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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1933
Page
4
A collage of market items and office supplies is listed for sale at the Echo Office in Elk Horn. The piece then shifts to editorials about newspaper practices, reader suggestions, and a long rural report on Iowa farm conditions, crop prices, and agricultural advice for 1933. It covers frost, tomato storage, calving intervals, poultry housing, grass rest, pest control, and distress over news coverage.
The article notes future coverage on the Girls' Athletic Association under the supervision of physical training instructors. It mentions Frieden, J Ruth Grover, Mc Milan, Norma Robbit, and Olson among those involved, with a breakfast event that week and plans for a state wide undertaking later in the year.
No football game this week the squad will rest with light practices after school each night to stay in trim. The next game is against Arlington on October 6 at Schori Field starting at 3 80 oclock. Alma Opland Norma Robbing and William Weibel visited the assembly room recently. Cosmos and Upper Iowa Collegian join our reading table bi weekly. Hiram Olson returns to school after work absence and Georgia Stillman back after eight weeks illness. Margie Strauch remains absent due to illness.
Friday's competition highlighted better fundamentals as students excelled. Lewis Carter Margaret Crider Bessie Grimm Merriel Johnson Ethel Thoman and Robert Koller achieved perfect spelling tests. Clara Baldwin Betty Elkema Dorothy Krueger also posted perfect scores in spelling last week while the fifth grade geography class works on a sand table project of South America.
Victor Topp Robert Gruver Gene Habeger and Verna Groth achieved 100 percent on their first problem scale. Those who scored 190 percent last week in spelling included Alice Becker Betty Schori Betty Strauch Anna Schup bach Otis Torkelson Mabel Grimm Robert Gruver and Gene Habeger.
Second graders make booklets showing home articles while first graders study basic color names. Arithmetic top performers Friday were Helen Hoag Geraldine Butikofer Lester Grimm and Ruth Moellerman. Spelling high scorers last week were Harold Pfister Helen Pfister Walter Martin Alfred Boleyn Ruth Mueller man and Helen Hoag. An NRA era claim links increased leisure to a coming buying wave with industrial centers leading the trend, farming areas urged to follow. A Osage Press note says surplus food should be destroyed in overproducing regions, while overfed areas should reduce population.
The Echo invites readers to submit or bring in reports and general happenings from the town and surrounding community. The notice expresses appreciation for public cooperation to print news of general interest.
In Cleximont Myra and Mrs Embert Guilavig and Ernest attended business calls at Elkadey Monday afternoon. Mrs Sarah Peters of Wagner township visited relatives including Mrs Fe Ain and family. The Loftsgard family hosted Sunday dinner at T. Loftsgard home with guests Stella Kjosa and others. Several calls and visits occurred at Gislekon, Landsgard, and Peterson households.
Herman Scheel was brought home from Rochester Friday and is feeling much better since his operation. He is not forced to remain in bed but must take it easy for a time. Hayton county selected 85 petit jurors for the October term of court which convenes the 16th. selections were reported Monday and those from the northwest section of the county to comprise Harry Helgerson of Grand Meadow, Ben Erickson of Marion, and Will Paize of Highland.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions terms such as paper crepe and barn and a 1980 date. It appears to reference practice routines and home trade benefits but lacks clear actions, participants, or places to form a concrete news item. No identifiable persons or organizations are clearly present.
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