Grand Jury Drawn for April Term at Waukon
The April district court term opened with Judge H E Taylor drawing the grand jury: George Stewart of Arlington foreman P W Leahey Union Henry Lauer Dover George Leach Fremont Frank Leehy Clermont 8 T Payne Harlan Thomas Hetherton Eden. Plead Guilty to Larceny Dale Master of Oclwein jailed one year then paroled for good behavior. Oscar Hangartner of Postville fined one year in jail. joined Raymond Witt in looting a freight car. Witt 15 Hangartner 19. Hangartner parole for mother’s sake after returning stolen goods. Harry Morse, who escaped from West Union jail, recaptured. Morse faces additional sentence. Frances Brophy of Iowa Tuberculosis Association to examine Arlington schoolchildren. pre-school clinic planned. Iowa leads in farm value yet, Potawatamie and five counties’ farms surpass many states in land value.
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H. E. Taylor
Waukon
Bre- Aiding
George Stewart
Arlington
P. W. Leahey
Union
Henry Lauer
Dover
George Leach
Fremont
Frank Leehy
Clermont
T. Payne
Harlan
Thomas Hetherton
Eden
Dale Master
Oclwein
Hard Tabor
Hangartner
Oscar Hangartner
Postville
Iowa
Raymond J. Witt
Jackson Junction
Witt
Eldora
Mangartner
Harry Morse
West Union
Dubuque
Morse
Court House
T. B
Frances Brophy
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Arlington School
Ruth Morrison
Clean Up week set for Friday April 18 in Elgin
Mayor Weibel designates Friday April 18 as the start of Clean Up week. Most residents already keep town tidy but the notice urges everyone to begin spring cleanup promptly to maintain a neat town. Businesses should clear fronts and pile rubbish for town haulage to minimize costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weibel
Elgin
Soft Spots Appear in Roads as Spring Dryness Bonds
Drivers report multiple spongy road spots after a dry spring. Heavy traffic was halted earlier, keeping wear low. Officials expect roads to solidify soon and allow heavy trucks again.
Farmer opposes scattered poisoned baits harming birds
A kind farmer urges stopping the practice of scattering poisoned baits for gophers. He notes birds and game like quail and pheasants may ingest the poison, risking needless mortality. He calls to protect wildlife and reduce harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoe
Clean Up Week Declared by Elgin Mayor
Special notice announces Clean Up Week in Elgin with dumping only at the Water street north end Diagonal street river bank intersection. The week begins Friday April 18 and lasts one week with citizens urged to haul away rubbish for a healthier town.
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Elginia
Water Street
Diagonal Street
Elgin
A. M. Weibel
Kennedy Moves North West of Clermont
Jim Kennedy moved his road outfit Monday morning to northwest of Clermont on the river road where he has several miles of township grading. His gang worked here about two months and returned after last fall. They finished the creamery hill, making the hill nearly vanish. once the bridge is built and another curve removed the grade will be an easy slope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Kennedy
Clermont
Mr. Kennedy
Creamery Hill
Notice to ice users about two delivery rules
Notice from H. W. Falb instructs ice users to secure ice tickets before delivery and to keep the ice chamber for ice only. It emphasizes not removing food from the ice chamber during deliveries and states both rules apply to everyone.
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H. W. Falb
Little Eight League Organization Meeting
The Little Eight League sets its organization meeting for Friday at 1 80 o'clock pm at the courthouse in West Union. Officers will be elected schedule arranged rules adopted and other business covered. Announcements were sent to all league towns and potential members. Elgin, last year’s top team, is urged to organize for representation at the meeting.
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Little Eight League
Court House
West Union
Elgin
Cement poured in Lansing bridge progress update
A submarine cement machine was lowered to the bottom of a cofferdam to lay a cement floor sealing the shaft and keep out seeping water. The poured concrete must set before pumping water and starting the big pier and piling work on the opposite side may proceed.
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Lansing
Coffer
Lansling
Entertain At Dinner Bridge By Mrs Gehring And Conner
Mrs Gehring and Mrs Conner hosted a dinner bridge at Mrs Conner's home Friday night. High scores went to Mrs M A Nicklaus and Mrs R W Muehlenthal er, with Hulda Stoehr low. The guest list includes H T Knudteen T W Dean Albert Schori Samuel Mosby Mel Kohler R P Strauch Fred Kohler M A Nicklaus Ed Hanson R W Muehlenthaler Nell Schori F R Berg C J Schmid John Falk C S Kniel Frank Greenley Ern Holzer Hulda Stoehr Thomas Knudt son L B Carter Frank Capper E L Morris J L Morris Chas Gehring Harry Fitzgerald and Misses Ella Lehman Celia Lehman Hazel Gehring.
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Fred Gehring
Ed Conner
M. A. Nicklaus
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Hulda Stoehr
Mesdameg H. T. Knudteen
T. W. Dean
Albert Schori
Samuel Mosby
Mel Kohler
R. P. Strauch
Fred Kohler
Ed Hanson
Nell Schori
F. R. Berg
C. J. Schmid
John Falk
C. S. Kniel
Frank Greenley
Ern Holzer
Thomas Knudtson
L. B. Carter
Frank Capper
E. L. Morris
J. L. Morris
Chas
Gehring
Want Ads Sell Surplus Stock
Herbert Dummermann paid a quarter for an Echo want ad and sold all sows quickly. He repeated the success with young cattle after a buyer from Volga City, John Cunningham, contacted him within three days. Both deals left him with more buyers than stock, signaling his market knowledge for future ads. Practically every want ad user tells the same story.
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Herbert Dummermann
Echo Want
John Cunningham
Volga City
Elgin to Lose One Teacher in Coming Year
Hazel Frieden, long time Elgin Grade teacher, declines re election to pursue studies at State Teachers College. Remaining staff sign contracts including L B Carter superintendent Agnes Crowe principal Chas Whitney R C Jorgenson Gilma Olson Geraldine Schori Marie Mosby Belva Benson. 7th and 8th grade vacancy likely filled soon. Sam Lehman rehired as janitor.
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Hazel Frieden
State Teachers’ College
Elgin
L. B. Carter
Supt
Agnes Crowe
Chas, Whitney
R. C. Jorgenson
Gilma Olson
Geraldine Schori
Marie Mosby
Belva Benson
Sam Lehman
O H Chapter Meeting at Elkader on April 26
Nine chapters of the O H organization meet in Elkader on April 26 with our chapter included. An afternoon school of instruction will select officers from chapters for the evening program. Our chapter to furnish two officers. Dinner at six, cost up to 75 cents per person. Worthy Grand Matron, Patron and several grand officers to attend.
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O. H
Elkader
Family Lives in Two Townships Remark Noted at Census Meeting
In Allamakee county a family straddles the township line between Waterloo and Hanover. They eat in Waterloo township and sleep in Hanover, the bedroom and kitchen split by the line. An enumerator proposed the Hanover worker tally them in bed on his side.
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Allamakee
Waukon
Waterloo
Hanover
Waukon R. & S
Benson to Speak at Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau Meeting
Senator C. A. Benson of Clayton county will headline the Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau program next Tuesday evening at the Elgin high school gym. A large attendance is expected with a balanced program of music by local people and an open invitation to all residents.
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C. A. Benson
Clayton County
Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau
Elgin High School
Benson
Applause at Elgin Opera House This Weekend
Town ordinance requires poultry penning after March 15 with a $3 per day fine for violations. Also notice of Applause at Elgin Opera House on April 19 and 20 with a playful, heartwarming story. Mr and Mrs Gehring and Hazel Gehring visit Fennimore Wisconsin to see Mrs Vern Webb, a California visitor.
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Elgin Opera House
New York
Fred Gehring
Chas. Gehring
Hazel Gehring
Fennimore
Wis
Kitty Darling
Helen Morgan
Elgin Opera
Bess Stohr
Pool Hall License Fight Defines New Town Council
The new town council faced a license decision on J. F. Berndt's pool hall at its first meeting Monday night and defeated the license continuation four to one, reversing the prior council's four to one grant. A petition favorable to reconsider circulated yesterday, signed by many business men.
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J. F. Berndt
Berndt
Band Stand Plans and Local Meeting Schedule in Elgin
The Elgin Community Club held a well attended meeting discussing road improvements and a new band stand. A committee will assess plans and costs for road access and a band stand, inviting public input and donations to support a concert venue.
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Elgin Community Club
Elgin
McGregor to Entertain Northeast Iowa Masons
Rev W W Bowers D D Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Iowa will be principal speaker at the Northeastern Iowa Masonic Fellowship Association meeting in McGregor on Friday April 25 at 730 pm. His subject will be The Spirit of Masonry. Dr Bowers long prominent M E clergyman and pastor at Washington, transferred to Waterloo last fall and has been active with Masonry and the Grand Lodge speakers bureau for years.
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A. F
A. M
Farm Bureau
C. A. Benson
Legion and Auxiliary
F. D. Welch
W. W. Bowers
Grand Lodge of Iowa
Northeastern Iowa Masonic Fellowship Association
McGregor
M. E
Iowa
Fine Church
Washington
Waterloo
Grand Lodge
Dog Tax Due for 1980 in Harrington Town
Town clerk C. J. Harrington notes the 1980 dog tax was due March 1 and must be paid by May 1. After May 1, the Town Marshall collects the tax with a 50 cent penalty. Any dog not taxed by July 1 will be ordered killed under town ordinance.
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C. J. Harrington
A. M. Weibel
Correction to town clerk salary and social visit note
A council record error mis-stated town clerk C. J. Harrington's pay as 120 dollars per month. the actual figure is 120 dollars per year. The note also records Frances Skatshaug and Ruth Briedenstein visiting Mrs. Mary Skarshaug last Saturday.
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C. J. Harrington
Frances Skatshaug
Ruth Briedenstein
Collins
Mary Skarshaug
Road let bid for Elgin to Kern hill stretch work
County supervisors seek bids for grading and earth excavation on 1.75 miles of county trunk road from Elgin to Kern hill. Bids due tomorrow April 18 with contract expected to be awarded. Kern hill decision pending relocation plans or minor improvements and graveling of the remaining road.
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Elgin
Kern Hill
School Fire Loss Settled for $44 304
The Independent School District of McGregor and 13 insurance companies settled the fire loss on the old school building and equipment burned March 12. $44,304.06 will be paid to the district, with total insurance at $48,500. School board members and local businessmen call the settlement fair.
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Independent School District
McGregor
Widow Denies Husband Involved in Two Crashes
Mrs. Charles Warner, widow of the Randalia garage man killed near Independence, says her husband was not in two crashes as earlier dispatches claimed. She states his car was wrecked in the first accident by parties who had it, and he was in Urbana in the morning and Center Point in the afternoon.
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Charles Warner
Randalia
Independence
News Dispatch
Warner
Urbana
Center Point
Study Club Meeting Winds Down Year
This week's Study Club gathering was at Mrs. Frank Mack's home as one of the year’s near-final meetings. The program featured a roll call reading The House Where I Was Born plus topics on parental sacrifice, standout American women, and the story of Home Sweet Home. Mrs. Torkelson and Bryle Miller of Clermont performed piano solos.
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Frank Mack
W. ©. Falk
Clara Baumgartner
Esther
Maria Carter
Torkelson
Bryle Miller
Clermont
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