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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
4
The Town of Elgin Iowa declares a special election on March 22 1949 at Town Hall from dawn to dusk to decide if an electric franchise shall be granted to Interstate Power Company Delaware corporation and its successors as per Ordinance No 177 approved February 7 1949.
An ordinance of Elgin Iowa grants Interstate Power Company and successors a 25 year franchise to erect, operate, and maintain an electric plant and distribution system within the town limits. It provides rights of way across streets, sidewalks, and public grounds, outlines municipal protections, extension requirements for service to dwellings, and conditions for moving public structures, with general provisions on liability and continuity. The measure specifies reach, funds, and standard of care, and notes election approval.
Town of Elgin Iowa issues final approval dated February 7 1949 with mayor G H Falb and clerk R E Kohler attest. Seals and council order confirm action. Includes 1946 final approval reference and town seal.
Iowa farm inventories on January 1, 1948 show total livestock up 6 percent from 1947 but 5 percent below the 10 year average. Cattle rose 1 percent to 4,769,000 while milk cows sank to 1,194,000 and hogs reached 10,836,000 with a 9 percent rise. The shift marks a turn from wartime peaks, with a large hog increase driving most gains as cattle and other species slip or stabilize.
Wm Agena of near Cows received a perfectly formed midget calf weighing 26 pounds and 15 inches tall. The tiny animal, alive and frisky, must stand on a scaffold to reach dinner. Also featured is a converted school bus home for Mr and Mrs Paul Weir near Estherville with heater, stove, ice box and bed.
Abe Hawkins and A J Arends, Anamosa hatchery proprietors, attempt to hatch a large green ostrich egg that Mr Arends brought from California. The egg measures 14 inches around the long axis and 12 inches across. Its fertility and hatch time are unknown, but they remain hopeful. A local in Seymour Herald helps reunite two cousins after thirty years apart. Mrs Katy Levine of Chicago reads of cousin Mrs Della White from Reading, Pennsylvania visiting in Numa.
A fragmentary note indicates Loy, age 30, wrote to Mrs. White inviting her cousin to stop in on the way back to tene. they had not seen each other. The readable text is limited but suggests a personal, planned visit.
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