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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1933
Page
1
Strength of the weekly paper in a changing press landscape
The community newspaper gains value as readers seek local news alongside city dailies. National and international coverage expands in dailies, yet the weekly serves neighborly insight. The piece argues weekly papers will broaden influence and stabilize, complementing city dailies rather than competing with them.
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Community Weekly
Community
City Daily
Herald-Statesman
Columbia
Senator Dickinson Slipping Amid Road Safety Critique
Iowa editorials criticize Senator Dickinson as self serving and ineffective, urging political retirement. A Wayverly Democrat column denounces his leadership while motorists and safety concerns on paved roads prompt calls for slower driving and scenic routes.
Fayette County Sees Federal Donation For Roads
The Des Moines Register lists Iowa's $10,000,000 federal allotment with Fayette County receiving funds for Highway 98 A, including 103,000 for grading and bridge work. Additional notes describe paving plans for Chickasaw and wider gaps between West Union Fredericksburg and routes to Des Moines and the Twin Cities.
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Des Moines Register
Iowa
Fayette County
Fayette
Sumner
Hawkeye
West Union
Fredericksburg
New Hampton
Charles City
Chickssaw
Williamstown
Chickasaw
Des Moines
Twin Cities
Union
Rules of the Road for Visitors to Tokyo Police Office
A quirky historical note outlines Tokyo road rules for visitors. It advises stopping at a raised hand, not disobeying officers, politely horn signals to pedestrians, riding past wandering horses without startling them, giving wide berth to dogs, and moving carefully through grease mud to avoid the skid demon.
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Tokio
Japan
Roosevelt told of Iowa farmers plight in relief plan
Senator Louis Murphy reports President Roosevelt has been informed of Iowa farmers' distress after failed seeking aid from federal loan agencies in Omaha. He mentions consolidating federal land bank and land commissioner activities as a first step toward emergency relief and expects policy changes that will please Iowans.
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Iowa
Omaha
Roosevelt
Federal Land Bank and Land Commissioner
Grounds Out Static on Water Pipe
Tacoma man Martin Bodker endures pains from radio waves and finds relief by grounding himself. Years of doctors finding nothing wrong were followed by episodes of rheumatic-like pain that cease when he touches a water faucet and recur when separated. He extended grounding by wrapping a cane with copper wire and running a borehole to the floor for ongoing contact.
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Martin Bodker
Tacoma
Wash
Bodker
Bonair Station Closes After 40 Years On I M Division
The Bonair railroad office on the I M division of the C M and St P Ry will shut, with the agent staying as custodian. After four decades serving the community, trucks buses and cars have edged the station off the map. Nearby Hawkeye Beacon notes a surge of box elder bugs in the area.
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Bonair
Waukon Democrat
Hawkeye
Can You Remember A Local News Roundup
Rev. Stoeckman mourns his mother buried at North Freedom Wisconsin last week. John Falk and his sons Herbert and George visit Tix. Thoman’s. George falls in river, saved by John. water a foot deep in places. Alf Holzer struck by lightning returning from Randalia. Mrs. Fremont Ogle and Alice Wilson return from South Dakota. Ernest Schori and wife and R W Moueblenthaler visit Charles Feller home in Wagner. Nick Bakeman and two sons attend funeral in Dunham’s Grove. Echo editor travels to Fremont Nebraska to visit sister Mrs A F Plambeck. New telephone line to Highland nearly finished. Rudy Lehman and wife visit Turkey River Junction and daughter Mrs Will Cooley over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoeckman
North Freedom
Wis
John Falk
Herbert
George
Tix. Thoman’s
John
Lita
Piay
Mr. Falk
Georgie
Alf Holzer
Randalia
John Nevenswander
Fremont Ogle
Alice Wilson
South Dakota
Ernest Schori
R. W. Moueblenthaler
Charles Feller
Wagner
Nick Bakeman
Frank
Delbert
Will Cooley
Make Em Work Says Pinney in County Paper
The County Paper reports Pinney urging beggar work programs with two of three showing up for assigned tasks. Plans include scrubbing the court house roof and other odd jobs to curb begging while noting women’s job scarcity.
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Scott Co
Democrat
Local visits and travel among Cedar Rapids and area residents
Cedar Rapids area residents make weekend trips and visits. Harold Soehr visits his mother Mrs Hulda Stoehr in Cedar Rapids. World fair activities draw Ray Wall, S K Langadale, Gordon Mosby, and others to Chicago. Dorothy Olson and Helen Muehlthaler return from a Chicago trip. Others attend teacher meetings in Farmersburg and share local social guest appearances.
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Harold Soehr
Cedar Rapids
Hulda Stoehr
Ray Wall
Chicago
S. K. Langadale
Gordon Mosby
Postville
Ames area social and exchanges noted in local column
Farmers seek corn grain or timber in exchange for hog and cattle minerals. Postville visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Philips and Ann Meier, plus Mr. and Mrs. Falk, Jake and Marylin, who spent Sunday in Cedar Rapids with relatives. Geraldine Kohler weekended with Koevenigs and Harringtons. Koevenigs group returned Phyllis Kohler home. Elkader visitors Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schmid and son visited Mrs. Lyle Schmid. twins Richard and Robert joined relatives after extended visit with their grandmother. Mrs. Baumgartner left for Rock Valley to see ill mother. during absence, Mr. Baumgartner stays with sister Ida Meyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Philips
Ann Meier
Postville
Walter Falk
Jake
Marylin
Cedar Rapids
Geraldine Kohler
L. O. Koevenig
Warren Harrington
Mrs. Koevenig
Jimmie
Phyllis Kohler
Ed Sehmid
Elkader
Lyle Schmid
Richard
Robert
Wm. Baumgartner
Rock Valley
Mr. Baumgartner
Ida Meyer
Relatives Gather for Picnic at Harvors Loftagard Farm
Verle Kutel Mrs Oland Pugsley and Asleta Gehring visited relatives in the Gehring home and with Mr and Mrs Willits Howard of West Union. Howard drove them home Sunday after a long weekend visit. Knudteon and Torkeleon families enjoyed a picnic dinner at the Harvor Loftagard farm south of Ste Olaf with about fifty relatives present.
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Harry Wenger
West Union
Helene Scholz
Supt
L. B. Carter
Verle Kutel
Oland Pugsley
Asleta Gehring
Mrs. Gehring
Inghi
Knudteon
Torkeleon Fameies
Haivor Loftagard
Ste Olaf
Notice to Echo Subscribers on Address Changes
Echo subscribers must promptly notify the subscription department of address changes. Under new postal laws, newspapers and periodicals must pay postage due for notices of address changes furnished by the post office. Delays or failure to deliver are potential issues, so changes should be sent in advance.
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Echo
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