Iowa Legislature Halfway Mark Signals Wide Action
Half the Iowa 100 day session has passed with over 700 measures filed and calendars crowded. Senate and House curb bill introductions by late February, shifting calendars to committees as reforms begin. Governor Wilson to send many appointments, including insurance commissioner Fischer, while Speidel exits and Kirkpatrick rises. reorganization creates a three member welfare board replacing the five member unit. The state planning board faces abolition attempts amid growth concerns.
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Iowa Senate
Iowa House
Wilson
Senate
Fischer
Onawa
Maurice V. Pew
Cedar ‘Rapids
John Speidel
Washington
Iowa
C. C. Kirkpatrick
Des Moines
Elgin and Clermont: Popular town names listed nationwide
The postal directory shows Elgin appearing sixteen times across the United States with towns in Arizona Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Minnesota Montana Nebraska Nevada North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Tennessee and Texas. Illinois Elgin is largest. Clermont is also common with seven towns in Florida Georgia Indiana Iowa Kentucky New York and Pennsylvania.
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Elgin
United States
Arizona
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Illinois Elgin
Clermont
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
New York
Elgin Reaps Two Victories From Alpha
On Friday night Elgin high defeated Alpha with the first team winning 29 to 10 as Schupbach scored 19 of Elgin's 29 points and Diemer tallied for Alpha. A late shot by Schorn at the horn was ruled no good after play had ended. The second team prevailed 20 to 16 after a slow start, Elgin pulling ahead in the final periods.
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Elgin High
Alpha Boys
Schupbach
Elgin
Diemer
Alpha
Schorn
Elgin “Boys
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
West Union
Conner Dummermuth
Kathleenteele
Clara Baldwin
Geraldine Matthys
Falk installs odorless, efficient cold storage cooling system
H. W. Falk has installed a late type cooling system in the enlarged cold storage room and rebuilt meat case. The odorless, economical unit is claimed to be near perfect compared with past cooling systems.
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H. W. Falk
Mr. Falk
Pellueitilo Meeting Tuesday Eve Feb 28 at Postville
Cards announce the Northeast Iowa Masonic Fellowship meeting set for Tuesday evening February 28 in Postville. Dr C C Hall of Maynard is billed as the speaker for the event.
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Northeast Iowa
What the Answer by Edward Finch
A historical note traces the evolution of trial by jury from Romana methods to modern practice. It explains that juries range from 12 to 20 members and cites the U S Constitution granting juries in criminal cases and civil suits with at least twenty dollars involved.
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Romana
United States
Wenters Newspaper Union
Capper to Convert Elgin Estate Into Turkey Ranch
Ches Capper plans a turkey ranch on the Capper estate farm south of Elgin. He has bought a large incubator and will employ two or more men to stay on the farm day and night to operate the venture.
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Ches. Capper
Capper
Elgin
Three Farm Sales In Local Territory
Three farm sales are advertised in this week’s Echo. George H. Nickels, east of Wadena, closes out Feb 27 with 14 dairy cows 3 horses 2 mules feeder pigs sheep goats and machinery. Capper Estate and Ole Erickson sell Feb 28 near Elgin on former Stewart Coventry farm with 15 high grade Guernsey cows and other stock. John H. Johnson sale Mar 1 near Halver Wikan farm features four horses seven cattle hogs sheep and machinery. Thompson & Waters auctioneers. Elgin State Bank clerks the sales.
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George H. Nickels
Wadena
Volga City
Nickels
Capper
Ole Erickson
Stewart Coventry
Elgin-Wadena
E. E. Gehring
Chas
John H. Johnson
Johnson
Halver Wikan
Turkey River Bridge
Thompson & Waters
Elgin State Bank
The
Echo
Man slept beside dead friend for two nights in Toledo
In Toledo Ohio a 53 year old man told police he slept in a bed next to a friend who had died. He felt nothing amiss the first night and still nothing on the second night until he tried to wake the sleeping man and called authorities. The deputy coroner ruled natural causes with an estimated 43 hours since death.
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Toledo
Ohio
Progress Club Meeting Hosts Welfare Discussion
Delila Oldag hosted the Progress Club at the John Falk home Monday evening. Reports on Jane Addams and Clara Barton were presented. The next gathering is set for March 6 at Maxine Tate’s home. Upper Iowa University students held a swimming carnival at the field house last Thursday with R. M. Westerfield from West Union giving an exhibition.
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Delila Oldag
Progress Club
John Falk
Jane Addams
Betty Light
Clara Barton
Helen Reed
Maxine Tate
Upper Iowa University
Field House
R. M. Westerfield
West Union
State University of Iowa
Union
Elgin Beats Oran 46 to 28 in Senior Night Finish
Elgin completed its season with a 46 to 28 win over Oran as seniors Sehnfbuhl McMillan and Kohls led scoring while Spider Zurbruggers first varsity game yielded 9 points. The Elgin second team won 13 to 7 and both squads wrapped up a strong county run before sectional action at Calmar March 2 to 4.
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Elgin
Oran
Sehnfbubh
Ron Ree
McMillan
Kohls
Zurbriggern
Calmar
Robert Kamm Assists in Speech Recording Work
Robert Kamm of West Union serves as chief technician at Iowa State Teachers' College speech studios, operating equipment that records and plays back 700 freshman voices twice yearly. An active student in drama, choir, band, and honorary fraternities, he plans a leading role in the Pulitzer revival You Can't Take It With You on February 23 and 24.
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Robert Kamm
Balz Kamm
West Union
Iowa State Teachers’ College
New Teachers’ College
College Hill
Kamm
Playcraft Club
Kappa Mu Epsilon
Kappa Delta Pi
Council of
Thenited States Movement
County American Legion Meeting at Clermont
The Fayette County American Legion will hold a stag meeting at Clermont on Tuesday evening February 28 at 8 o'clock. All members please come.
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Fayette County American Legion
Clermont
World Day of Prayer observance planned for Feb 24
The Tabitha Society and the Women’s Missionary Society sponsor a World Day of Prayer service on Friday at 2 p.m. in which women from diverse languages unite in Christ’s church. Readings include worship, praise, recollection, penitence, intercession, and dedication with a missionary offering supporting four interdenominational projects.
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Christ's Church
Tabitha Society
The
Women'’s Missionary Society
Felock
Hage ST
Paul F. Zuschke
Harry Johnson
Jesus
Alfred Baechler
F. C. Muehlethaler
Edward Krueger
Ethel Rennison
Christian College In
McHugh Blume Couple Wed in Decorah Ceremony
Kathryn McHugh and Robert Blume of Rochester Minnesota were married at the Methodist parsonage in Decorah last Wednesday noon. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Charlie Haydon of Rochester. After the ceremony the couple visited in Elgin with the bride’s relatives Mr and Mrs Wm Barker. They traveled to Rochester the same afternoon for a wedding dinner at the home of the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs Fred Veasy.
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Kathryn McHugh
Robert Blume
Rochester
Minn
Decorah
Charlie Haydon
Elgin
Wm. Barker
Fred Veasy
Early Hatches at Capper's Show Strong Start
Capper's Hatchery reports exceptional success with the first two hatches of the year. The initial hatch averaged about 70 percent, higher than the usual 60 percent. Production is rising weekly with about half the incubators in the main hatchery currently in use.
Bisbing Family Spends Sunday in Cedar Falls Visit
Mr and Mrs H L Bisbing and their Cedar Falls daughter visited Jacob Yearaus senior at his home on Sunday for a family gathering in the community news note.
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H. L. Bisbing
Cedar Falls
Jacob Yearaus, Sr
Junior Players Stage A Crazy Mix-up at High School
The Juniors present A Crazy Mix-up at the city high school auditorium on Friday March 10. Lee Julian disguises as a man to win a design contest prize while incoming suitors and a curious emissary stir a comic domestic uproar. Also announced are grade school operetta preparations for Tom Sawyer and local contests plus class reports on minerals and Fayette county history.
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Art Colony of
Washington
Lee Julian
Kathryn Craig
Paula Roberts
Lee
Julian
U. S
Philip Noldan
Michael Paviloff
Emil Stamm
Don Carols Sebastian
New York
Philip
Will Lee
Iowa Farm Livestock Totals Rise About Four Percent
Iowa farm livestock increased about 4 percent from the previous year led by hog gains and a modest rise in sheep. Hog numbers on January 1, 1939 reached 8,179,000, up 9 percent from a year earlier and 211 percent above the 1934-35 average, while cattle totals held near 4,465,000. Sheep and lambs totaled 1,710,009, up from 1,686,009 a year earlier, as work animals fell about 5 percent with horses continuing a long-term decline since 1914.
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Iowa
The Big Show Opens Golden Gate Exposition
The San Francisco Golden Gate International Exposition opened its gates on Treasure Island Saturday and aims to entertain 20 million visitors by December 2 this year. It contrasts the New York fair with a broad open walkway to strip shows as Sally Rand is expected to again headline. A box social at the Methodist church parlors on March 1 at 8 pm invites attendees, with ladies asked to bring an untrimmed box, sponsored by the Epworth League.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island
New York
Sally Rand
Methodist
Epworth League
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Iowa Press Association
Public Welfare
State Planning Board
Itppears
Elgins
Pellueitilo
Edward Finch
Yury
Turkey Ranch
Dead Man
American Legion Meeting
McHugh—Blume
Capper’s
Elgin Postoffice
G. J. Mosby
Francisco
Walter Becker
Fayette County
Thoma
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