For Rent and Sale Notices From Elgin Area
Classified notices include a midwest rental offer near West Union Elkader Elgin and Wadena with utilities and deep freeze, plus farm hires, birth announcements and Maytag farm sale plans. Several cards thank supporters for silver wedding anniversary and hospital stay, with local social notes about Elgin residents and visits across Cedar Rapids Drayton and La Crosse.
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West Union Land Elkader
Elgin
Wadena
Guernsey Smith
Welcome signs mark border billboard plan for Iowa
The Iowa Development Commission plans to erect at least 12 large border billboards welcoming out of state tourists. Officials note previous promises by highway commissioners never materialized. Migration drives Iowa's slow growth with about 13,000 people yearly and a net increase of 115,315 since April 1, 1950, per the state health department.
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Towa
Iowa Development Commission
Iowa
Hawkeye
Vital Statistics Division
State Department of Health
Statistical Division
Cards of Thanks Sentiments From Local Residents
Cards express gratitude from multiple readers for visits, flowers, and support during hospital stays and after losses. Florence Block hus Gertrude Stoehr Shirley K Larson and Harris B Larson family thank neighbors friends and emergency services Elgin and Elkader fire departments for prompt aid and ongoing support.
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Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
Florence Blockhus
Hulda Stoehr
Gertrude Stoehr
Iowa City Children’s Hospital
Shirley K. Larson
Elgin and
Elkader
Harris B. Larson
Fisher Scientist Appointed for Missouri River System
Delmar Robinson, 24, of Winterset, is named the new fisheries biologist for the Missouri River and its tributaries, taking on the appointment announced today.
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Delmar Robinson
Winterset
Missouri River
The boastful fellow and rustic stirs of kinfolk
A wry reflection on boasting and character in rural life. A farmer jokes how a big daughter prompts a new son-in-law, and old habits of praise shape character when given early and often. The piece notes fishermen waiting for luck versus those who act, and hints at self-worth in modesty.
Navy Sailor Reports Sept. 3 Sea Duty After Training
J Mosby home hosts Mr. Wright who has five day leave before reporting to Norfolk Va on Sept. 3 for sea duty. He graduated July 29 from the Navy School of Music in Washington DC. Mrs Wright stays at the Mosby home during his absence. Funeral attendees from Postville to St Ansgar at Waldo Wald's service included Mary Kirkeberg and several others on Aug. 18.
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Milton Miller
Pauline,Petrata
Harold Shields
Nellie Leithold
la Crosse
Wis
Caledonia
Minn
Joe Kumpf
Lydia Kumpf
Richard Wright
Washington, D. C
J. Mosby
Wright
Norfolk
Navy School] of Music
Washington,d. C
Mary Kirkeberg
Postville
Max Hunsberger
Elmer Meyer
Selmer Groth
Waldo Wald
St. ‘Ansgar
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Fairbanks
R. E. Kohler Elgin
Siip
R. EB. Kohler
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Cobler
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Nelson
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D. J. Raftis
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P. B. Duroc
Eugene Miller
Monona
Spring Roosters
Harvey Anderson
Boho
New York
H. R.morse
State Conservation Commission
Robinson
Whiting
Monona County
Maytag
Be.h. Maytag
Herbert Ash
Co. J. Muttford
Albert L. Schupbach
Albert
K. Billy
Deborah
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Mapa
Schupbach
Cedar Rapids
Schupbachs
William Schupbach
Marcia
Dorothy Etter
Silverton
Idaho
Greta Fath
Marion
Rewlins
Wyoming
Rupert Kneef
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