Post Office Class Mail Matter Notation
Entry indicates mail matter stamped as second class at Clermont in Fayette County Iowa.
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Clermont
Fayette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
3
State Lawmakers Take Recess In Policy Shuffle
Lawmakers return after a long session with plans to tap the use tax fund tied up in litigation to finance a state office building. Democratic strategists push bills echoing the governor’s aims to outpace the administration, while a controversial billboard bill would clear signs from highway rights of way. Iowa eyes interstate cooperation as Rep. C F Shimanek attends a council of state governments meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
General Assembly
Lundy
Monroe County
Iowa
Lawa
House
C. F. Shimanek
Jones County
Council of State
Iowa Commission for Interstate Cooperation Aims of Council
The legislature backed Iowa participation with 500 dollars to continue the movement and 1000 dollars to advance the council. A resolution proposes a three unit Iowa Commission for Interstate Cooperation with Senate and House committees plus a governor’s panel to align laws and foster reciprocity with other states. The commission would meet with similar bodies to draft mutual benefit legislation and pursue uniform state laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
House
Iowa Commission For Interstate Cooperation
Senate
Iowa Commission
Council of States
Around Iowa Not Funny and Strange Sights Reported
A fragment from a rural Iowa page notes theft of gasoline from an Algona fire truck, shelling out to reach Mike Pfeffer farm, and borrowing fuel to return to town. It mentions Plainfield holiday scenes for Farmers Elevator move, a 140 pupil school holiday, and 1000 spectators viewing a 65 foot, 90 to 100 ton elevator moved five blocks over three hours.
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Algona
Mike Pfeffer
Plainfield
License plate fine highlights single registration rule
A man received a fine for using one set of license plates on two cars. The report also notes local curiosities including a brush wolf captured near Soldier, a crowded Buena Vista jail, and a Le Mars basketball loss to Fort Dodge.
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Kellen
le Mars
Sacred Heart of Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge
Local Social Notes from Clermont This Weekend
Mrs. Melvin Anderson and Gene visited at the Martin Nelson home Saturday afternoon. Alfred Miller and family from West Union joined Agnes and Leo Kneeland for supper Sunday. Mary K. Guritz and Charles Bigler of Cedar Falls with Dorothy Brarby of Davenport spent the weekend here. Mrs. Walter Kirby Mrs. Henry Mahoney and Florence of Oelwein dined with the Guritzs Tuesday evening. Lillian Larrabee arrived from Evanston TL to visit Fred and Anna Larrabee at Montauk for the week. Nina Simerson visited the Nels Gilbert home and dined with Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nelson before returning to Ossian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Anderson
Gene
Martin Nelson
Alfred Miller
West Union
Agnes
Leo Kneeland
Mary K. Guritz
Charles Bigler
Cedar Falls
Dorothy Brarby
Davenport
Walter Kirby
Henry Mahoney
Florence
Oelwein
Theo, Guritz
Lillian Larrabee
Evanston
Fred
Anna Larrabee
Montauk
Nina Simerson
Nels Gilbert
Ossian
Record Low Temperature at Riverside Ranger Station
The lowest winter temperature recorded in the United States reached 60 degrees below zero at Riverside Ranger Station in Yellowstone Park on February 9, 1933. Parents in cooperative efforts in schools increasingly assist teachers to plan and develop educational experiences for their children.
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United States
Riverside Ranger Station
Yellowstone Park
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