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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
3
A postal notice indicates item entered at Clermont in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter under standard postal provision.
P. T. Hines of the Greensboro News-Record argues advertising is essential and broadens beyond paid space. He says advertising informs prospective clients, guides consumers, and serves as a necessary public service, countering claims it is unethical or wasteful.
John W. Beeking sues the city of Lansing for 2500 in district court, claiming a February 23, 1986 sidewalk slip on snow and ice caused a fractured leg and dislocated tendons. The case awaits the September term. Read the Echo ads for today’s bargains.
Farm statistics note linseed oil production reaching 505,531,000 pounds the highest since 1929. New York gardeners test an odorless cabbage from Cornell breeder C H Myers. World wheat output excluding Russia and China sits near 3.444 billion bushels, down 110 million. Rhode Island earns modified accreditation amid bovine tuberculosis eradication. References to farm lending, corn acreage shifts, silage feed, seed corn, sheep disease control, grasshopper damage, sugar beets, soybeans rise, and Dr. Dafoe’s noted family.
A column urges that happiness comes from within and not from chasing ideal conditions. It cites simple joys and village contentment, recalling W. K. Vanderbilt’s remark on seeking nothing and finding happiness. Local notes mention Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Steger returning to Waterloo to take a school post, with prior work in Sac City. Sam Gerhart at an Eagle Grove oil station plans stricter check scrutiny after a counterfeit like signed “U, R, Stung.”
A brief historical note explains that Tokyo was once known as Edo before adopting its current name. It highlights the transition from Edo to Tokyo and references Japan's capital status.
Sheriff Mike Graf and Deputy Fred O Boy arrested Walter Bakken at his Decorah home for a liquor offense. Officers found home brew and alcohol. it is his third offense. Geo Armstrong of Ridgeway was also arrested for a liquor offense on Wednesday afternoon. Both are jailed in Decorah. The 53 man state highway patrol cost about 3004 per man in its first year. General expenses totaled 162,982.02 from Aug 1 1935 to Aug 1 1936. An eyelid operation at the University of Iowa hospital restored sight and muscle use for Herbert Kuehnie of Hawkeye after a barn accident nine months earlier.
The Papago of the Southwest historically captured young coyotes to keep as pets.
Labor Day saw the official opening of McGregor's new tennis court hosted by First State Savings Bank. Fred Huebsch won the three round event and earned two tennis balls donated by the sponsor. Public Opinion column quotes Harlan Miller contrasting U S figures with Mussolini and Hitler.
A mass of 160 nails barb wire glass and tin were removed from the stomach of John Bauer a 63 year old farmer near Litchfield Illinois by surgeons last week Bauer said he swallowed the trash eight weeks earlier in a suicide attempt and survived the perilous ordeal under medical care.
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