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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1935
Page
3
Philip Caldren of the Joplin Globe suggests a simple plan to earn more by reading newspaper advertisements. He recounts advising a friend who saved 311.70 in thirty days by carefully spotting offers, and notes the method works for about one in fifty when applied deliberately.
Echo readers are invited to praise the advertisements they saw. The notice encourages supporters to tell advertisers their ads caught attention and valued. The message emphasizes reader feedback as a boost to local commerce and market awareness.
A Rushville Indiana letter lauds Governor Charles H. Martin of Oregon for upholding constitutional rights in the lumber strike dispute. The writer praises his stance that picketing and collective bargaining are allowed but thugs and intimidation are not, and he uses state police to protect all workers and employers. The piece frames this as courage and calls out hypocrisy in public officials.
Hugh Pugh a dam worker at Guttenberg waived preliminary hearing on a charge of attempted rape before Justice D E Gleason and was bound over to the district court grand jury under a 500 dollar bond. He allegedly attempted to assault a girl taken home from a Garber dance. she lives near Littleport and sustained a black eye and cuts from a struggle.
Local petit jurors for the September term of district court in Fayette county to convene in West Union on September 9 are Beulah Lubke Clermont Hulda Mittlestadt Elgin Alice Sniffin Wadena S E Nelson Clermont Jennie Erickson Clermont J W Miller Clermont Ray Swenson Clermont and Charles Learn Elgin. J F Maley treasurer of Clayton county reports taxpayers will receive a refund of 1.38 per thousand of assessed valuation. Over 38500 will be returned to taxpayers. Typewriter Pads 10 cents at Echo Office.
Wet conditions slow county projects in Clayton and Guttenberg Elkader area. The grading crew handles the Guttenberg to Clayton road while Ryan Construction co works north of Elkader from Norway church to St Olaf. After that, crews move three miles west of St Olaf to grade a 3.5 mile stretch to No 52 for surfacing.
The Clayton county superintendent of schools announces the teaching staff for three eastern townships Marion Grand Meadow and Highland listing names for each township including Hileen Gulsvig Elsie Lindgren Bessie Anderson Lil lian Meyer Alma Opsand Wini fred McMillan Celia Andreae Gladys Yearous Florence Foley Harold McShane Marjorie Larson Lillian Meier Alma Ragland Frances Rounds Florence Erickson William Boland Irene Minihan Hilda Meyer Frances Orr Eileen Kelleher and Helen Hoffman.
Lorenz E. Schatz carded a 36 on the West Union course, a low score recently with John E. Rush posting a season low of 45 two weeks earlier, the only under par round this year. Argo Gazette notes the course in first class shape.
A Hopi woman at the Waspi Arizona snake dance observed a white woman in shorts and remarked we do not like to have people come in diapers. The remark reflects cultural friction during the visitors parade event.
More than thirty individuals and firms in Oelwein joined a fund to build a sales barn. Subscriptions total about $1,500 with an estimated need of $2,500 to complete the project.
Engineers report that at high speeds braking distance varies with tires and conditions, estimating 90 feet on dry pavement and 120 feet on dusty terrain. The Postville council held a special session approving sewer system plans and seeking 45 percent PWA grants.
The Ethiopian government reportedly awarded Standard Oil rights to a territory covering 160,000 square miles to attract outside aid amid tensions with Italy. The author doubts the U S government would send troops again to defend private interests in a foreign country.
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