Want Ads and For Sale Listings in Elgin Echo
A dense notice of want ad rates and multiple for sale items from The Elgin Echo includes prices for refrigerators stoves radios and tables, a registered Hereford bull, a Farmers Hybrid boar also Linotype training and part time work ads, and a request to return metal ribbon spools. Names and contact details include Bob Kling man Wadena Iowa dial 37 20 and L Q Reierson & Son Elgin.
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Norge
Westinghouse
Ward
Bob Klingman
Wadena
Iowa
Sue
Dial
L. Q. Reierson & Son
Elgin
The
Elgin Echo, Stationers
FOR SALE Two rural grade seven sets and one grade seven set
For sale two rural grade seven sets and one additional grade seven set aboard. Offered near Elgin two miles southeast of town. contact Carl Schori in West Union for details. Terms unspecified.
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Elgin
Carl Schori
West Union
Political Skirmishes Fill Iowa State Fair Calendar
The piece notes opposition to a special session on tax changes and outlines political maneuvering around Governor's Day at Clear Lake. It highlights Nancy Norman as Miss Iowa, Strohm’s dismissal as arson investigator, and shifts in Democratic and Republican engagement at the Iowa State Fair with Hoover Day set for August 20 and nonpartisan Kennedy-like honors.
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Nancy Norman
Shenlandoah
Iowa
Clear Lake
Earl Fishbaugh
Fishbaugh
Senate
Strohm
John Strohm
Clinton
Zack T. Cook
Robert Blue
Blue
Towa
Jake More
More
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Fayette County Budget Estimate Public Hearing Notice
The Fayette County Board of Supervisors will meet on August 30, 1951 at 10:00 a m at the Court House in West Union Iowa. Taxpayers may speak for or against the proposed expenditures for the 1952 fiscal year beginning January 1 1952.
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Board of Supervisors
Fayette County
Iowa
Court House
West Union
Local Social Notes From Elgin Readlyn Elkader And Dubuque
Elgin area residents host gatherings with guests from Readlyn Elkader and Dubuque. Dale Jensen and family visited Readlyn and Elkader while Bernice Jensen returns from Greeley Colorado. Families from Dubuque Des Moines Nevada St Paul Rochester and Fayette joined various picnics visits and weekend stays across Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin areas.
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Dale Jensen
Rollis Jensen
Readlyn
Walter Butikofer
Elkader
Ida Christen
John Dennler
M. J. Bloctchus
Greeley
Colo
Bernice
George Gilson
Egg prices seen solid for fall brighten poultry profits
With egg prices expected to be good this fall, producers should take careful steps with poultry to maximize returns. Implement feed efficiency and proper housing to improve output and reduce losses.
Dinner guests include local families from Harvey and Clinton
Mrs Martha Gotch and Corrine and David Reed of Harvey Illinois and Mr and Mrs Ray Tomsheck were dinner guests Tuesday of Mrs Clara Baumgartner. Betty Cline joined Wednesday and Thursday and will enter 5th grade at Clinton next year.
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Martha Gotch
Corrine
David Reed
Harvey
Ill
Ray Tomsheck
Clara Baumgartner
Betty Cline
Clinton
Farmer David Wright Narrowly Escapes Tractor PTO
David Wright of near Centerville escaped serious harm when his clothing fouled the tractor power take-off. One trouser leg was torn away and he was nearly pulled into the machinery. He sustained a deep leg wound but no other injuries were reported.
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David Wright
Centerville
Wright
Census Taker and Hillbilly Joke Parade
A collection of light humor and cartoon quips in rural dialect. Jokes cover census questions, wedding invitations, and everyday mishaps, including a widow marrying again and a teacher with animal kindness. Reading blends regional speech with punchlines about misunderstandings and small-town life.
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