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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
3
The article outlines warm breakfast ideas featuring cooked wheat cereals with butter sugar and cream. It highlights fruit toppings such as sliced peaches or bananas and pairs with crisp bacon toasted whole wheat bread and butter. Articulates energy benefits and variations for winter mornings.
Reports from Fayette and other counties show ongoing poultry thefts despite dry weather. Local thieves, not organized rings, dominate the crime as arrests and convictions rise. Farmers are urged to mark birds, report thefts promptly, and consider markers from Wallace's Farmer to iden tify ownership and deter theft.
A Northeast Iowa barn fire sparked a debate after a Postville carpenter recounted to Hawkeye Saturday an eyewitness tale. He claimed a sparrow seized a burning cigarette stub and carried it to a nest under barn eaves, suggesting a fire source for many fires this summer. Helen Rubger teaches in Evanston Illinois this year.
A columnist lauds a local McGregor store for keeping printing work in town, aiding community building. The piece urges other merchants to support local papers and emphasizes fair profit and local patronage. It notes a public opinion piece criticizing travelers and a separate vendor ad about Radiotron tubes and batteries.
The Green Valley dance pavilion a half mile north of Waukon was destroyed by fire early Friday morning August 30 an hour after a dance closed. It cost about 2000 dollars and had no insurance. The structure was owned by the Allamakee fair association.
Mark North offers Dupont powders on opening day with No 2 shell powder at 7 cents per box and Dupont oval powder at 92 cents per box in case lots. John Junior Falk changes schools this year and will enter the state university at Iowa City to pursue accounting.
Clayton County voters approved a second bond issue of 690 000 for the primary road system. The result was 1892 in favor and 1624 against, producing a majority of 868. The total votes cast were about 3 416, roughly half of the 6 627 cast two years earlier for a 1 500 000 bond. Ten of twenty four precincts favored the second issue, while fourteen opposed. The measure raises Clayton County’s total primary road bonds to 2 190 000, backing further paving next year and leaving the exact added miles for future paving. The larger precincts carried the measure.
The Sioux City Journal argues for a wider grade on paved highways to improve traffic safety. Narrow shoulders force motorists to the main travel lane, risking collisions and fatal rollovers when vehicles veer off. A graveled shoulder system could reduce accidents and protect drivers and pedestrians.
Leta Wagner and guest Gernie Yoder attempted to wash hair with sulphuric acid they mistook for shampoo. Gernie poured acid on Leta’s head. A doctor advised immediate baking soda use and prevented serious injury. Hawkeye Beacon reported the incident.
George H Falb and W C Falb F D Welch Creighton Conner and Mr Earle returned Saturday evening from Janesville Wisconsin with a new batch of Chevrolets for the Falb garage. They drove home the cars after the trip.
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