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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
1
Margaret J Strauch is entered in the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa as second lass mail master in the local editor notes mention.
The writer tours Port Said and Cairo during a travel diary era. They describe arriving at Port Said, a lively bazaar, a night club with Egyptian dances, river crossings, and a visit to tomb displays from Tutankhamun. The piece notes water quality, guides, and a colorful encounter with a tall domed guide.
Dairy Farmers can secure fair milk prices aligned with production costs enabling substantial ad spending. Encouraging promotion of the nation’s leading agricultural industry boosts consumption for public health and helps dairy farmers’ earnings, says the Dairy Men's League News.
On Wednesday evening Miss Clara Miller wed Otto Krueger at the German Baptist church with Rev Draewel officiating. E A Weibel and wife rejoice over the birth of a daughter at their Fairbank home. Benj Schori and sons Albert and George traveled to Elkader by George's auto. A large front window at T J Capper's store was broken by local youths after hours. they pledged to pay damages. Dairy farming on a more extensive basis than heretofore will
A lavish noon banquet at Hotel Rex honored W F P Lauer as he prepares to retire January 1 after long service on the Fayette county board of supervisors. Hosted by H B Hough, the event included fourteen guests from the welfare group, its employees, and the board.
The local Christmas Seal committee asks residents to locate and pay for Christmas seals sent to them. Mrs. R. V. Brandt notes some seals are unaccounted for, likely mislaid during the Christmas rush. Citizens are urged to contribute to anti tuberculosis work or return seals if they cannot afford to keep them.
Committee members say they will sponsor work next year aimed at tuberculosis detection before it advances. They plan approved educational efforts and early discovery methods to be used in the program.
Robert A. Ewing was chosen as fire chief of the Tripoli volunteer fire department at their annual meeting last week. An English breeder has trained a horse to run backward, a feat noted in local chatter.
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