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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
1
Kathryn J. Strauch is announced as the new local editor of the Elgin Echo in Fayette County Iowa. The notice marks her entry into the newspaper and notes the publication is mailed as second class matter from Elgin.
The page lists advertising rates including foreign and local display per inch, readers per line, and classified word rates, with prepaid minimums. It also mentions card notices such as Cards of Thanks, In Memoriam, Resolutions of Respect, church and school notices with admission charges, and obituary poetry at regular advertising rates. The issue is dated Thursday September 7, 1936.
A columnist from the Oelwein Register argues that federal and state departments, politicians, and agencies routinely request free newspaper publicity while paying elsewhere. The piece notes government mailings, paper, and transport funded by the state, yet newspapers are asked to donate space. It cites the Iowa liquor commission and liquor ads as examples, questioning the fairness and legality of such publicity practices.
The piece argues that politics prevail in a presidential election year and urges calm, informed discussion. It emphasizes that diverse parties guarantee differing opinions and calls for thoughtful civic engagement without rancor or ill will.
Ben Frieden's eldest son suffered a grindstone injury Sunday when his finger was drawn into the gears and was severed. The report also notes various local moves, visits, and community updates including residents traveling to Iowa City, Elkader, and Postville, along with farm sales and business changes.
Weather permitting, all county local road grading in Fayette County for 1986 will end this week. Heavy rains caused washouts in fills and bridge approaches while prior drought left dust hindering firm surfaces. Grading of the Clermont to Gander trunk road started this week with about six weeks to finish, and the Hawkeye to Hawkeye trunk road surfacing will need roughly three additional weeks.
Doris Nus of Pair field Lucky Clover Club Arlington departs Sunday for the second state 4 H conservation camp at Ledges State Park Sept 13 17. Allen Gruickshank of the National Audubon Society will accompany the camp period as a guest presenter and guide.
A brief public notice urges readers who rarely use want ads to form the habit. It emphasizes exploring listings for jobs, housing, and services and notes the ads can help locate opportunities and bargains.
In Manchester, Mrs. Joe Hamlett's Hanx cat secretly bore a litter of five kittens high in a large yard tree after being left on the Hamlett farm. Residents spotted the kittens two months later, discovering Madam Manx had raised her brood aloft. The feline family was removed with their mother to the Hamlett home.
The passage extols a carnival of knock knock jokes and lists playful prompts such as Astor Astor Sonia Sonia Minnie Minnie Sarah Sarah Dakota Dakota Beth Beth and Earl Earl, inviting readers to try them with friends as the craze sweeps across the country.
E H Estey purchased the J W Bopp block on lower Vine street to house Estey and Estey law offices. The solid building, with ground floor offices and two second floor suites, will likely move in by early next month.
Twenty six photographs capturing agriculture 4-H club and Home Project work in Fayette county were taken on Thursday September 10. The images will appear in state Extension circulars newsletters pamphlets and various state publications. Several pictures will appear in the Fayette County Farmers Exchange, including a shot of Harold Strong and the 1986 alfalfa seeding that survived drought after early clipping of oats. FT Want ads tell and sen.
The Fayette County District Court will hear the Final Report and petition for discharge of B. J. Baumgartner as administrator of Joseph Butikofer’s estate at the Court House in West Union on September 23, 1936 at 10:00 A M. The report seeks approval, payment of expenses, distribution to heirs, and discharge of the administrator and bond. Interested heirs are notified to appear and object if desired.
Oelwein Register reports Henry Voss a day clerk at Mealey Hotel shot himself Saturday near No 5 tee at Oelwein Country Club in a despondent act. The Iowa Liquor Control Commission paid the state treasurer 50000 last week, raising annual earnings turned over to the general fund to 650000.
At the weekly auction after a fair break buyers gauged crop yields and feed conditions. The top lot was four dry fed calf beef averaging 640 pounds sold to Rath Packing Co of Waterloo at eight dollars twenty cents per hundredweight. Feeder pigs totaling 175 head from southern Iowa drouth regions brought fair prices.
The Fayette County girls 4-H booth placed first at the Big-4 fair in Pontville on September 12. The exhibit featured kitchen equipment displays borrowed from the Jefferson and Smithfield clubs showing modern and efficient designs.
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