Post Office Listing Notation from Elgin Iowa
A brief post office filing indicates the item was entered at Elgin in Payette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
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Elgin
Payette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
1
Pipe Dreams and Publicity Pranks at Homecoming
A fragmented column notes conferences on publicity stunts for homecoming, including a whisker derby idea and hot days. Letters tease men in shorts for publicity, with quips about publicity stunts, boomerang ads, and odd questions. The piece ends mid story with Clermont references.
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TV Bet
Airport plans stir Rantoul echoes and homecoming talk
The piece notes Doc Wolf and others eyeing a local airport for practice spins and lessons, with promoters praised as pioneers. It recalls Chanute Field growth, a thunderstorm scare in Elgin, and a homecoming week ahead as the town drills for visitors. It also covers local births, a fatal farm accident, and festival mood as harvests peak.
Fayette No 4 C T A Report for July Dairy Herds
A Fayette No 4 C T A July report details butterfat drop from 32.0 to 19.6 pounds as cows shift lactation stage and face heat, feed constraints, and other work. Twenty five herds tested 470 cows, averaging 638 pounds milk and 25.6 fat. 46 dry. Top cows include Max Graffenburg and Harry Turner, with high 305 day records and high herd totals, plus a roster of best cows by milk and fat. Patronize Echo advertisers.
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Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Fayette No. 4
Max Graffenburg
R. H. Breezie
Harry Cline and Sons
R. J
Harry N Turner
R. H
Roy Learn
Jerry Spencer
Wens
The
Echo
Edwin Chenswold
Max Medberry
Harva Miller
Irving Deering
Grass Bros
Harry Whiteher
Mills
Harry Cline
Harry N. Turner
Bob
Sal
Beatrice I
Lady
Holstein
Maude V
Edward Mescher
Obituary and society notices from Fayette area
The community mourns former resident John Neuenswander who died at his Fayette area home after months of illness. The Clermont parsonage held Aug 4 nuptials for Levi Erickson and Hilma Benson. Prof. Fred Hadsel of Oxford, Ohio, and his wife were honored at Dr. Hadsel’s hospitable home. James Burk, a cancer sufferer for three years, died near Brainard at about seventy-eight years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Neuenswander
Fayette
Clermont Parsonage
Levi M. Erickson
Hilma B. Benson
J. T. Bursett
Hadsel
Fred Hadsel
Oxford
Ohio
James Burk
Brainard
Elgin Iowa Town Council Sets 1941 Tax Levy Totals
Elgin Iowa council meeting notes list the 1941 levy by purpose including consolidation Fire equipment and maintenance Water bonds Bond Park improvements Snow removal and more totaling 4500 dollars. Votes were all aye with no protests noted and the budget adopted. J Harrington clerk records Aug 5 1940 actions and subsequent regular session minutes mention bills approved by the finance committee.
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Elgin
Iowa
Falk
Dean
Torkelson
O'Neill
Muehlethaler
Schori
J. Harrington
Doan
Fewer Cases Spotted Fever in Iowa This Year
The Iowa state department of health reports a zero percent decline in Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases in the first three months of the season compared with 1939. From May through July this year, only five cases were recorded, versus 22 in the same period last year. Health authorities urge continued precautions as the season continues and note the disease spreads by the wood tick.
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Iowa
Iowa State Department of Health
Local Real Estate Transfers and Gala Day at Strawberry Point
Real estate transfers from W J Rogers abstract office cover two weeks to August 2 in Clermont and WaIdena with several WD transactions and values from 1 to 825 dollars. A Happy Couple scene at Strawberry Point features a tipsy rider buying two ferris wheel tickets, riding with a keg, and embracing it on each rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Rogers
J. F. Miller
Hugo Hackmann
Spring Street
Blackett Street
Clermont
Leo Beucher
R. P. Strauch
C. L. Capper
Strawberry Point
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