Advertising Rates Inch Based Classified and Notice Rates
A historical snippet lists advertising prices including Foreign Display at 42 cents per inch Local Display 35 to 40 cents per inch Readers per line 10 cents Classified per word with advance payment minimum two hours for each insertion No agency commission Cards of Thanks 18 dollars In Memorial Cards 1 dollar limited to 10 lines Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices with admission charged and obituaries Poetry all at regular rates.
Local Oddities and Brief Notices From The Observer
A collage of small items and quips including a Fayetteville Observer jab about a for sale Dodge truck with a wench, quick remarks on manners, a boy’s fishing reply, insurance delay suspicions, a judge and wife exchange, and several short item notes about illness, travel, and visits across towns like Farmersburg Joplin Brookfield and families such as Lehman Weibel and Stoehr.
Pipe Dreams and Pocketbook Jokes on Courtroom Tone
A collage of quips on divorce, strikes, politics, and everyday costs. Jokes about alimony set at 50 dollars monthly, workers not paid for nonwork, Bailey’s comet in 1988, and rats costing per year. A note credits Don Reid in the Iowa Press Association Weekly Bulletin for proofreading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Reid
Iowa Press Association Weekly Bulletin
Can You Remember Wedding and Town Notes from 1928
At noon on Wednesday August 1 1928 Margaret Elizabeth Grether wed Clifford Merrill Green at her parents home. C J Harrington displayed a mammoth egg measuring 10 by 73 4 inches at his implement house. Arlington defeated our team 5 to 3. Brick work on the school addition delayed by missing steel beams resumes tomorrow as contractor Kiple aims for opening day ready. R W Muehlenthaler installed a city bulletin board with Dr L S Hutchinson providing daily radio news. For market and weather updates see the latest information.
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Hans E. Grether
Margaret Elizabeth
Clifford Merrill Green
C. J. Harrington
Arlington
Kiple
R. W. Muehlenthaler
L. S
Elgin Iowa Council Corrects Budget and Adjourns
Elgin Fayette county Iowa council proceeding July 26 1948 adopts budget after hearing with all present voting for final adoption. August 2 1948 minutes show bills approved general fund waterworks light street construction and salaries with adjournment following.
Elgin Iowa Council Considers Funding Bonds for Warrants
The Elgin Town Council in Fayette County met in special session on August 23, 1948 to consider selling two thousand dollars in funding bonds dated September 1, 1948 to raise funds for past due warrants drawn on the Cemetery Purchase Fund. Present were Mayor George Falk Clerk Robert Kohler and council members Boyle Dean O Neill Absent Muehlethaler Schori.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowa
Fayette County
Falk
Boyle
Dean
Muehlethaler
Sclori
O'Neill
R. E. Kohler
Schori
W. P. Kohls
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Yowa Municipal Supply Co
Elgin Oil Co
George Falk
Robert Kohler
Notice of Sale of Bonds and Appraisement Terms
Public notices describe bond sale in Elgin Iowa for funding bonds of $2,000 dated 1948, interest not exceeding 5 percent, bids open at 8 PM on August 23, 1948, with two week newspaper publication. Also an inheritance tax appraisement time set for August 18, 1948 at 2 PM in West Union, Fayette County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Echo
Elgin
Iowa
Fayette County
Ander
Towa
State of
J .Mary Cummings
State Tax Commission
Frances V. Owens
Lauretta G. Owens
James Sheehan
Thomas Sheehan
John Sheehan
Helen Sheehan Murphy
Mary Sheehan Mille
Eliza Martz
Elizabeth van Deehlen
Fayette
Annual Lehman Reunion At Elgin School Grounds
The 24th annual Lehman family reunion was held Sunday August 8 at the Elgin school grounds with 61 attendees. Officers were re elected: Louis Lehman president Adolph Lehman vice president and Maxine Meyer secretary treasurer. It lists attendees from many Iowa towns and notes social activities plus a business meeting. Also includes agronomy and plant pest advice for Iowa farmers and crop suggestions for silage and nicotine sulfate applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehman Family
Elgin
Mgm
Louis Lehman
Adolph Lehman
Maxine Meyer
Houston
Texas
Harry
Converse
Card
Charles City
Virgil Leitz
Terry
Lyle Leath
Loren Casper
Cedar Rapids
Bertha Jane Casper
Richard
Robert
Edward
Lehmid
Waterloo
Wayne Seidler
Manchester
Walter Lehman
Vernon
John Lyford
Joan
David
Ryan
Fred Moser
Roy Ellis
Clair Y
Late Blight Threatens Potatoes and Tomatoes
Gardener warning about late blight on potatoes and tomatoes urges monitoring during cool wet periods. Lowland and muckland areas should be sprayed promptly with Bordeaux mixture 44 50, while dry warm weather may slow the disease. Tomatoes should be included in spraying. 1948 10 acre corn yield contest entries are due August 31.
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Towa
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. P. Strauch
Fayetteville
N. C
Hans Keiser
Les Lehman
Lois
Farmersburg
Lehman
Laura Bucher
Joplin
Gus Stoehr
A. M. Weibel
Minerva
William
Harold
Brookfield
Rich
Pipe Dreams
Bailey
Uniteed States
General Electric
Westinghouse - Universal
Gehring Hardware
Charles and
Jack Gehring
West Elgin
Council Proceedings
Interstate Power Co
Hall
G. H. Falb
Elkader, Iowa
Jimmie Lynch
Dysart Va
Elkader Vets
Cascade Va
Cal
Ruth ‘Thompson
Acta
Royal United
The
Flying Christiansons
Rollie Clemens
Lord Hokum
Juggler
Murand & Gertin
Ronnie St.Clair
Ballantines
Howard Fuller
Women’s Home Project
OLEO
Elgin Farmers Dairy Co
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