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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1931
Page
1
A Strawberry Point Press Journal editorial questions mothers in Greeley about five girls ages eleven to fourteen who arrived last Saturday, noting cigarettes in public and day wear like nightdresses. It criticizes lax supervision, calls for stricter school chaperoning and fewer unsupervised activities, urging moral and physical cleanliness.
An editorial warns that millions spent by farmers on purported livestock medicines go to unscrupulous peddlers. It notes overpaid remedy heads, fraudulent cure claims, and urges consulting a qualified veterinarian rather than trusting unproven products.
Gunder News reports Nels Anderson and family from Osage visiting in Tom Landsgard’s home. Various callers include Elgin and Clermont residents. A Marion church festival was postponed. Dorcas Society and Ladies' Aid events noted with Mrs. B. Nelson honored for her birthday founding the Marion Ladies' Aid.
Oak Grove residents host and visit across several homes including Luchsinger Bennett Wilson Boyle Kohls and Nydegger families. Sunday visits feature Mrs Wilson Mrs Dean and Mrs Landsday with multiple extended family and neighbors. The Kilcare Klub met with Five Hundred games and prizes at the Boleyn home with Mrs Reuben Howard and Louis Dennler winning first.
Mr and Mrs George Hyder hosted guests while George Falk suffered two days confined to bed over the weekend due to ptomaine poisoning at a local gathering.
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