1935 - $0.10 shows at Dallas theatre replaced free shows at city park.

Dec. 1936 - The Elliott schools were closed two weeks, then opened periodically and then closed for a week due to the extreme cold weather and snow blocked  roads. The severeness of the weather caused coal to be allotted 1/2 ton to the customer.

Aug. 6, 1936 - Blacktop is completed on Highway 48 from Red Oak to Griswold.

Aug 18, 1936 - Two former Red Oak men (Orie and Albert England) staged a daring afternoon holdup of the Elliott office of the Houghton State Bank and took $1146.00. The men were apprehended in Omaha, where they were living, following a tip that Orie was spending too much money. Their car's license plate had been secured by Mrs. George Stayer, living above Elliott's Bank, and positive identification made by George Wohlenhaupt, manager of Houghton Bank. The men also confessed to a similar bank holdup in Nebr. and were sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary in Lincoln.

Oct. 1, 1936 - Dr. Carl G. Johnson has established an office in Elliott. He was a graduate of Still Osteopathic College in 1935. Editor's note- Dr. Johnson later moved to Griswold, and in 1979 still serves the Griswold and Elliott communities.

Oct. 7, 1937 - A large crowd attended a corn demonstration at the Fred Shaw northwest of Elliott to see Carl and Elmer Carlson pick corn. 5,000 bushels of seed corn were picked. The field yielded 100 bushels per acre.

Jan. 20, 1938 - In the early morning hours of Jan. 18, 1938 fire broke out in the Weaver Hardware and completely destroyed the Hardware store and the Green Bay Lumber Co. and damaged the Hully and Powell building (presently Max Miller brick building, 1979). Origin of the fire was probably caused by the furnace exploding in the hardware store. It soon became apparent the Elliott fire team could not contain the fire. Fire Chief Tim Wood called on Griswold and Red Oak fire teams to assist in fighting the fire. The fire fueled by shotshell and rifle ammunition in the hardware store and by several tons of coal, gallons of paint and lumber in the lumber yard created an inferno in which flames shot a hundred feet in the air. Sparks were reported flying two miles out in the country. It probably was one of Elliott's worst fires.

Oct. 1938 - Gould's Show was here. A special truck carrying a 30,000 watt electric light plant furnished juice for the complete show. Elliott's main street was transformed into a gay white midway, with concessions of all kinds, brilliant with lights and color. There was a caravan of 50 trucks.

Nov. 14, 1940 - An Armistice Day freeze hit Elliott surrounding vicinity. Saturday and Sunday it rained, also Sunday night but by early Monday morning the thermometer had dropped to below freezing, with much snow falling most of the day Monday, accompanied by a driving wind. It continued to be cold with the thermometer dropping to -3^o  on Wednesday morning.