For Sale Used Kitchen Cabinet at Elgin Poultry Co
Want Ad rates apply with 25 cent base per insertion and 1 cent per word over 25 words. Extra weekly 10 cent service charge for replies. Cash with order, telephoned ads allowed but payment due end of month. A 10 cent per line billing charge if billed monthly. Also mentions spiral note books at Echo office, 6 cents each, stenographers books at 10 cents. Offered for 7.50 dollars cash. See it at the Elgin Poultry Co station.
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Want
Elgin Poultry Co
Echo
Elgin Community Notes and Local Visits
Mrs Maud Peters traveled to Wadena Sunday to help care for Mrs Ernst at the Fred Ernst home. A Methodist church picnic supper drew a good crowd with an official board meeting held afterward conducted by District Superintendent Travis. Wilma Steinmetz of Riceville visited Elgin friends. Susie Stillman left for Winona Missouri to visit friends Elmer Pinney senior and junior and their families. Widespread Sunday visits included Rochester Minnesota with Milton and Mrs J B Miller and Decorah with E M Houg family. Big Sandy Lake Minnesota trip by Esther Houg and Dr O J Swenson party from Waseca Minnesota.
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Maud Peters
Wadena
Ernst
Fred Ernst
Travis
Wilma Steinmetz
Riceville
Elgin
Susie Stillman
Winona
Elmer Pinney
Wm. Barker
Rochester
Minn
Milton Miller
J. B. Miller
Decorah
E. M. Houg
Esther Houg
Big Sandy Lake
Oo. J. Swenson
Waseca, Minnesota
Powdered Cork Promises Rust Prevention
Paints containing powdered cork are said to be effective in balking rust. The note highlights cork as a preventive additive for metal coatings, suggesting improved protection against corrosion.
Fayette County No 4 C T A Yearly Summary
Fayette county No 4 cow test page finishes yearly records with an average 322.4 lbs of butterfat per cow this year. Since 1926 27 averages rose from 252 to 322.4, up 70 lbs in nine years. High herd R F Learn leads with 898.6 lbs butterfat and 7249 lbs milk from Jerseys. Other top cows include Brizie 539.1 lbs fat, Lady 516.7 lbs fat, Sal a 512.5 lbs fat, and Sal a 13 818 lbs milk.
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Fayette County
R. F. Learn
Mr. Learn
Max Grafenberg
Harold Hammersland
John Lueder
Brizie
Max Granfenberg
Lady
Sal
M. C. Deering & Son
Local Notices From Elgin Area Highlight Visits Health News
Elgin district residents are noted with health issues and local visits. Walter Martin suffers an leg abscess while multiple neighbors and relatives travel between Waterville Decorah Oelwein and Cedar Falls for visits work and care. A new postmaster appointment in Hill City is reported along with social gatherings and farm activity.
Iowa boards and commissions grow to over a hundred
Senators Merriam now governor Porter and Fort Dodge orator Healy urged a state board of control. The first official board formed, followed by a state board of education and more than 25 boards by 1907. The health department oversees 11 examining boards. Overall about 100 board members and 1,200 workers, with the highway commission the largest employer. The assess ment and review board lists 243 staff, many from the 3 point tax law. State boards employ more people than all other departments combined.
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Merriam
California
Claude R. Porter
Federal Trade Commission
Thomas F. Healy
Fort Dodge
State Board of Control
State Board of Education
State Board of Health
Iowa
State Highway Commission
State Board of Assessment and Review
Thunder Rumblings and Legal Actions in Des Moines
A group of lawyers visited Des Moines seeking action over alleged stockholder losses totaling about 800000 in a state chemical and stock feed firm. They plan to challenge minor court rulings in court, potentially targeting attorneys, while voicing broad political appeals and raising questions about propriety. Additionally the state liquor control commission hired a newspaper man to promote temperance information for the liquor system, a paradox given the commission’s commercial duties.
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Des Moines
State Liquor Control Commission
Liquor Control Commission
Sunset Service Draws Thousands At Waubonsie Park
Six thousand people attend the annual sunset service at Waubonsie State Park. The event scheduled for July 21 on the hilltop includes worship and communal gathering.
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Waubonsie State Park
Italy
Iowa
Roy V. Copp
Glidden
Melzo
F. L. Jackson
Lytton
Poland
C. L. Davidson
Chariton
Harlan
Solomon
Reunion Links 65-Year Gap As Old News Circles Back
A string of brief vignettes recalls long past events and prominent figures. Agnes Samuelson contemplates travel to Oxford for a teachers group meeting while W B Swaney heads to South America on a 20000 mile aeronautics inspection. The Northwestern Reporter seeks a transcript on a divorce case amid odd details. A Moravia man reconnects with a brother after fifty years, and a Muscatine man’s park death ends a life. A Newton farm wife warns of washing machine peas shelling hazards with a sewing doctor.
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Charles
Reed
Agnes Samuelson
National Educational Association
Oxford
England
International Federation of Teachers
British Isles
W. B. Swaney
Fort Dodge
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
South America
Northwestern Reporter
Journal of Law Reports
Atty. L. M. Hullinger
Lamoni
Carl F. Woolery
Atty
Hullinger
Woolery
James T. Day
Moravia
Margaret Petted
Newton
How an Iowa editor views Congress
An Iowa country editor comments on Congress in a continuing piece noting the toll of sickness and death among members. Democratic leader William Bankhead is absent due to heart trouble, and Missouri figures Shannon and Cochran have faced heart issues, with heat intensifying the strenuous life on the floor.
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Iowa
Congress
Jeader
William Bankhead
Missouri
Shannon
Cochran
Fleeting Fame of Postmasters General Panel in Washington
A writer notes the marble panel listing 25 or 26 postmasters general from 1775 to 1674 inside the Post Office Department building. Only Franklin, Pickering, and Kendall stand out to him, while most figures are now forgotten, raising questions about the vanity of public prestige.
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Post Office
Benjamin Franklin
America
Nation
Timothy Pickering
Our Republic
Amos Kendall
Andrew Jackson
Burleson
Wilson
Capitol
Patronage and privacy at the White House yard
A historical note describes the vice president's White House yard as a stunning park with trees and shrubs, yet family appearances invite crowds and camera intrusion. The piece then shifts to a congressional remark about patronage, noting a spontaneous applause for limits on congressional influence.
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White House
Rewarding party workers creates discontent in Congress
The passage notes age as a burden for a congressman and argues rewarding one “deserving party worker” leads to disappointment for four or five relatives and friends. It laments the inevitability of such trouble and the difficulty in solving it.
Maintenance Workers Demand Higher Wages In Clayton County
Clayton county maintenance workers staged a half day walkout to demand 45 cents an hour, up from 35 cents, appealing to the county board which was not in session. County Engineer Hoover said payrolls reflect higher pay this year versus last, but no room exists to raise wages within current appropriations of 100000 dollars, with half the funds for wages and the rest for equipment and supplies.
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Clayton County
County Board of Supervisors
D. E. Hoover
Hoover
Clayton Co. Exchange
Stones Start Fires South Africa Hazards Spur Wildfires
The Drakenstein mountains baboons overturn rocks to hunt, causing stones to roll down slopes and spark dry grass fires in the lowlands. In Elgin on primary 56 east of West Union, Susie Stillman, Georgie Stillman, and Ellen Stillman were in a Monday evening accident. Ellen suffered forehead bruises, Georgie escaped with minor bruises and chipped teeth, no serious injuries.
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South Africa
Drakenstein Mountains
Susie
Georgie
Ellen Stillman
Elgin
West Union
Ellen
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