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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
1
The Elgin Echo lists its mailing address at 3711 Elgin Iowa and notes second class mail status and Fayette County post office delivery. Registration date appears as September 1, 1991, under the 185 Act, with mention of Elgin, Iowa.
Advertising rates listed include Foreign Display 35 cents per inch Local Display 30 cents per inch Readers 10 cents per line Classified 1 cent per word Classified payable in advance minimum 28 for each insertion No agency commission Ards of Thanks 1.00 Memorial Cards and Obituary poetry limited to 10 lines Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices where admission is charged all at regular rates.
A compiled humor column features quips on business rivals being smarter, radio cough medicines like Lax Lax, a quirky modern work week, a hotel lobby encounter, a glasses joke, and a grim news delivery about a husband’s suicide inferred by a neighbor’s dark joke.
The Elgin Iowa town council met in special session January 19 1948 with Mayor and all councilmen present. Layne Western Co discussed drilling a deep well for the town and Elgin Canning Co. A motion to accept was carried unanimously. February 2 1943 minutes list bills and payments across funds and an ordinance relating to the Ladies Cemetery Association, plus water production costs and rate decisions. A cigarette license for B and H Cash Store was approved and funds moved from Waterworks to the Light Fund.
The declamatory contestants Clarence Kohls Dorothy Grether and Marie Mosby will travel to West Union Friday evening for a sub district contest. Old winter brings snow and cold with drifting wagon roads and trains late. T. W. Dean attends the Nowa Nebraska Canning Assn short course in Ames this week. Dr L S Hutchinson radio fan speaks with Mr and Mrs F W Hughes. Emnestifie Schori returns from Mt Vernon and Cornell College for the weekend. Ruth Olson travels to Oswe Friday for a visit.
Sonny stacks breakfast box tops to collect prizes. Dad caught on and now makes him eat the breakfast foods. Fewer prizes appear around the home as a result.
Health authorities warn the common cold remains a pervasive threat despite isolation work by U S Public Health Service. The article notes uncertainty about the agent, no vaccine, and the need for years to conquer a disease blamed for thousands of deaths indirectly. It offers simple prevention tips such as staying healthy, dressing warmly, avoiding drafts, and steering clear of those with colds.
State of Iowa Fayette County to all concerned, on February 23, 1948, the will of Lizzie Gunderson, late of the county, deceased, will be heard in the District Court at West Union for probate admission. Dated January 24, 1948, Herbert D. Klammer, Clerk.
Paul Stewart 71, former state senator from Fayette and Alla makee counties, Holstein breeder, died in Oelwein after a heart attack. Elected in 1936, he served one term and led Fayette Farm Bureau and Holstein Breeders' Association for 12 years. He traveled to Ecuador last year as an association representative. Services were held in Oelwein on Monday.
The Junior Farm Bureau schedules a costume party for February 18 at the Blkader operd with all members urged to attend in disguise. Prizes will honor the three who recruit the most new members. A pie social and a skit "Farming with Dad" are planned.
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