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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1933
Page
3
A short notice indicates the item is entered at the Clermont Iowa post office as Second class mail matter. It identifies the mailing category and its routing within Fayette County for standard postal processing.
Clermont area residents share visits and host guests from West Union Decorah and McGregor while church activity and charity events continue. A church councilor hospitalizes. theater show and dances planned. local families relocate to Waterloo and Prairie du Chien for work and travel. Community opinions on prices, NRA, and farm policy filter through letters and columns.
A columnist urges redefining sacrifice in love as giving with grace and joy. The author argues true giving should come from the heart, not as a costly display, using a European fable of a cow to illustrate how perceived sacrifice spoils generosity.
In a Green Meadows tale Jerry Muskrat digs tunnels from his cellar under water to a dry, roomy chamber in the Smiling Pool. He strengthens walls with cattails, rushes, sticks, and mud to survive frost and predators. Peter Rabbit mocks the pile, but Jerry prioritizes safety first and comfort next, stacking air vents and a dry bedroom above the water.
Alfred Kirkeberg recovers well after last week’s operation at Decorah hospital and expects to return home soon. Numerous local families and guests visited, dined, or stayed with neighbors across Clermont, Vinton, Elgin, Wagner township, and nearby farms, with many Sunday gatherings and picnics noted. Lincoln Park in Chicago requests a $2.3 million loan to finish its outer drive project.
Local notices recount social visits and gatherings at multiple homes including the Larson and Lyngeas households. Names such as Mrs Olivia Olson, Clarence Olson, Arthur Olson, Nels Lyngeas, Immanuel Larson, and Mary Skain appear with events from Wednesday to Sunday.
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