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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1937
Page
1
Fragmentary text from a 1937 period piece mentions a ceremony at a school, admission procedures, and a badge or card system. Named entities are unclear due to garbled OCR, with a date August 26 1937 appearing amid unsure phrases.
A disrupted OCR item reports farmer Bary Whieter from West Union piloting a plane to West Salem Wisconsin to inspect Richard F. Klemme's purebred Guernsey herd. En route he passed McGregor Monara and Wert Union, spending about five minutes aloft with two boars aboard.
Mrs L F Shaffer hosted friends at her West Union home Sunday honoring her mother Mrs Kane Richards who was celebrating her 70th birthday anniversary. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Asiph Shaffer and daughter Shiley Jannie of Waderz plus many neighbors and relatives from nearby towns.
The report from New York and Fayette County covers Joe Leare as a champion, with references to the Brown Bemis event, Yankee Gaim, and a regional farm federation meeting. It notes a presidency and farmfare activities, mentioning local farmers and firs fern borean in lewe. The piece is an Echo service installment with scattered OCR fragments.
A garbled 1907 newspaper fragment reports a wedding in Portland Oregon on July 26 and mentions births, deaths, and family notices. It lists relatives and attendees, cites medical or funeral details, and references social events such as a reunion and a large gathering with many names including Gage Ehrich Wisen and Amundsen family members.
A large local effort led by numerous residents from Le Grange and surrounding towns began the final week of the period to launch a six week operation. They plan to employ about 100 workers at the outset on 650 acres under contract, far less than the Elgin Canning Company's 1200 acres, with 10 seat typewriter pads ordered for the Echo Office.
A letter cites unsafe driving and poor highway enforcement, urging stricter police action and penalties. It asks why railroads and ships tolerate lax safety rules and notes a marriage: Reex L. Olson and Helen Miller of Wer Union wed Aug. 16 at Holy Name Parish, Hawkeye, where Olson will oversee schools.
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