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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1941
Page
4
A compilation of classified ad rates and local notices from West Elgin and surrounding areas. The piece lists pricing for want ads, payment terms, and dealer promotions for Green Colonial products. It includes sale notices for sows and an Hereford bull, several want ads for horses and services, and a car incident report near Auburn with minor injuries and property damage.
June cow testing shows Walter Plaht of Clermont leading association No 2 with 1103 pounds of milk and 43.8 fat per cow. Karl Miller placed fifth with 917 pounds milk and 34.7 fat. Leo Rothlisberger tenth with 640 milk and 30.8 fat. Kohls & Baumgartner own the top Milking Shorthorn at 906 pounds milk and 38.1 fat. In association 4 Jerry Spencer led with 1029 milk and 49 fat. Olson and Estey of Clermont were sixth with 1099 milk and 36 fat. Tom Hansen of Elgin ninth with 577 milk and 134.90 fat. Max Medberry produced the top Milking Shorthorn at 1350 pounds milk and 55.4 fat.
Farmers face surplus hay as barns fill and field stocks remain high. Delayed haymaking, upcoming harvest, and corn laying by keep growers busy while popular want ads offer quick results.
Lorraine Rawlings of Council Bluffs visited Ed Bauder home for several days. Numerous neighbors and relatives visited, traveled, or stayed with Elgin residents over the Fourth, including Odegard relatives from Duluth and Maibach family from Peoria. Local social events featured Baptist Mission Society, picnics, and family visits across West Union, Sumner, Waterloo, and surrounding towns.
Mondamin couple rushed through their home fearing severe injuries for their 20 month old after a fall from an upstairs window. The child emerged grinning and unscathed, leaving guardians relieved. Advertising is an investment.
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