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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
3
The piece urges parents to set safe examples for children and cites a police case. John Nokes, 37, was in an auto accident and had his left ear reattached after doctors sewed it back on.
Rural Iowa reports show improved hog market momentum with more hogs to sell year over year. Rye advised for pasture. rye seeding can continue until ground freezes. Dairy loans bolster butter purchases to stabilize prices. meal and bean markets show varied trends.
A column presents proverbs on fair play and sportsmanship as guiding rules for competition. It mentions two hundred ten Chicago excursionists dining at McGregor Heights last Sunday and speculates on license plate numbers indicating bill payment promptness, noting top numbers are excluded for cars bought this season.
W R Blake left Tuesday for Des Moines on business. Robert Sperry left Monday for Adams Minnesota on a business trip. Mrs Oscar Larson was a visitor Thursday with Mrs Gilbert Anderson. Mrs Russell Gruver and Gene spent last week at the John Matthews home in Dover. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Gress of Waterloo spent the weekend in Willis Gerss home. Mr and Mrs Alfred Wenger were dinner guests near Elgin Sunday. Mr and Mrs J A Erickson Amon Erickson and Mrs J M Brorby spent Tuesday in Dubuque. Mr and Mrs Richard Woodard of West Union were luncheon guests in the McGreevey home Sunday. Robert Hackett of Fayette was a weekend guest in the home of his parents. Mrs M Collins and Florence Schissel of Cedar Rapids were visitors Saturday in the R Schupanitz home. L H Cralin returned from Brainerd Minnesota after two weeks with his daughter. Mr and Mrs A O Anderson Allen Milo and Marie Sutter visited relatives near Decorah Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs J E White left Tuesday for Riverside Illinois for a visit with Mr and Mrs A Philmore and family. Mr and Mrs H B Greenley and Linda Lou attended a chicken dinner at the Lima Cemetery association Saturday.
Local residents and visitors gathered for family events and farewells across Quasqueton Elkader Ossian Decorah and Oelwein. Movers visitors and new owners are announced with dates and names including Gunderson Burrow Jerdee Landsgard Larson Gilbert and Christianson as well as the Kjosa family preparations for Delavan Wisconsin move.
Neighbors gathered at the Hans Larson residence Sunday evening to help Mr and Mrs Geo V Larson celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Ivan Anderson Mr and Mrs A Anderson and family Mr and Mrs Wm Burrow and family Mr and Mrs Frank Leehy and son and August and Albert Burrow. State patrols plan to enforce Iowa non resident business license law affecting out of state peddlers and truckers from Minnesota Missouri and other states. Enforcement aims to curb coal and produce sales by non residents amid prior complaints. Also discussed were road work changes from Nashua to the Little Brown Church with bids indicating concrete not blacktop.
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