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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1952
Page
1
Elgin Iowa is described as a second class mail matter in Fayette County records dated September 1 1891 under the act of March 3 1652. The notation notes the Elgin post office status and location within Iowa.
Classified rates listed per line and per word with ten cent per ding charges and a minimum weekly fee. Notices include cards of thanks memorials and resolutions, with obituaries and poems billed at regular advertising rates.
Grant Lauer of Eldorado announces 18th District candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative from Fayette County. He urges voter support and favorable votes in the upcoming party race.
A fragmented column of old sayings and quips on New Year beliefs weather quirks marriage money and wisdom. It threads jokes about hangovers government support and daylight saving with puns about concrete sidewalks and tools guiding readers through lighthearted social musings.
A collage of quips and proverbs on marriage work health and social manners. The pieces feature pithy lines about drink honesty work and vanity with dated humor and rustic wisdom. Readers encounter sharp one liners and playful moralizing from a bygone era.
Highlights from Elgin high alumni basketball games on New Years Eve noted as two of the season’s best. Also reports Cleve Erhardt leads Iowa Poultry Record Association for a second year, stock of 712 S. C. White Leghorns grossing 7756 with 1488 feed cost.
Miss Avis Lou Mork and Russell Wenger wed at Washington Prairie Lutheran Church Decorah on Saturday afternoon December 29 Reverend Oscar E Engbretson officiated The couple announced a wedding journey to the southern states and will reside in Elgin after the school year in a home they are building nearby
In a December 22, 1951 letter from San Diego, E J Halverton compliments Elgin Echo editor R P Strauch for shipping fat pork and beef. He laments local poor quality, asks for more Iowa corn fed meat, notes cold weather, and indirectly references expensive mink costs and the Red Herring crowd in Washington.
Pauline Hofer Dennler was born October 2 1871 to Nicholas and Eliza Hofer and died December 27 1951 at Elgin aged 80. She lived on a farm most of her life, moved to Elgin four years ago, and was a Methodist member. She married Jacob Dennler on December 21 1894 and had nine children, seven surviving, with 15 grandchildren and four sisters and two brothers. Funeral services were held at St Paul s Methodist church and burial at Apostolic cemetery east of Elgin. Relatives and friends came from many towns in Iowa and Wisconsin.
Mrs. Clare Kuster and the W. J. Grove family spent Christmas in the ER. Grove home with Anne, and returned home Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Torkelson hosted a Sunday dinner honoring Mr. Torkelson’s birthday. Attending were W. P. Kohls, Lawrence Grimm, Reuben Howard, Sheldon Boyle, Harry Everett, the Don Fauser family and Joey Peters. Mrs. Belva Snyder visited Grandview Friday for business and friends. Otis Torkelson family and Gene and Glen Snyder were dinner guests Sunday at C. C. Torkelson home. Gus Krueger family spent New Year’s in Dale Mortimer home. Adams, Mina, Van, Dean Torkelson and Carlyle Kirkeberg spent weekend in Cedar Rapids.
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