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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is a weekly newspaper published every Thursday by R. P. Strauch and filed as second class mail matter in Elgin Iowa Fayette County.
A Monday evening play and social at the Hilder Bilden home lighted by a brief outage. The crowd joked about an apology from Central States and noted service interruptions have been few. Local notes include two Lawrence Larsons at Fort Lewis, a marriage-license quirk, rural humor, political debate on private enterprise, auto pedestrian accidents in Elgin, and a call for careful conduct.
A transfer firm moved a piano 2300 miles for A. M. Shearer of Minneapolis. During storage the piano vanished and was found to have been sent to Dallas, Texas by mistake, prompting an investigation.
Watermelons scattered after a truck driven by Harvey O Riley tipped over near Hampton. The loaded truck caused a melons spill. Melvin Wilson will have ample water at Twin Lake cottage due to a 22 inch hole drilled 84 feet deep and rushing water. Auger and radiators were pushed 12 feet. Grandparents Vern Crosby of Clarksville received two telegrams in one day last week announcing birth of a grandson and arrival of a granddaughter from their daughters living 500 miles apart in California.
The Iowa State Commerce Commission sets September 8 1941 at 10 the hearing time for Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative Inc to seek a franchise to erect operate and maintain electric transmission lines across Fayette County lands highways and private property. Objections must be filed in triplicate five days before the hearing. Dated August 12 1941 Des Moines Iowa.
A 22 month old, Jerry Longfellow, was lowered from a 40 foot drill tower after a near fire at a farm near LeMars. A huge teeth find near Boone raises questions of prehistoric origins or glacier deposits. Various local notices include birthdays, moves, job changes, and a farming mystery of a spring uncovered while inspecting a pond at Chariton.
In Aberdeen a photo by Leif Johnson shows Clifford Hayes, 30, seated beside an official as he receives the electric chair sentence for killing Sheriff Melbourne Lewis of Milbank. Hayes says he would rather die than life in jail under South Dakota’s new capital punishment law, the first death sentence issued in the state in 25 years.
Titonka residents suffered a series of mishaps last weekend with several injuries. Mrs John Pink was knocked down by a pig breaking two ribs. Pauline Adamson cut chin chasing a railroad tie while Ronnie Young stepped on a hornet. Dean Kutchenreuther bruised his thumb after a stray stone. Mrs John Falk Jr sprained her back. Larry Bacon cut his face and bruised a hand stepping against a motor belt. Two year old John Clemans burned lower lip and chin chasing oven cookies. Mrs Doris Saathoff stung on thumb by a hornet opening a door.
Gabriel Salcedo of Ft. Davis killed a doe during hunting season. State game warden Tom Redford did not arrest him, calling the 10-point deer an honest mistake. The incident centers on the horned doe and the ruling by the official.
Hark Kuker of Tripoli was hit by a stray bullet while riding in his car. The bullet pierced Earl's left leg and lodged in the vehicle but caused only a minor injury.
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