05 Oct 1933
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1933
Page
1
Notice records the entry of R. P. Strauch as second class mail matter at the Elgin Iowa post office in Fayette County for official mailing status.
Advertising rates listed include foreign and local display per inch, classified per word, with advance payment and minimum day insertion. Cards of Thanks memorials and resolutions of respect priced at regular rates. obituary policy and church, society, and school notices follow standard advertising fees.
Republican Leader quotes Chicago Great Western president P H Jones criticizing reliance on government aid. He warns seniors delaying studies, workers seeking easy jobs, and older people accepting public relief. He urges initiative, saying doers will lead tomorrow’s economy.
Gen Johnson urges every good man to join the effort under the Industrial Recovery Act to revive industry. He cautions against those who demand benefits without sacrifice, noting government action may conflict with business norms while aiming to move the economy from the mud.
In a Birmingham Michigan note the editor urges renewed hope faith and courage to resist selfishness and greed and to stay the course during national and world readjustments. The piece echoes a Scotch clergyman's plea to be kept alive and ends with an ad like Ballard Studio PSA offering photography services in West Union.
A fragmented 1900s clipping mentionsVan Neal and Sam Erickson buying horses for shipment to Texas for the Oto Flatty circus. It recalls Mel Gunderson as mayor 30 years prior and council members Schmid Capper Lehman Patterson. Mrs Harvey of Clarkaville reports risking thousands in a garden dig in October 1908. Frank Capper notes seven persons killed in a cyclone at St Charles Minnesota. Bra Harmon visited from La Porte City. Ghey Kinney and wife visited Hawk Eye, bringing goats to keep house in the city. Ray Bakeman resigns rural route 2 in mid month. Roy Bakeman to succeed. Local baseballists lost 20 to 0 at Clermont. Sorghum factory of A L Butikofer at standstill. Ray Shaffer injured in a buggy accident after a show, passenger hurt badly.
Coppers Weskly notes historical disasters from the Iroquois theatre fire costing 602 lives to the sinking of the Lusitania with 1,198 victims. He contrasts these with last year's 29,000 fatalities in auto crashes, highlighting the modern carnage versus past calamities.
Construction crews have started the science laboratory project on campus. Foundations are laid at the chapel site destroyed by fire last February. Bricks sand staging material and contractor bunk-house are on site indicating no delays.
A fragment shows Spinster recounting a waiter remark about how she would like her rice, then a friend named Lot speaks wistfully and a large bay figure appears in the scene.
Editorial lauds national resource conservation under the New Deal, praising figures like Greeley and Grady. It notes the National Recovery Act and forest, soil, oil, and coal provisions, Civilian Conservation Corps work, and codes intended to curb waste and promote reforestation. Mentions social notices of visits and illnesses among local residents.
A reflective piece urging readers to escape inward hermits of thought and engage with the world. It contrasts old, limiting thoughts with new, hopeful perspectives and invites pursuing life’s broader beauties, pleasures, and harmonies beyond personal worries.
Unemployed residents register at the county engineer's office for work under the national reemployment program. Chairman A. D. Finch outlines eligibility and an order of selection prioritizing ex service men with dependents, then other veterans and finally single men. Jobs in grading primary No. 93 will number about 100, with many applicants but limited openings.
The Black Hawk Bridge at Lansing was placed in receivership by federal court order in Cedar Rapids. Lansing bridge company representatives Herman Haehlen D F Wolfe and John H Thompson appeared. the case followed proceedings begun in Sioux City on Sept. 8 and continued until last week. Judge Scott delivered the decision after the 10 a.m. court convened.
Rev P M Dobberstein mourns a beloved St Bernard killed after days of agony. A post mortem showed ground glass ingestion. Two detectives traced the culprit to a local party. No prosecutions will follow, the clergyman says the offender suffers more than any jail term.
About 200 men are employed on the U S No 65 paving project at Guttenberg, with 175 from the county. The majority work on paving and culvert tasks, and roughly 170 are on the paving portion. Labor limits of 130 hours per month are noted, with material aid anticipated.
The column covers a party for Jimmie Dawson's third birthday with aunts and mothers, D A R activities in Fay et ta, and visits from Minerva Weibel from Chicago. It also notes travels to see relatives, the Rudy Johnson family relocation near Elkader, and a publisher praising a prompt subscriber. Iowa defeated Northwestern 7 0 boosting fan interest and anticipated Ames Iowa turnout. farm frost reports from September 27 1983 noted.
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