5 dollars, claiming a savings of 1 dollar and avoiding extra mailing costs.
A five day open pheasant hunting season is planned in Fayette County this year. Mayor Johnson of Wear Union is advised petitions to open the county have been filed and reviewed by the state game warden. No exact dates set yet, but the season may be split to allow dressing days between hunting periods.
Grand Meadow neighbors and relatives shared gatherings and calls Sunday and throughout the week. Names include Olson, Osmundson, Thorson, Helgerson, Landsgard, Reinhart, Baker, Kittleson, and Skarshaug as various visits, showers, and calls around local homes.
A Telegram article notes a race of Indians near the Orinoco headwaters who fear to fish or eat animals due to belief that human souls reside in animals. The practice stems from their religious views and alters local subsistence.
Mrs Bertha Oold recovered after a Saturday incident and nurse Marie Scholen of Clermont aided her. Gisleson John Hellam entered the Elgin produce business with John Grimm. A postnuptial shower honored Mr. and Mrs Henry Gibson. The Hang Bilden family visited Oscar Lind. Gisleson women joined the Joseph Lind home. Threshing ended locally. sorghum work wrapped. Teachers met at Elkader. Montana trip noted for Nelsons. Center school plans a program and supper Friday. locals hosted visitors from Wadena and Clermont for dinners.
Center School reports four new pupils Hiram Olson Gerald Olson Milo Olson and Delores Wold. Miss Meyer visited this month. Randolph Reierson Ruby Olson Mildred and Amelia Wold attended an institute in Elka der Sept 16. A dental health campaign runs this year. Several students returned honor roll cards and many had perfect spelling lessons. Jenetta Loftagard was sick last week. A program and plate supper is planned for Friday night Oct 3. Anna Mae Kimball teaches.
A fragmentary column blends quick quips and gossip style lines. Snappy bits reference exchanges about dancing couples, editor conflicts, Africa trips, towels, car trouble, and a movie scenario pitch. The tone mirrors a light, rambunctious page of humorous vignettes.
In a Los Angeles Times column, Senator Moses of New Hampshire jokes about the rise of a woman senator. He quips domestic and political debates favor a woman, recounting a husband and wife fur coat dispute to illustrate change and humor in gender roles.
Three years ago calcium chloride was applied to pavements to remove snow. Experiments in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Philadelphia and Hartford showed sprayed non corrosive solutions melted snow almost immediately when applied before or with the onset of a storm.
Patrolman G N Garcia of Hi Peso Texas traffic police checked his watch when a stranger asked for the time The man offered a cigar in exchange for the information Garcia declined politely The visitor left a minute later and Garcia found his holster missing the pearl handled revolver inside It was a bold but courteous caper highlighting quick theft and discretion in a small Texas town.
Real Long Distance Talk features Prince Purachatra of Siam using a Bangkok desk telephone to speak for over an hour with his son in Hamburg and friends in Berlin, covering about 5750 miles. The German Telefonken company runs a short-wave station in Bangkok. The piece also notes slim chances of a girl becoming a movie star and references Hazel dialogue from American Magazine.
Nebraska distributes 882000 trees to about 2000 farmers at two cents per tree for windbreak planting as part of 1928 rural program, preserving Arpor pee dey reputation.
The fragment notes rapid mechanization of industry in the United States compared to other countries. A quoted exchange shows a wife commenting on her husband’s words, and a line about a prayer rug being beaten appears as a casual aside in the dialogue.
The readable text contends that the earth moves through space and that the atmosphere is part of the earth. It argues the solid earth stays in motion with the planet as it travels, describing interplanetary space and motion concepts in unsettled phrasing.
The fragment mentions flying fish with long winglike fins capable of leaving water and gliding some distance propelled by fin motion. It is unclear and partially garbled but hints at wall fin flights and vibrational movement affecting their behavior.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions wool and a dead animal, noting 88 fleech-wool and a front dead animal as dead-wool. The readable text is fragmentary with no clear event, date, or entities to anchor a full summary.
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