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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
1
R P Strauch is listed as second class mail matter at the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa, indicating a formal mailing status within the local postal records.
Obituary poetry and church society notices appear with standard advertising charges. School notices and events listed alongside, with admissions fees applying where indicated.
A 1940 column fragment moodily reflects on writer’s fatigue and pivot to lighter pieces. It lists jokey questions about a new car, then zips through brief quips about neighbors, a cowboy joke, stock-market brag, a dance meeting misread, and a dreamy verse about tastes changing with age.
The columnist, Mrs. Frank Shipton of Chester, notes readers enjoy changes and early campaign year handshakes. She argues politics can be a clean sport, cites public figures, and reflects on local incidents like Ray DeSart’s mail route accident, Hans Grether’s garret fall, Ern Schori’s new home move, and Kaudtson’s road accident.
A report details Anna Muehlethaler falling ill while on duty and being taken home to recover with a physician’s care. Also noted are Henry McMillan’s eye consultation in Iowa City and the transfer of Chris Meyer’s 200 acre farm to Nels Loftsgard and others after F R Berg settled a debt. Social events include a Weibel home gathering with euchre and a Class of 1904 reunion hosted by Marie Freiburghaus with several attendees.
Verni Brandt of Clermont assisted Bert Lyngans with butchering on Thursday. Various guests visited homes in Monona Clermont and Elgin over the weekend including the Olson, Guising, Lyngans, Sampson, and Peterson households. Archibalds and Nygaards shared meals and helped with chores as neighbors, relatives, and friends paused for community hospitality.
A northern paper fragment reports a cheeky notice from Miss J W directed to Jack the Peeper. She warns against peeping through windows during a week with very low temperatures and adds she won’t remove anything but her shoes.
William Knox seeks Republican nomination for county treasurer in Fayette County primary June 3 1940. Co A Munson and E Sheriff A J Kutschat also announce candidacies for county recorder and sheriff respectively, subject to Republican voters decision in Fayette County primary June 3 1940.
H. B. Humphrey seeks the Republican nomination for Fayette County supervisor for the 1942 term, subject to primary voters on June 3, 1940, with solicited support. Paul P. Stewart announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for State Senator from the 40th district, urging votes at the June 3 primaries.
Week ending January 26 transfers include Carl B Schori to Myrtle Kohler for 2400 and others in Elgin, Clifton D Kiple to Sheldon Boyle for 1, and Ezra L to Augusta for 10200. Also statistics state two thirds of livestock produced west of the Mississippi and two thirds of U.S. meat consumed east of it, with annual meat consumption up one million pounds and per person up seven pounds in 1939.
The Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session at the town hall with Mayor Weibel and councilors Muehlethaler Yenney Capper Kuster and Torkelson present. Bills were read and approved unanimously including labor salaries supplies street lighting oil and gasoline taxes and band expenses with adjournment following.
Mirrors are increasingly used by college swimmers and oarsmen to refine strokes, with sporting goods dealers and Libbey Owens Ford Glass promoting large plate glass mirrors for golf and tennis equipment. Customers are drawn to first hand observation of their own form, boosting business.
The world's largest underground canal carries flow from the port of Margeilles in France to Port de Bone. It measures 4% miles in length and 72 feet in width, marking a monumental engineering feat.
Data indicate males show immunity to their own poison, challenging a common belief that they bite themselves to death when threatened. The finding questions assumed self harm in venomous snakes and may alter understandings of snake behavior and danger responses.
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