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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1947
Page
4
A collection of classified ad text and local notices from Elgin Echo includes want ad rate details, sale offers, bids, donations, rentals, and movie tickets. It notes submitting and billing terms, farm bids near Elgin, seeds, and various items for sale or trade along with local events and a vehicle trip incident. It also mentions photocopy services and a thistle-related civil suit in nearby Nashua.
Iowa report outlines patrol reorganization under Public Safety Commissioner Alfred W. Kahl. Captain rank eliminated, two captains become lieutenants, new lieutenants assigned, 41 new patrolmen added to reach 163 officers and 15 examiners. 24-hour patrol remains unachievable for now. expansion planned.
Fayette County Iowa Board of Supervisors will meet September 2 1947 at 2 00 P M at the Court House West Union taxpayers heard for or against expenditures for the fiscal year starting January 1 Hazel Gehring County Auditor figures show emergency fund transfers to county fund and include proposed county fund expenditures and estimated taxes per thousand of assessed value.
The article notes swine erysipelas or diamond skin disease has been present in the United States since 1921 and exists in many Iowa sections. Hog raisers in uninfected areas must invest to keep disease away, as it can reduce weight gain and raise production costs. It discusses a 2 percent rise in the US hog crop and a likely record hay supply per animal due to this year’s production and carryover.
A jumbled reader snippet includes a judge sentencing a panhandler, a nurse or creditor misread, a baker claiming he made doughnuts, a wife boasting of a recipe, a vacation postcard, a teacher doubting a pupil, and a telephone inquiry about leaving children with relatives for an evening.
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