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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1937
Page
1
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A columnist argues that true job security comes from becoming indispensable to an employer. Even in depressions, those with unique, irreplaceable skills maintain steady work, earned through strict application and study. The piece urges readers to strive for such positions to succeed in business or employment.
A local appeal urges residents to support the hometown weekly by paying subscriptions promptly. It stresses that only the town paper truly represents the community and helps keep the town on the map.
A column railing against drunk driving urges highway patrol action as night life venues along state roads feed hazards. It recalls a Grand Rapids man jailed for his son's drunken driving and notes editorial marriage in a newspaper office, with musings on how press life shapes public notoriety.
A long, fragmentary list of rural happenings recounts Eim Holzer placing dynamite in a pasture, cattle ingesting it and dying, local harvests, teaching assignments, a marriage in Cedar Rapids, a four year old birthday, plans for education and a real estate marriage, a lightning loss, a Los Angeles move for Ernest Fettkether, Pearl finds in the Mississippi, bridge work near the Turkey river, a fly poison incident, and a bricklaying project on Main Street. the tone is a compact rural diary of late events and local frayed anecdotes.
Six new teachers appointed to Fayette county schools fill rosters for the year. Dorothy Dohrer Volga City Fairfield No 1 Viola Foxwell Elgin Fairfield No 2 Evelyn Thompson Wadena Wigman No 1 Mary Curley Fairbank Oran No 5 Ruth Snyder Elgin Pleasant Valley No 6 Carol Morgan Stanley Scott No 1 Union Ray Nuthier aka Boots Nuthier, wanted for passing a bad check, was arrested near Elgin while on a road crew. The fake check drawn on Elgin State Bank for 16 dollars passed to N W Evans Elgin. Nuthier jailed awaiting arraignment.
Six man football, designed for smaller schools with few players, arrives at Elgin High School this fall. The article outlines basics, field size, player rules, and a sample Rule No 6 emphasizing the requirement for a legal forward pass to occur before crossing the scrimmage line.
A western Kansas editor intended to note many town windows needing washing but printed “widows” instead. In a separate report, Harry E. Gardner, 36, of Oelwein, was critically injured near Freeport, St Thursday morning when his car hit a telephone pole on a curve. Doctors reported a skull fracture and possible broken back.
A Sabula Jane asks for love and gets a reply about rumble seat comfort. The Gazette of Adrian cites war clouds prompting more glamour for fall fashions as beauty becomes a collective refuge in tense times.
At the West Side Tennis Club on September 11, Chilean star Anita Lizana collapsed after an upset victory over Jadwiga Jedrzejowska of Poland in the national women’s singles final. Lizana recovered to receive the silver cup, sealing a 6-4 6-2 win.
A week ago Ray Rasmussen of Green Bay Wisconsin was hit in the head by a falling icicle near the boiling point thermometer area while working in an ice house. Signs of winter visible with corn husks browning blackbirds gathering and soybeans being gathered as University of Town football tickets become available.
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