Echo readers urged to try new shortened news service
A trial weekly issue proposes a concise service drawn from daily papers for readers without a daily. January 19 items mention Gov Herring on agricultural indebtedness, Hoover and Roosevelt meeting on Chinese-Japanese tensions, and various national updates from Washington and Paris.
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Little German Band Makes Hit at Marquette
Swiss band leader Jolly Nittle Matty Zorbriggen and his Elgin Iowa ensemble thrilled a Lions Club Friday crowd in Marquette with fast dance tunes and a snappy rhythm. The orchestra, missing one member due to his father’s death, planned to return with full pep next time.
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Jolly, Nittle
Matty Zorbriggen
Elgin
Iowa
Lions' Club
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Pep
North Iowa Times
Echo prints school news free of charge
The Echo replies to a teacher question by stating school news is printed free for all teachers and readers. Charges only apply when notices of socials plays or programs are sent in for fundraising. The policy also extends to churches lodges and other organizations.
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Committees Named in Iowa House and Senate
H. B. Hough named to Tax Reduction Board of Control Public Libraries Roads and Highways Rules Private Corporations Conservation of Resources. T. W. Mullaney serves on Agriculture Fish and Game Conservation Highways Motor Vehicles Printing in the Senate.
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Iowa House
Senate
H. B. Hough
Board of Control
T.W. Mullaney
Costs of Iowa Highway Department Shared by Counties
According to the Iowa official register for 1981 41982 the total annual cost of the state highway department excluding maintenance staff is 1 664 780. Dividing by the state's counties yields an average per county of 168 160 and an average per political township in this county of 8 408.
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Iowa
State Highway Department
Poptical
Step In Her Advertising Lesson From a Slowed Business Hill
A fragmented excerpt advises drivers to accelerate uphill and business owners to push harder when markets rise, then questions whether such tactics improve results as a humorous contrast. The odd prose includes jumbled phrases about gas, business slowing, and a clumsy selling line.
Decorah explorers locate 20 foot waterfall deep below ground
Ten Decorah men found a 20 foot waterfall 300 feet beneath the surface on the Kennedy farm near the Iowa line. They followed a 600 foot stream through underground caverns connected to a sink hole and spent five hours exploring about a mile of passage and chambers.
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Kennedy Farm
Harmony
Minn
Iowa Line
Elgin and Clermont Clash In Big Rivalry Showdown
Elgin meets Clermont in a highly anticipated basketball game Friday night. The old rivals appear evenly matched, promising a tense contest with sizable fan support. An old timer’s band will perform during intermissions, aiming to draw a large crowd.
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Elgin
Clermont
Shower Guests Honor Mrs Delbert Lyo Bat
Mrs Delbert Lyo Bat entertained at a shower with Mrs Lante's classmates and friends. Guests included George Anderson Lawrence Grimm Robert Steele Harold Conner Margie Christ Kathryn Strauch Phyllis Kohler Elizabeth McMillan Frieda Miller Myrtle Nelson John Lantz Willis Gress and daughter Lucille Van Gruver and Elmer Lantz.
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Lante
George Anderson
Lawrence Grimm
Robert Steele
Harold Conner
Margie Christ
Kathryn Strauch
Phyllis Kohler
Elizabeth McMillan
Frieda Miller
Myrtle Nelson
John Lantz
Willis Gress
Lucille
van. Gruver
Elmer Lantz
Would Take Barn Floor Injunction Filed In Fayette County
Grace Burke files an injunction suit to stop Le land McClair from removing barn floor and threats to take the hen house and trees from a farm near Westegate. Burke bought the farm at sheriff sale and gains possession March 1.
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Fayette County
Grace Burke
Leland McClair
Westegate
Dog Damage Claims Drop In Fayette County History
Fayette county logged 96 livestock kill claims by dogs in 1932 totaling 1654.50, under half of 1981's requests. In 1982 all claims will be paid, while 1931 dog tax proceeds were 2091.13 covering 56 percent of that year’s claims. The county board of supervisors ordered payment of all 1982 claims despite unknown 1982 tax figures.
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Fayette County
Board of Supervisors
Itanfo
Fayette County Tax Collections Report Variances
The Fayette County treasurer reports uncollected taxes totaling 8,012 in 1981 and 44,273 in 1982. A 1930 tax due 1931 was 1,189,006 with 1,281,084 collected, about 90. per cent. The 1088 tax had 1,025,688 collected, about 91. per cent.
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Fayette County
Fell ’em you saw Tim the Behe
Fragmentary OCR lines show a terse phrase likely describing actions involving a person named Tim and a nickname Behe. Context incomplete, lacks clear event, date, or location for a fuller summary.
Turnbull Recovery Brings Hope For Quilting Fan
Mrs Turnbull, aged eighty seven, recovering from fall injuries last autumn, maintains a cheerful outlook as relatives note her wrists healed enough to begin daily exercise. Her eagerness to resume piecing quilts and desperancy work grows with each nimble finger motion.
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McKellar
Getting Ready for the Hatch Season at Capper's Hatchery
Capper's Hatchery completed a 37 500 piece printing run for the season. This is the first mailing of the season with two clerks working full time to prepare the ads. Capper, who issues three to five mailings each season, relies on farm papers, dailies, country papers, and radio to stay ahead in the industry.
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Capper
Ady
Don’t fall for a curious Echo news trick
In Elgin, residents received cards offering a local item for 25 cents, a long running scam. The Echo warns against sending money, noting many items are weeks or months old and urges readers to visit the Echo for genuine notices at lower cost.
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Elgin
Echo
The
Prairie du Chien Bridge Company in Hands of Receiver
The Prairie du Chien Bridge Company, which last year completed a toll bridge linking Wisconsin and Iowa, is in the hands of receiver Frank C. Meyer as of January 19 after filing a voluntary petition in bankruptcy court in Madison. Liabilities were listed at 853,517 with assets of 717,437. The project was financed by an 850,000 bond issue and a 270,000 debenture issue of 7 percent sinking fund convertible gold bonds due in 1946.
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Prairie du Chien Bridge Company
Wisconsin
Iowa
Frank C. Meyer
Bank Tuntey
Madison
Wis
North Dakota Seeks Secession Resolution Surfaces
A North Dakota state senator proposed a resolution calling for secession of 39 states from the union urging nine eastern states to form a separate country. The plan claimed all states except Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Connecticut Rhode Island and New Jersey would leave and take the Star Spangled Banner.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Elgin Ladies' Cemetery Association to Meet
The Elgin Ladies' Cemetery Association will meet Wednesday evening February 2 at Mrs Ein Schori's home. Officers will be elected and refreshments served. Dorothy Otter spent several days last week with her aunt Mrs Bais, Mam and family near Web Colony.
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Elgin Ladies
Dorothy Otter
Bais
Xamam
Wéeb
Paradise of God Opens Doors for Aid Society Members
The M. E. Ladies' Aid Society first division held a Thursday gathering at Mrs. C. B. Schori home with sixty members and visitors. A business meeting preceded remembrances for three departed members and Edgar Guest poem Behind the Plan. A program featured readings and songs, a guessing contest, and refreshments. Division meetings set for March 2 with hostesses listed.
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General Aid
C. B. Schori
Paradise of God
Samuel Mosby
Elmer Schori
Lana Henderson
Edgar Guest
Andrew Dummermuth
Betty Schori
Betty Strauch
Richard Brackin
F. R. Berg
J. C. Schmid
Albert Schori
Office rules tighten as state treasurer ends coffee breaks
State Treasurer Leo Wegman bans mid morning coffee in the lunch room while new Democratic office rules limit staff interactions with visitors to strictly business. In Des Moines, Fayette county townships Harlan Jefferson and Fairfield receive Certificates of Merit from the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation amid a record attendance of three to four thousand at the annual meeting.
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State House
Lew Wallace
Wallace
Fayette County
Harlan
Jefferson
Fairfield
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Des Moines
Benton County
Dan Schnittjer
Delhi
Iowa
B. W. Lodwick
Iowa County Agents Association
Frank R. Kertigay
Dubuque
W. B. Hamilton
Hampton
Federation
Brandt Named President of Northeast Iowa Masonic Group
Clermont resident R V Brandt was elected president of the Northeast Iowa Masonic Fellowship Association at Monona. Herve Dahlstrom of Farmersburg was chosen secretary. Harvey C Travis of Waterloo spoke on Finding Treasures at Home. Monona provided entertainment with the Cairne Bros. musical program as the group enters its fourth year with sustained interest.
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Clermont
N. E. Iowa Masonic Fellowship Association
Monona
Herve | Dahlstrom
Farmersburg
Harvey C. Travis
Waterloo
Monons
Cairne Bros
Water deemed safe by state lab in Elgin sample
A water sample from Elgin city tested January nineteenth by the state hygienic laboratories was reported satisfactory in every respect. Citizens are advised to drink freely as waters can change character often. regular testing is standard to ensure safety.
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Elgin City
Laws City
Fayette County approves tax cut totaling 155086
Fayet te County adopts tax reduction bringing total 1983 levy to 952866, down 165086 from prior year. The action marks a rare drop below previous high levels as officials note the shift in local taxation.
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Fayette County
Amram Ren
Young Men Study Beef and Hog Feeding
Sixty three attended the young men course last week and studied feeding and marketing hogs and beef cattle. E L Queife of the Extension Service used charts to show seasonal price trends. The next meeting will be Thursday January 26 with a crop and soil study and a talk by E B Dyas. New boys continue to join each session.
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Extension Service
Lodwick
Dyas
Farm Crops and Soils Extension Service
Bob In Beauty Shop Reopened Under New Ownership
The Bob-In Beauty Shop, formerly run by Ethel Feller, has been bought by Mrs. Mark Toale of Independence and reopened last Thursday. She is a Pitze’s beauty school graduate from Waterloo and comes highly recommended. Her husband remains in Independence for work for now, with potential move later. She invites readers to notice an announcement in the Eddo.
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Ethel Feller
Mark Toale
Independence
Toale
Pitze’s
Waterloo
Tabitha Society Hosts Meeting at Baptist Church
The Tabitha Society met at the Baptist church on Wednesday January 18 with Mrs Guy Probert Edna Miller and Mrs Ben Baumgartner as hostesses. Nineteen members attended. The Christmas committee reported fifteen homes were remembered with baskets. After, the group sewed and Luella Miller gave a reading.
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the Baptist Church
Guy Probert
Edna Miller
Ben Baumgartner
Luella Miller
Hatchers Meet at West Union Today
Members of the N. E. Town group of the Iowa Hatcherymen Association hold an all day meeting in West Union. The hatcherymen and their wives attend with the business session in the courthouse assembly room.
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Iowa Hatcherymen’s Association
West Union
Court House
Wolf to Attend Pet ers Operation in Chicago This Week
Dr H H Wolf plans to travel to Chicago in the latter part of the week to be present for Robert Peters operation. His brother, Seus Wolf, who has been visiting here for several days, will accompany him back to Chicago.
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H. H. Wolf
Chicago
Robert Peters
Seus Wolf
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