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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1968
Page
4
Classified notice seeking an upright piano in rough condition from Elgin Community. Offer includes contact details for Andon Greener and a cryptic note about a sewing machine sale with installment terms.
Notior advertises weekly sports and West Union items. Auction held Saturdays at 3 pm and last Sunday of each month at 1 pm. Larson Shopping Center Postville offers relief capsules and merchandise review. Capsule priced at 119 with listed $1490 value. Charles ONeill Deug Eleit 19-229.
Unelatned Freight advertises new port sewing machines with full factory insides for storage and Trend brand at 27 dollars each. Payment plans offered through RFA monthly with delivery to your home and satisfaction guaranteed. Claims for weight and a diet- related product appear in the text with an odd address in Minnesota and a local drugmaker reference.
Several brief notes express gratitude for support during illness hospitalization and after bereavement. Individuals named include Rev Lee Rey Collins Muehlethaler Funeral Home American Legion Auxiliary Methodist Church and families such as Baumgarter Helmers and Kiple plus others for cards visits prayers and musical contributions. Acknowledgments extend to merchants for a prize and to doctors and nurses at Palmer Memorial.
Partial item outlines Republican hopefuls Ames and West Branch businessman and National Legion leader freazy entering the governor race. Democrats weigh Paul Frinzenburg for nomination while Dan Johnston and Ray Walton eye Attorney General. Article notes public school funding controversy, Turner opposition to the reform formula, potential court resolution, and overtime pay disputes among Towshighway workers.
Sale calendar notes a farm auction conducted by C. B. Knoudtson set for 7:00 pm at the property two miles south of Wadena and four miles north of Arlington. Auction listing cites rural location and timing details for buyers in the area.
A new collection of phonograph records arrived at Elgin Public Library. The Clayton County Farm Bureau Women's reading list is available for those reporting on five books. Federated Club women should begin reading now for text news. Reading programs offer Forma and book lists for reporting with options to report 15 or 25 hours. Winter reading invites for books or magazines. The Elgin Progress Club donated 28 dollars to the UWbrars last week to buy children's books.
A quirky compendium of odd thoughts and wry sayings. It parries money excuses and apologies with playful lines about movies books nerves naps and actions. The piece ends with a social quip about equal rights and a childlike snow comment.
Director Joseph Coupal notes the Highways Commission failed to win legislative overtime pay for salaried workers. The tax take for the year reaches 9473.7 million in taxes, with the state treasurer reporting a 54 million increase over calendar 1966’s 487.8 million. Windfalls in 1966 from withholding and a shift to monthly sales tax boosted collections.
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