WANTED Small j size band saw advertised
WANTED to buy a small j size band saw. If you have one to sell, notify the Elgin Echo. Dial 3711 Elgin. Tip FOR SALE Spring fries four lbs each Elgin Produce Dial 3231 Elgin 421 for NOTICE We can still deliver to you a new Massey Harris Clip per combine in time for this season's crop Delivered price is 1427.50 plus tax Torkelson Motor Co Dial 2711 Elgin 8c tree FOR SALE Used six cubic ft General Electric refrigerator good condition finish like new See it at Echo office R P Strauch dial 3711 Elgin 46tfp FOR SALE tt McCormick binder practically new canvas Wm Erickson Rt 2 Elgin 4fc
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McCormick-Deering
John Deere
Elgin Echo
Elgin
Torkelson Motor Co
General Electric
Echo Office
R. P. iStrauch
Dial
McCormick
Wm. Erickson
Rt 2
Governors' Day Highlights and State News Across Iowa
Governors' Day at Clear Lake runs July 24 to 26 as Polk county court case drags on with possible state supreme court appeal. Loyal staff like Douglas Miller, 92, served under seven Iowa governors while sharing a long career in state and Chicago hotels. The gift enterprise law ruling bars trading stamps. Sperry and Hutchinson Co. may face appeal. Iowa conservation plans to sell a controversial plane. Fred C. Tandy receives promotion to major general. Tax revenues rise in 1953 with liquor profits contributing, totals cited for June 30.
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Douglas Miller
Beardsley
State House
Miller
Iowa
Jolark
Harding
Kendall
Wilson
Hickenlooper
Blue
State Historical
Palmer House
Old Tremont House
Chicago
Kirk Jupes
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Polk County
Sperry and Hutchinson Co
New York
Finn
Iowa Revenue Changes Highlight 1953 Tax Reports
Iowa tax figures show 1953 gains in general fund and road use tax with a new sales tax record of 53 147 922 while state income tax dipped about 2 million. Other tax categories posted new revenue but did not set records. Veterans Affairs issues three rules to prevent delays in monthly GI Bill allowance checks, urging training status updates and state approval confirmations.
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Iowa
Birthday and social gatherings in Volga community
Neighbors gathered at Len ummel’s birthday party at the Les Wheeler home with Floyd and Fayette Smith, Geo Lane, Hummel family, Everitt family, and others. Sunrise Sunshine Club met at Kenneth Jennings home with a book talk and plans to sell a chopping gadget. Friendship Circle met in Volga Park for friendly hour and picnic. Numerous visits and meals shared among families including Rahmiller, Pope, Lane, and Thyer households with guests from Muscatine Springfield Cedar Rapids and Manchester.
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Les Wheeler
Lenummel
Floyd Smith
Fayette
Geo. Lane
Clark Hummel
Art Everitt
Francis Wheeler
Bert Schnoor
Rochester
Henry Lamphier
Wm. Stepp
Maxine Moore
Sunshine Club
Kenneth Jennings
Lera Robinson
Vic Everitt
Dennis Grether
Ethel Crain
Cunningham
Morris Manson
Schnoor
Raymond Oldfather
Leon McTaggert
Dale Boys
Howard, Rahmiller
John Pope
Paul Miller
Muscatine
John Wil Hamson
Springfield, Mo
Wesley Millard
Jessie Wood
Bill Moes
Cedar Rapids
Pope Lawn
Friendship Circle
Methodist Church
Volga Park
Marge Kitterman
Howard Rahmiller
Leo Grether
Calvin Way
Becky Follon
Wallace Oldfather
Elmer Basket
Floyd Lemting
Bill Moore
W. Stepp
Oliver Follon
Lester Chase
Kenneth Moats
Bill Marcellus
Manchester
Frank Weischedel
Oneida So
Arlington Town Council to Hear Budget Estimate
Town Council of Arlington Eye schedules a meeting for August 3 1953 at 7 30 P M in Town Hall to hear the budget estimate for the year starting January 1 1934 including detailed receipts and disbursements past and anticipated. Also notes social and local events and agricultural tips about hog production and livestock care.
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Arlington
Eye
Local News on Farm Water Control Maintenance
Mrs Harold Fischer and Ronnie keep the farm water control system effective. Sheila from Loomis California visited last Thursday with her mother Mrs Mabel Grover and relatives to discuss terrace channels and potential overtopping and gullying of the waterway while staying in West Union with friends.
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Harold Fischer
Ronnie
Sheila
Loomis
Calif
Terrace
Mabel
Grover
West Union
Farm Topics Warns on Child Safety Near Power Equipment
The notice urges keeping children away from power farm machinery and promotes regular insecticide use to control horn flies on cattle for better livestock health and safety.
Long Island Man Returns to Graettinger After 58 Years
Herman Frick of Long Island New York visited his old Graettinger home for the first time in 58 years, having left in 1895.
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Herman Frick
Long Island
New York
Graettinger
Farmer Mangles Thumb in Hay Baler Accident
Elmer Dodson of near Lineville sustained a severe hand injury when his fingers and thumb were mangled after caught in a new hay baler. He was taken for medical care and his condition was described as serious but stable.
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Elmer. Dodson
Lineville
Log House Moved Near Decorah For New Farm Dwelling
Eas and Henry My ran relocate a 200 year old log house from its Decorah site to make space for a new farm dwelling. The piece discusses perceptions of labor value, noting many professionals and clerical workers hold varied year round employment.
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Eas
Henry Myran
Decorah
History of Britain Before Roman Invasion
A brief note on Britain's past becoming clearer only after Roman contact in the first century B.C. The text highlights the early obscure history prior to the invasion and its implications for continental links.
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Britain
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