Elgin Echo Entry in Post Office Mail Status
The Elgin Echo is entered in the post office at Elgin Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
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Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1937
Page
1
Quarantine Prevents Milk Borne Scarlet Fever Outbreak
In April 1937 a city faced rising scarlet fever cases tied to a single milk route. Vigilant milk inspectors halted delivery after finding contamination and improper practices. The measure stopped further spread though a few new cases occurred, underscoring the need for isolation, cleanliness, sterilization, healthy handlers, state approval, pasteurization, and supervision of dairies.
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Board of Health
State Department of Health
A Tip to Newspaper Space Buyers
A Humboldt Republican note stresses paid circulation as a quality guarantee for newspapers. It argues buyers get better markets when papers reach paying customers and business houses, while direct mail sometimes misses homes without paid magazines.
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Humboldt Republican
Let The Echo Do Your Printing Event This Week
Howard Topp of Sterling Alaska plans an event Thursday and Friday with relatives in Elgin. Roland Gruver and Hazel Howard were dinner guests in the Mrs Mabel Gruver home Sunday.
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Howard Topp
Sterling
Elgin
Roland Gruver
Hazel Howard
Mrs. Mabel , Gruver
Can You Remember Chas Monnahan Must Leave Wisconsin
A fragment from a local column notes Chas Monnahan leaving for Wisconsin on a business trip Wednesday. It mentions Fred C. Miller considering John Falb for his wood sawing outfit and invites others to contact him for wood to saw. The item also records Miss Lizzie Lyons attending the Big Five Teachers Association meeting at Postville April 26 27 with a program on Tre Rarai Scheelsee Sovial Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Monnahan
Wisconsin
Fred C. Miller
John Falb
Fred
Lizzie Lyons
Postville
C. W. Nicklaus
Eelmer
Adolph Weibel
Bertha
Cedar Rapids
Na Mid Kisus
Alw Vibel
Ben Commer
West Icn
Hannas Yack
Farmersburg
Ralph DeSart
John Konier
C. L. Shaver
Gead
Knudtson
Main Street
Susie Capper
Miller District
Ed Klingman
Goetz
Center Street
Prices Rising in Newspaper Field Hit by Cost Increases
The text notes rapid rises in linotype metal from 7 to nearly 14 cents a pound and sharp increases in newsprint. Des Moines Register and Mason City Globe-Gazette have raised subscription prices. Advertising rates may rise later to offset higher operating costs. The Decorah Journal reports newspapers must cover rising expenses through some method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Lestie Paper Co
Nate
Des Moines Register
Mason City Globe-Gazette
Rah Journal
Decorah Journal
The Forgotten Man John Taxpayer
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lampoons public spending and budget myths, arguing that officials rely on borrowing and fairy tale balance while neglecting the ordinary taxpayer as the forgotten man in America.
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John Taxpayer
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Father and Son Poem About Generational Insight
A humorous exchange compares a father and son, each rating the other as common dough. The speaker reflects on how the younger generation often sees the elder as refined, while the elder realizes his own worth and common sense. The poem ends with a recursive joke about mutual underestimation.
Local Social Notes Highlight Visitors and Court Business
The report mentions Mrs Craft of Brainard visiting the Palmer Bartholomew home, John Falk attending court business in West Union, and Hans Winkler returning from a eventful chase with two young ones to his credit. Bertha Weibel and friends traveled from Fairbank for a dance, with some staying for a week at the Weibel home.
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Jerome Mealey
Earl King
Hugh Leehy
Fairbank
Kathryn
Weibel
Mine Shoenut
Magazine solicitors copy Supt Morse to sell mags
Supt A S Morse warns that magazine subscription solicitors are using his name. A youth claims to be a Fayette pupil allowed to leave school to fund magazines, which is false. Similar schemes appeared in Maynard. Ruth Grover was ill, Mary Miller of Clermont plans to live with her daughter after visiting the Alfred Jacob farm two weeks ago.
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A. S. Morse
Fayette School
Supt. Morse
Fayette
Maynard
Mary Miller
Clermont
Alfred Jacob Farm
Typewriter Pads Offer Stirs Echo Office Sale
Echo Office advertises typewriter pads at ten cents as a clever IQ pact. John Lyford is rehired at Lima school with a higher salary. A Richard Miller arrived from the West by afternoon with details about an appendix.
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Echo
John Lyford
Lima School
Richard
Elgin State Bank Completes March 31 1937 Statement
The Elgin State Bank of Fayette County Iowa reports total resources of 471 212 51 with loans and discounts 375 494 57 and cash items 82 257 98. Liabilities total 471 212 51 including capital stock 30 000, surplus 6 300, deposits 199 (edited)
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Elgin State Bank
Elgin
Fayette
A. D
Totel Resources
State of
Iowa
Fayette County
Ernest Schori
Samuel Mosby
B. J. Baumgartner
Ernest Schoryi
E. M. Hoag
Notary Publicia
National Want Ad Week Offers Free Echo Insertion
The Elgin Echo announces National Want Ad Week from April 17 to 24 with one free want ad in the April 22 issue for every paid ad. Ads can cover autos, equipment, house furnishings, livestock, real estate, jobs, sales, rentals, and more. Robert Klingman, injured when a leg fell on his foot, is mentioned.
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The
Echo
Elgin Echo
Robert Klingman
Fayette couple marks sixtieth wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. R. Parker of Fayette celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary last week. Mrs. George Wilkinson of near Wadena is visiting in the Jacob Yearoun home. Fellers' Hardware offers Bradley and Vrooman paints for spring housecleaning projects.
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George Wilkinson
Wadena
Jacob Yearoun
Thos. R. Parker
Fayette
Fellers’ Hardware
Bradley and Vrooman
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Theraday
R. P. Strauch
Kathryn J. Stranch
Beryl Boleyn
Boleyn
Ruth Grover
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Elgin Opera House
Ole Jensen Iowa Ramblers
Markwell
Statien
Max Thoma
Fred Reichert
Echo Office
Wm. Baumgartner
Kenneth Colbert
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Peter Luchsinger
Huron
S. D
Bartlett
Hershey
Feller & Baumgartner
West Elgin
James Way
Lehman’ S Hardware
Skelgas
Metgnn Iowa
Chevrolet
Bia
Chavrolet Ceaters
Oldsmobile
H Iick
Graham Tudor
Buick
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