Want Ad Rates and Lost Evening Entertainment Notice
Lost an evening's entertainment for Clyde King Elgin if he does not call at the Echo office to receive two free tickets to the movie Sign of the Rain showing at the Avalon theater December 7 and 8. Terms cash with order. Over twenty five words incur per word charges and additional handling.
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Want
Hermen Boyer
West Union
Echo Office
Rachel and the Stranger
Avalon
Lee Farmer
Postville
Avalon Theater
The
Echo
Clyde King Elgin
Local Thanksgiving Guests and Visits in Elgin Area
Elgin and nearby communities enjoyed Thanksgiving gatherings as families hosted relatives from Chicago and other towns. Notable visits included Maurice and Bonnie Wolf and John Longmuir families, Rev Bruce Jones with daughters, and multiple dinners and oyster suppers at homes in Elgin and West Union.
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Maurice ‘Mich
Bonnie
Karen
Chicago
H. H. Wolf
John Longmuir
Elgin
Bruce D. Jones
Wm. DeMerrit
Jackson Junction
DeMerrit
New Hampton Hospital
Jones
New Hampton
Ervin Metzger
Fred Schneider
Jim Yearous
Gerald Shaffer
Bobby Medberry
Lyle Light
Nelle Reusser
Shirley
Selma Duffield
Louis Light
Wm Howard
West Union
Howard
Mel Kohler
Bess Stohr
Letha
Carl Schori
Uriel Gehring
J. M. Gehring
Walter Falk
Amanda Phillips
Irene Meier
Postville
Winifred Sullivan
Cedar Rapids
W. C. Baylor
Clermont Neighbors Attend Housewarming and Visits
A delayed local item notes a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. H. Dibble with Gin Rummy and Five Hundred, followed by a late picnic lunch. Numerous neighbors and relatives from Walter Fritz to the Larsons and Gundersons visited, traveled to La Crosse, Readlyn, West Bend, and Riverside, with nurses and students also stopping by.
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H. Dibble
Walter Fritz
Dan Burke
Clifford Kittleson
Carolyn
M. H. Moore
JoAnn
Christina Monroe
M. C. Larson
Ann
Joyce
Joe Larson
Gordon
John O. Larson
la Crosse
Arnold Stummer
Howard
Ernest Spier
Readlyn
Edward Kozelka
Gail
Postville
Emma Gunderson
Verla
Merle Gunderson
Charles F. Edwards
Decorah
Ezra Dibble
R. A. Smith
Clifton Pringle
Len Simek
Scheller
Pauline
Claude Gress
Harold Gress
Riverside
Calif
Wm. Burrow
August
Albert Burrow
Rika Burrow
Charlie Fritz
Hawkeye
Protests and Surplus Dominate Iowa Legislative Session
A record protest vote figures prominently alongside state finance debates. Iowa’s surplus shrinks from July, with proposals to use funds for a bonus, local tax relief, or debt. court tests loom. Penal industries at Anamosa and Fort Madison feed state prison demand. Lawmakers face salary debates, while Senator-elect Gillette plans Washington move and committee aims.
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George Faul
Des Moines
Robert Blue
Board of Control
Anamosa Reformatory
Fort Madison State Prison
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Nium
Iowa
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Christmas Books for The Pre School Child
A guide to selecting preschool Christmas books focusing on familiar objects and everyday experiences. It favors pictures of clocks shoes and toys over fantasy animals, and highlights Lois Lenski's The Little Auto as relatable for two to three year olds.
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Lois Lenski
Mr. Small
The Little Farm by Lenski Featured on Farm Booklist
A child on the farm enjoys The Little Farm by Lenski. The story follows Mr Small driving a tractor gathering eggs milking cows and doing farm chores. Books cost six cents each.
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Lenski
Mr. Small
Government and Reds in the Government Dialog
An old lady questions a boy about being like George Washington the boy replies in dialect. The passage contrasts effort to remove red influence from the government with red influence in power, a sharp political aside about politics and leadership.
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George’ Washington
Yassum
George Washington
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Echo Stationers
Itip
Clermont
Bob Franzen
Hampshire
Jne Wander
Elgin Produce
C. J. Mulford & Son
Mec
Lowell Gehring
3231
Rex Mulford
James Gunderson
B. B
Itto
Farm Electric Store
Bolson
Clermont Cooperative
Town
Falb '& Light
IH Dealers
R. P. Strauch
Gordon's Bakery
Monona
Towa
Elgin Echo
Tfp
Poland
China
Harold Meisner
Dial
United States Department of Agriculture
Lowa
National Farm Loan Association
Faders
West Union National
Farm Loan Association
Darrell BR
Peasley
Sec'y-Treas
West Calon
Noel Brockway
Lynhorst
Robert Larson
Commerce
Carl Reed
Gillette
Guy M. Gillette
Washington
Cy. Farr
Zy Gillette
Foreign Relations
Coles Meat and Bone Meal
West Union Rendering Service
Ford
Festina
Jerry
Terry
Mountaineer
Elgin, Iowa
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