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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
1
Public notice states publication cadence by R P Strauch with weekly issues in Elgin Payette County Iowa and serial second class mail status.
The notice catalog lists cards of thanks memorials and resolutions from church, society, and school groups offered at regular advertising rates, along with obituary poetry services.
A Friday page features jokes and light notes about drinking and driving tests, weight calculations, wedding mishaps, dog water fountains, a boss’s fever, and social quips. It blends puns, witticisms, and observations on daily life with a dated, tongue-in-cheek tone.
A collage of humorous old anecdotes and opinions from the Indianapolis News and WPA jokes. It mentions best man traditions as a primitive practice, a California judge wedding tale with a cashless envelope, and light quips about taxes, ladders, and car payments, plus a wagging remark on grammar versus glamour.
On Thursday morning February 23 a robin appeared near Chicago area. Mrs. Service returned from Washington with her son Robert and family. Harry Gilson secured the contract to install a hot water heating system at Elgin Savings Bank and work will start when fixtures arrive.
Echo records the death of Mrs. Peter Nicklaus, longtime town contributor since 1874 arrival with family. Born September 17, 1833 in Canton Bern Switzerland, she died February 19, 1911 at Elgin home aged 77. Additional notes mention local obituaries and family events through February.
Ilyria items note hospital visit and neighborhood gatherings. The Progressive Home Study club elected officers and plans a meeting with Ruth Rothlisberger. Families attend farewells, church services, dinners, and visits across Postville West Union Ossian Elkader Fayette and nearby farms.
Local residents hosted and visited family gatherings across West Union Volga and surrounding areas last Thursday through Sunday. Homes of Dennler Yearous Foxwell and Probert hosted guests while parties featured multiple families including the Kimball Klingman Shaffer and Yearous households with birthdays celebrated. Echo readers are urged to support advertisers and note shifts in poultry markets and a civet cat solution proposed to curb rat problems on Iowa farms.
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