04 Jun 1953
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1953
Page
1
Elgin Echo Dial number 3711 in Elgin Iowa is identified as second class mail under federal postal law. The entry notes it was entered after September 1 1891 at the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa under the act of March 3 1852.
At a joint meeting last week Hanson and Lohriner of Central States Power Co presented figures and plans for a boulevard lighting system. Thirty citizens attended and none opposed. Final action will be taken at the June meeting. In the Zigin opera house fidlers contest local winners included Louis Meisner Elkadder and Fred Gehring for best soldier and best Sue Elgin. Others earned top honors for best accordion Ernie Baumgarmmer best banjo Lee Boleyn and best mouth organ Rose Ella Chase. BRP Strauch returned from Chadwick where he aided a printing sale. Josephine Kniel and Edna Hunsberger returned home from Cedar Rapids business college Friday night.
Elgin Public Library announces new acquisitions across Adult Teen and children sections. Notable titles include Grace Livingston Hill novels The Substitute Guest and The Christmas Bride, Emilie Loring Keepers of the Faith and Day Is Yours, Rosamond Du Jardin works such as Class Ring and Marcy Catches Up, Phyllis A. Whitney Island of Dark Woods, and Beverly Gray titles by Clair Blank. Also listed are Henry W. Clune By His Own Hand and various children’s books like Frog, The Horse That Knew No Master, and The Jim Thorpe Story.
A summary card noting works by Seward E. Daw and Blanche Dearborn including We Live and Grow Sharing Together and Making Friends with Jane Werner and Cuth bert. catalog excerpts reflect early 20th century children’s literature in a local paper.
A long list of local residents and visitors from Wadena and surrounding towns socialized over Memorial Day weekend and the following days. Families from Denver, Ames, Volga, Elkader, Oelwein, Decorah, and Prairie du Chien joined relatives in Cedar Rapids, Madison area hospitals, and Baraboo Wisconsin visits, with many towns including Mason City, Waterloo, and Davenport mentioned.
This piece presents Aneurin Bevan’s creed on living by personal duty and judging loyalties in humanity's broader context. It argues for imaginative tolerance as a chief virtue of a civilized mind, warning against rigid conformity and dictatorship.
Ashland Nebraska residents spent Memorial holidays with the former's sister and husband Mr and Mrs Fremont Clark. Mrs Mildred DeWaldi and Janet visited Wichita Kansas relatives Mrs Lindy Frey and Sally returned home with her parents Mr and Mrs Wesley Daisy Tomah Wisconsin to spend a few days The Daisys had spent Memorial Day here.
In Mar ion county two lawmen were electrocuted within an hour. William Mc Neil of Albia died in a coal mine due to a high voltage line. Charles Anderson of Chariton perished while drilling a well when an iron pipe touched a live line.
To control horn flies spray poset cattle with DDT and dairy cattle with methoxychlor as recommended in agricultural notices.
Termites can silently damage a house from the day it goes up. Watch for poor construction that allows soil contact, shelter tubes, and unexcavated areas under porches. Call a termite control operator to break soil wood contact, treat voids, trench around the foundation, and inspect biannually. Consider concrete steps and pre-cast features to deter entry.
When purchasing a house, buyers are advised to obtain a professional termite inspection. If termites are suspected, send a sample to Iowa State College extension entomologists for positive identification.
Reading from a damaged fragment shows a river situation where bank erosion creates cutbanks. The text notes willow growth and slower flow along the banks compared to the center, driving material movement toward the inner channel where water runs faster.
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