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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1959
Page
4
Local want ads promote Carbola barn spray as a single operation product that dries white, kills flies, and reduces spider webs by half for a year. Meyer’s Hatchry in Postville offers free estimates.
State safety department reports 3,649 licenses suspended or revoked in the first half of the year, 393 more than the same period last year. About half of the 2,566 suspensions stemmed from the point system, the remainder mainly on judges’ recommendations.
The Iowa Commerce Commission authorized railroads to raise freight charges about three percent on intercity shipments within Iowa. The move is expected to bring more than $500,000 in extra annual revenue for Iowa railroads after a 30 day public notice period. The piece also notes a state education update reporting 102 district reorganizations in 1959 reducing total districts from 2779 to 2052 and high school districts from 694 to 632, with 27 more high school districts planning to discontinue facilities next year, leaving 815 high school districts for 1959-60.
Multiple brief notices express thanks from residents including Ole M. Reierson, Mrs. Len Simek, Mrs. Joe Brady Hawkeye, and Louis Becker for cards, flowers, gifts, visits, and transportation during illness and after returning home. Special thanks to Rev Caspers.
Mr and Mrs William Dummermuth welcomed a son born July 21 weighing 8 pounds.
Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst proposed hiring a firm to study how state departments use data processing equipment. He estimated the state now pays about 4 million dollars annually in rental costs, largely for IBM machines, to determine if ownership would be cheaper.
Mr and Mrs George Vaughn traveled to Manchester Sunday for a visit with Floyd Puffett. On Monday they attended the funeral of their friend Mrs Ada Carr. They returned home Tuesday afternoon.
The American Foundation for Animal Health reports pinkeye as a major cattle disease causing temporary and sometimes permanent blindness, reducing dairy production by up to 25 percent. Look for swollen eyelids, watery discharge, and clouding near the pupil. keep cattle shaded, seek prompt veterinary treatment, and spray for flies as insects spreaders.
The numbers drawn Saturday evening at 8 00 pm are listed with the sequence of digits. No further details or context are provided in the readable text.
A fragmented listing mentions Yearous and others tied to livestock and machinery. Names include Daisy Gerald W or Geraldine C Arlington Ford Sedan and several Iowa towns. The text also references a birthday slumber party attended by multiple individuals including Jeri Mantin and Melvin Hangon, among others.
At Postville hospital Tuesday evening Merlin Nickels underwent tonsillectomy? No, the report notes a bale of hay fell on him from a truck at the Marvin Larson farm. He was baled from the truck and sustained severe bruises though X-rays showed no broken bones.
Mr and Mrs Kermit Roland and family West Union hosted Tuesday evening in the Peters home. Numerous visitors joined Lyle Martin and Sara Folkerts residents and relatives in West Union and Clermont for picnics dinners and casual calls.
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