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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1929
Page
1
Karl Fox son of Mr and Mrs A J Fox was badly injured Thursday afternoon in an Oelwein garage. Both legs were broken above the knees when a car started in gear pinning him to a work bench. He was taken to Rochester Minnesota that night and is reported doing well.
The fourth in a national 4 H club radio series will air Saturday, Nov. 2, across 36 stations. Dr. C B Smith will deliver Thanksgiving greetings to members nationwide. Rudy Richardson of Tippecanoe County Indiana and Sam Neel of Pocahontas County West Virginia will share club experiences. L W Hill will brief on current 4 H happenings in the South. Music by NBC staff orchestra and soloists from Chicago studios. Program starts at 12 o clock.
The Elgin Echo weekly notes social visits among local families including Klock Lehman and Falb households. It reports Moonshine bootlegging arrests after a 17 year old girl in LeMars loses sight at a dance. Road improvements on No 59 north of Waterloo affect detours as shoulders are built. The Harmon and Schori families of West Virginia visit Elgin, sharing picnics and dinners with local relatives, with future rounds planned before departure.
About 6,631 students were enrolled in Fayette county public schools last year, down from a 1927 28 peak of 6,818. The report shows 3,328 boys and 3,803 girls, with girls closing the gap in high school completions. Teacher counts favor women in town and country, with salaries and debt totals detailed. The Echo credits the Hawk Eye Beacon for the data.
Fayete county Holstein breeders pool consignments for a large sale featuring 18 pure bred and 50 grade males and females. Officials promise the largest sale of its kind in the county with strong demand, catalog inquiries rising. Sale starts at noon one block north of the post office in Oelwein.
A well attended basket social at Wander school district No 5 featured recitations dialogues and musical numbers. The black-face comedy Hold Your Own was the highlight. Afterward attendees played games while others visited. Several local residents traveled to Dike and Aplington for visits and family matters.
An exchange ridicules a Chicago mail order house for claiming to be first to pay freight and postage while a local home merchant has long paid these costs. The merchant maintains visible stock, pays taxes, supports community causes, helps churches and teams, and assists customers in tight times with credit. Statistics show mail order houses have grown rich from customers, not the local store.
Mr and Mrs George Harmon and two others drove to Rochester Minnesota on Sunday to bring home Georgia Schori who had been visiting. They returned Monday. A stranger posing as crippled sold pencil sharpeners Wednesday to raise money for a wooden Yee. He arrived in a Buick six coupe with travel gear and hobbling on a crutch, appeared to be profiting from the scam.
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