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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1935
Page
4
Znonlsss outlines ad pricing with 25 cents per insertion up to 26 words and 1 cent per word beyond 261 words. An extra 10 cent weekly handling charge applies for replies sent to this office. Terms are cash with order, telephones accepted but payment before month end expected. Billing incurs 10 cents per line.
Notice says pulverized agricultural limestone available with immediate delivery from quarry 4 miles south of Wadena and can reach as far as primary 54. Contact D J Rr Elkader or Ray Baar at the quarry in Wadena. Also mentions school carnival minstrel Friday evening November at the school house.
Ben Frieden Estate offers 279 acres across three parcels for settlement. 70 acres pasture with water and shade five miles east of Elgin on the main road. 60 acres known as old Gerber place three miles south of Elgin with spring water and no buildings. 40 acres timber land formerly in government reserve near town with good oil prospects. Contact Grether's Exchange for details.
State Highway Patrolman Taylor arrested a stop sign salesman on a rural road for failure to pause at an intersection. In the salesman’s car were sample stop signs. The drive follows a spree of local social and economic notes from Shenandoah and surrounding towns detailing food, farming, and community milestones.
Articles note works appearing in magazines titled Without a Tower and For My Sister. National Mark Twain Day will be observed nationwide on November 1, organized by the Mark Twain Centennial Committee in New York City. The 1986 edition of Towns school laws will be issued by the state Department of Public Instruction, compiling all laws to date.
Agnes Crowe spends weekend at Clermont home while Mrs. B Nelson visits Elgin, and social events fill the Ossian-Decorah area. Quilt parties at H D Yack prep Serene Yack’s school social prize. Charlotte Witt wed Harvey Schave in Waterloo on Oct 4, with the couple to reside in Castalia.
Real estate listing advertises the Charles Gruver residence in West Elgin offered at a bargain. Highlights include location and price with a quick sale desired. Possession at once possible. Inquiries directed to A. M. Weibel, Realtor, License No. 1774.
The clipping notes a one cent pad of high grade typing paper at the Echo Office. It also reports Mapleton Iowa creamery thefts of 1 500 pounds of butter and 25 cases stolen. It cites $18 717 269 Iowa relief spent in the year ending June 30 1985 with breakdowns for U S state and equities. It offers a reflective column on education costs and modern speed.
More than 800 Towa clergymen from diverse denominations join the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation in the seventh Harvest Sunday on November 24. The event aims to bridge town and country understanding by inviting urban worshippers to rural churches and by shifting city services to farm hosts, building on seven years of nationwide attention and U.S. Secretary Henry A. Wallace's past two years of support with Harvest Sunday messages.
A mother questions the boy's political potential while the father notes his son speaks many clever lines that lack real meaning, a remark underscoring skepticism about early ambition and rhetoric.
A carnival and minstrel show is planned for Friday evening at the Elgin School House on November 8. Local community organizers invite residents to attend for entertainment and fundraising.
A father questions why a son was kept in at school and the boy reveals he didn’t know where the Azores were. The exchange pivots to practical wisdom about remembering where things are and hints that a home of one’s own pays in two ways: dollar dividends and happiness money can’t buy, plus a plug for Martin-Senour paints for lasting beauty.
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