Post Office Declaration for Clermont Mail Matter
Entered in the post office at Clermont Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1933
Page
3
Entered in the post office at Clermont Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
Vergie Olson visits Cedar Rapids with aunt Mrs. Henry Walker. Alton Sanders and family visit Dr. and Mrs. I C Jerdee. Farm Bureau food sale planned Oct 28 at 2 30 p m beside Labke's. Mrs Hazel Schroeder returns from Chicago World's Fair trip with Marquette relatives. Art Club guests include Anna Larrabee Mabel Knudson and the Blunts. W C C F social planned Nov 2 at Mrs Cummings home. West Union hosts and bankers banquet noted. Wayne Shipton in Decorah hospital for appendectomy. recovering well. Mrs Albert Kelly and Mason City visitors. Mr and Mrs Wm Kelly visit Clermont. Maynard farm sale attendance. Olsons to move to town, Olson oil station manager. Eliza Lloyd Eva Nelson attend funeral of Mrs Karen Tobine Sorenson in Waterloo.
Clermont residents will hear violinist Archibald Sowden in a Sunday evening recital at the Lutheran church on Nov. 6. This marks his first public performance in the city, with a program outline to be published next week.
A humorous poem from an Olden Times fragment reflects on editors as unreliable, mythical figures. It jokes that editors never die or go to school, and that newspapers survive despite poor leadership as a child’s pantry shelf joke. The speaker notes a poverty strapped editor and a father dodging subscription payments for five years.
Decorah Public Opinion notes Dr John Dorman recruits players with jawbreaking names such as Nedimovich Aiello Sungalia Michalski Pelleymounter Zurbriggen Morf alongside ultra American names Tate Shaw Hughes Paul Sharp. The column observes foreign birth or descent appeals exist in many colleges, not just Upper Iowa, in football.
The Monticello Express reports that many restaurants druggists grocers and pool rooms holding beer licenses complain of shrinking profits. They urge governors committees to consider liquor plank and other plans before a possible extra legislative session. They speculate lawmakers may favor wider opening of hard liquor privileges to boost profits.
A new law extends automobile license validity by a month. 1934 plates go on sale January 2 instead of December 1, delaying delinquency until February 1. State Motor Vehicle Department Superintendent Lew Wallace announced the change last week.
Reddy the fox in a red coat flatters Jerry Muskrat at the Smiling Pool, claiming to admire his finished house. Jerry, wary but polite, listens as Reddy praises the work and grins with long teeth. The scene unfolds under moonlight as Reddy schemes to learn more about the project.
A sheriff's sale is set under a court judgment from Delaware County Iowa to Susan Hessing versus A A McIntosh and Hattie McIntosh. The West 20 feet of Lot 19 Block 6 Hawkeye Fayette County is offered for cash to the highest bidder November 14 1933 at 10 a.m. in front of the West Union Court House. The clerk of the district court directs the sale with costs and interest specified.
A C Baker of Decorah, a 12 time World’s fair attendee, began in 1876 at the Centennial and later visited Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego, and the Century of Progress in Chicago. Charles Rouster of New Albia was jailed 30 days for trapping musk rats out of season after court appearance.
By Special Execution issued from the Fayette County District Court The Prudential Insurance Company of America sues Wallace Lee Petera et al for 15921.75 and 17.85 costs. Sheriff H. J. Nehring levies on 220 acres described as parts of sections 11 98 7W in Fayette County to satisfy the judgment with interest.
Thirty eight students at U.1. U drive daily from home to college and back, hailing from Oelwein Wea t Union Maynard Hawkeyes Randalia Arlington Westgate and Hazelton. Some must leave early for early classes. One student claims to eat breakfast on the highway lunch in the car and supper after chores, per the Collegi an student newspaper. Fayette Leader Echo Office. Ady 1tfp.
The American Red Cross reported aid to 452,879 individuals across 120 disasters including earthquakes floods and fires. Disbursements totaled 1,070,284 dollars from the national treasury as volunteers distributed flour clothing and unemployment relief while handling government wheat and cotton. The report notes 96 disasters within U S borders and emphasizes roll calls from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving.
District Court of Fayette County Iowa adjudged on Sunday October 1983 in favor the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States against W H Murphy et al for 11233.74 principal 152.84 attorney fees 15.70 costs with ongoing interest 8 percent from July 24 1988. property described Southeast Quarter Section 21 Township 95 North Range 10 West Union Iowa containing 166 acres more or less per government survey dated November 14 1883 with docketed judgment in Union Iowa.
A Pathfinder Magazine excerpt describes the Appian Way built by Appius Claudius in southern Italy around 1812 B C It spans from Rome to Brindisi a distance of about 440 miles and much remains intact today. era lore notes its enduring segments and historic significance.
The County Farm field, once a boggy slough east of the old dairy barn, was tiled and limed then seeded to red clover with small grain in 1982. This season 11 acres yielded 4 bushels of cleaned clover seed per acre after taking off lone day’s hay. The piece notes the farm has less than 20 percent corn and argues if all Iowa farms tilled as much land for corn, no adjustment program would be needed.
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