09 Feb 1939
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1939
Page
1
The notice records material entered at the Elgin Iowa post office in Fayette County as second class main matter, indicating classification and handling under postal regulations. It notes the location Elgin and the county Fayette for official processing.
Elgin Iowa council met February 6 1939 in regular session with all members present. Minutes from January approved and bills ordered paid including water bonds gas street lights labor and supplies. The meeting adjourned with Clerk C J Harrington. Continues next week with further notes.
The Cheery Valley column records numerous Sunday and weekend visits among local families. Frequent hosts include the Gehring, Friederich, Schlupp, Butikofer, Dennler, Christen, and Schmid households with guests from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
An aged voice recalls a brutal winter century ago near McGregor. Teams hauled flour to the mill as icicles half a foot long clung to horses nostrils and breath froze mid stride, forcing frequent pauses to free the animals. The tale frames a peak of cold beyond any memory.
Multiple local events are noted including C Moser drilling a well for Hans Grether on Main Street, Mrs August Benson visiting Cedar Rapids and daughter Jennie, A J Gruver sewing a quilt, Boies Capper visiting from Cedar Rapids, and Albert Sehori with Thomas Knudson on business trips. Also reported are William Dickinson’s frail health, William R Gage’s death, a Stoehr gathering for Bertha and Charles Rothlisberger, and other town happenings such as sales, moves, and births.
The report notes England imposed a heavy tax on houses with six or more windows, now repealed, while America imposes 49 secret levies on electricity. The piece highlights ongoing, concealed taxation across nations and its impact on homes.
Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley twice at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo in 1901, using a pistol hidden in a handkerchief. The incident marks a pivotal moment in U.S. history and raises questions about security and political violence.
Classification of Hiden hides assigns packer city or country grades based on the sourcing hides from large packing houses, moderate slaughter houses, or small farm districts. Loose-haired, summer-bald animals are preferred for malting shoe leathers, as sparse hair follicles weaken grain separation.
Seventeen distinct places named Paris exist in the United States, with Paris, France, noted as the origin of the name. The finding shows multiple communities sharing the Paris designation across various states and regions.
The Jordan River daily carries about 6 million tons of water, which all evaporates before reaching the Dead Sea. The leather for gloves is sourced from sheep skin. other skins such as pig, goat, lamb, colt, reindeer, and dog are also used in glove making.
Four girl babies born to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Badgett of Galveston are shown in a special nursery at St Marys Infirmary. They will be isolated but cared for until their future is more certain, with hopes all survive. Echo Exclusive Photo Service.
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