Conventions Over Campaigning Next
State political conventions wrap up with six meetings for Republicans and Democrats. Campaigns edge closer, with Republicans likely to launch around Sept. 1 led by Wendell L. Willkie after Aug. 17 in Elwood Indiana. Democratic push hinges on Roosevelt from White House and potential national inspection tour.
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Supreme Court
Wendell L. Willkie
Elwood
Ind
Willkie
Willkie Campain
Labor Day
Roosevelt
White House
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Oscar Hunsbergers Celebrate Silver Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hunsberger marked their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a large gathering Sunday. Neighbors and relatives attended including Max and Edna Hunsberger, Elmer Hunsberger, Efford Hunsberger, Ellen Hunsberger, Mervin Hunsberger, Jerome Yearous, C O Christ, G J Mosby, Ern Baumgartner, M Zurbriggen and A M Weibel. The Little Swiss Band formed of Hunsberger Christ Mosby Baumgartner Weibel Zurbriggen performed several numbers.
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Oscar Hunsberger
Max Hunsberger
Edna
Maxine
Elmer
Efford Hunsberger
Ellen Hunsberger
Mervin Hunsberger
Jerome Yearous
C. O. Christ
G. J. Mosby
Ern Baumgartner
M. Zurbriggen
A. M. Weibel
Messrs. Hunsberger
Christ
Mosby
Baumgartner
Weibel
Zurbriggen
Crews Work In Elgin As Weather Delays Grading
Several crews visited Elgin Monday noon including Hell Tele phone Co. line workers Central States line crew and Fayette county surveyors for dinner. They moved telephone and electric lines between Elgin and the fourth corners to clear land for graders. Work, initially set to finish August 9, was delayed by rain. Grading began yesterday with moist soil extending six to seven feet and pockets of water found at 3 1/2 feet.
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Elgin
Hell Telephone Co
Central States Line Gang
Meter
Fayette County
N E Iowa Publishers Picnic in Lansing Friday
The Northeast Iowa Press Association sponsors its tenth annual picnic in Lansing on Friday August 16 with a noon fish dinner at Mt. Hosmer. Gov. Wilson will speak at Fish Day events, and the Venetian Night show will cap the evening entertainment. The group invites neighbors from the northeast quarter of the state to attend.
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N. E. Iowa Press Assn
Lansing
Mt. Hosmer
Gov. Wilson
Northeast Iowa Press
Little Switzerland
Rainy Weather Halts Threshing Operations
Threshing resumed last Tuesday but light showers halted activity for several days. Farmers report grain quality not as bad as expected and some coal used in skins last week. Many shocks on low ground left bundles wet and muddy, complicating separation and dirty grain.
Elgin Canning Factory Opens 1940 Packing Season
The Elgin Canning Company began its 1940 packing season on Thursday August 8 with a record early opening. Fourteen loads of early hybrid yellow corn were tested by machinery, with plans to finish packing this corn by Wednesday and close for homecoming celebrations. Weather could affect the pace, but two thirds of the contracted acreage have been prepared for regular operations next week.
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Elgin Canning Company
Floodlight Park to Illuminate Elgin Street for Homecoming
Lights planned for Elgin downtown park include three large floodlights repurposed from the ball park to remove dark corners. The lighting committee aims to brighten the area for homecoming and keep bugs away from the crowd, while standard street lighting strings remain. Mr and Mrs Joe Potter and Chas Capper were business visitors in Rockford Saturday.
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Elgin City Park
Ball Park
Joe Potter
Chas, Capper
Rockford
Old Settler's Day Schedule at Elgin Park
Old Settler's Reunion features a 1:30 Elgin Band concert, 2:00 address by Dr. Samuel Garvin of the University of Dubuque, 3:00 grand parade with four bands and floats, 4:30 band music and stunts, 7:80 Farmersburg Band concert, Clermont quartet and soloist Mary K. Guritz, Elgin Swiss entertainers, and a 9:30 dance at the Elgin Opera House.
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Elgin Band
Elgin Opera House
Samuel Garvin
University of Dubuque
Elgin
Farmersburg Band
Park
Clermont High School
Mary K. Guritz
Clermont
Sunday August 18 Union Services and Picnic at Park
Sunday services at the school auditorium begin at 10:00 followed by a family picnic dinner and reunion at the park noon. The notice closes with the hymn God Be With You Till We Meet Again.
Paraders Told to Arrive by 2 30 for Parade Prep
The parade committee urges all floats to be at the canning factory road by 2 30 Saturday afternoon for final arrangement. It takes about a half hour to organize the paraders. Mrs. C. O. Torkelson and Mrs. H. Larson returned Tuesday from Grandview after Howard Snyder fell ill Saturday and underwent surgery in Muscatine and is recovering.
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The
Echo
Canning Factory Road
C. O. Torkelson
H. Larson
Grandview
Howard Snyder
Muscatine Hospital
Homeoming Ball Game Free to Everybody
The sports committee announces the Elgin Wadena game Friday at 3 PM is free to all. Gates and grand stand carry no charge and a large crowd is expected for homecoming events funded by the finance committee. Phone 20 for printing details.
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Elgin-Wadena
Town hall notice asks return of town plat plaque
The notice from Mayor J. G. H. Falb requests the return of the town plat removed from the wall in the town hall. It directs the responsible person to bring it back at once.
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Elgin Community Club Adopts Nonprofit Status At Monday Meeting
The Elgin Community Club voted unanimously to incorporate as a non profit to curb individual liability. Inc papers to be drawn immediately. The group also aims to press Clayton County supervisors for road maintenance on Elgin Gander road amid current construction and reviewed homecoming plans and finances.
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Elgin Community Club
Clayton County
Elgin-Gander Road
Mrs Rosalia Cooley Conner Buried Here
Mrs. Rosalia Cooley Conner 9 died at her son Leslie J. Cooley’s Dubuque home Friday afternoon and was brought to Elgin for burial Monday at 2. She was born in Wagner township Clayton county August 1849 and moved to Dubuque in 1938 to live with her son. Survived by son and daughter Mabel Watson of Dubuque and sister Mrs. Josephine Wonser of Tama. Relatives from Dubuque Chicago Osborne Fayette Tama traveled for services.
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Rosalia Cooley Conner
Leslie J. Cooley
Dubuque
Elgin
Conner
Wagner Township
Clayton County
Mabel Watson
Josephine Wonser
Tama
L. J. Cooley
Earl Cooley
C. C. Cooley
Chicago
George Feller
Osborne
Joe Yates
Leo Baldwin
Fayette
Good Care Pays Dividends In Long Car Life
The late F. R. Berg kept his car meticulously, and his widow notes the vehicle remains in use with eleven license renewals and 76 400 miles on the odometer. It is being overhauled for the first time, illustrating the motto that careful maintenance yields low cost mileage.
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F. R. Berg
Homecoming Fair Weather Display Flags Guidance
Public notice urges all businesses to display flags only during fair weather from sun-up to sun-down and not in rain. Flags should be lowered at sun-down to comply with the instruction.
Welcome signs offered by The Echo for sale
The Echo lists card board Welcome signs measuring 9 by 19 inches at 10 cents each. Orders can be placed by phone for Thursday morning delivery. Ralph Reichert was noted as a business visitor in Cedar Rapids on Monday and Tuesday.
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the Echo
Ralph Reichert
Cedar Rapids
Homecomers Listed From Many Families
A list of returning families includes Mrs. A. M. Butler F. L. Sires Eli Sutter R. D. Heins Adolph Elvers Bertha and Clifton Mealey Wm. Wenger Mrs. Will Stirk Louis Koevenig Fred Mason N. E. Clothier Clavug Knudison Sophia Bell M. W. Hemingway John Christ and Mr. and Mrs. Chas Whitney.
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A. M. Butler
F. L. Sires
Eli Sutter
R. D. Heins
Adolph Elvers
Bertha
Clifton Mealey
Wm. Wenger
Will Stirk
Louis Koevenig
Fred Mason
N. E. Clothier
Clavug Knudison
Sophia Bell
M. W. Hemmingway
John Christ
Chas. Whitney
Are You Among Old Timers At Fayette County Fair
Fayette county fair board honors residents born in the county who are 75 or older with free admission to grounds and grandstand on Wednesday August 48. Those already on the 180 person Centennial list need not write. others should contact D. R. Roberts or Walter Beall in West Union to be notified.
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Fayette County
D. R. Roberts
Walter Beall
West Union
Fair Board
Pastor Dr. James Samuel Lilley to Speak at Union Services
Dr. James Samuel Lilley, formerly a circuit preacher, will deliver the sermon at the union services Sunday morning. Lilley, who now resides in New Hampton, is well known to many in the old generation and returns after about thirty years away.
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James Samuel Lilley
Lilley
New Hampton
J Grove Returns to Eagles Grove After Visit
J Grove came back to Eagle s Grove Thursday following a stay at the 5 W Kuster home. His wife and daughter stayed longer to visit and attend to home Want ads get results. Try one.
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V. J. Grove
Eagles Grove
5. W. Kuster
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