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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1957

Page

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Hicks Loan Service Inc Amends Articles Of Incorporation

Notice states Hicks Loan Service Inc amends Article I M by setting authorized capital stock at 100000 dollars, 1000 common shares of par value 100 dollars, all shares same class, voting rights with owners of common stock. Dated March 29, 1957. Signed by J P Gallagher President and W L Hicks Secretary.

Hicks Loan Service, Inc J. P. Gallagher W. L. Hicks

Burro Front Page Photo Sparks Local Interest

Virtus Yack of Excelsior Springs Mo has turned photography into a hobby and created a front page shopper image featuring a Mexican burro owned by the Yacks carrying five children. Visitors to Mrs Bertha Lehman include Mr and Mrs Paul Butikofer and Timmy Sutter from Taylor Mo. Mrs Edward Olesen of Hawk Eye visited Friday.

Virtus Yack Excelsior Springs Yacks Paul Butikofer Timmy Eli Sutter Taylor Bertha Lehman Edward Olesen Hawkeye

Bank Directors Swear to True Statement in 1957 Figures

G J Mosby and L L Knudtson sworn as officers of the bank affirm the financials are true, with notary F D Welch recording the oath in Fayette County Iowa. The document lists capital, surplus, undivided profits and partial figures as part of the bank’s state of affairs. It includes a long local social column detailing frequent callers, visits, and birthdays in the community tied to the Kohler and Blockhus households and surrounding towns.

G. J. Mosby L. L. Knudtson Fred C. Muehlethaler Max Thoma State OF Iowa County of Fayette F. D. Welch

Insurance Agents Qualifications and Farm Credit Investments

Governor signs House File ton bill on insurance agents. Senate approves House File 277 allowing state banks to invest up to 10 percent of assets in bonds of federal land banks intermediate credit banks and farm credit administration supervised banks. Senate also ponders garnishment limits and public utility regulation among several notable bills.

Senate Farm Credit Administration Senate Committee On Manufacturing, Commerce and Trade World Bank Banking Committee International Bank For Reconstruction and Development House Representative Frommelt Senate Labor Committee Public Utility Commission State Public Service Commission Senate Public Utilities Committee House Public Utilities Committee Commerce Commission Judiciary Committee

Guidance of the Gang Stirs Local Reflections

A mother and neighbor discuss youth gang dynamics as a boy learns from peers. A neighbor recalls watching boys build a shack on a vacant lot and resists shirkers, noting the crowd’s influence on behavior and responsibility.

Gangs to Clubs: Youth Groups as Positive Social Tools

The piece argues that youths joining groups learn shared responsibility and adjust personal aims to the group. It notes gangs can become constructive under supervision, reducing juvenile crime. It highlights church school club programs and 4-H as constructive redirects for rural and urban youth through organized recreation and activities.

Feeding iodinated casein to sows boosts litter size

Farmers may increase litter size at weaning by one-third to one-half pig per litter and raise pig weight by 20 to 30 percent by feeding iodinated casein to nursing sows. If your freezer holds beef, and stocks run low, start stocking up on meat market supplies.

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