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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
1
In Memoriam cards and resolutions of respect offered at $1.00, with church society and school notices where admission is charged, plus obituary poetry, all billed at regular advertising rates.
In a local chat Rich mentions Wadena’s new third baseman and compares him to his father’s era, suggesting town baseball could improve. A mix of humor and observations follows about fashion, medicine, and jokes, ending with a note on a proposed tax to raise defense revenue.
A wedding note describes the bride with a gardenia bouquet and the groom carrying a pint of four roses on his hip. The domestic humor section features light exchanges about shorts for pigs and cows’ brassieres, plus racy remarks and a misdial exchange between a boy and his father.
Invitations announce the wedding of Miss Marion Elizabeth Lehman and George H. Senkler at First Baptist Church in Elgin on Saturday June 14. Miss Lehman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Lehman, is a nurse who trained and worked in St Paul at Mounds and Midway hospitals after Elgin High School graduation in 1936.
World War veterans and ex-service men are advised that Senate File 343 amended the 1939 Edda to require exemption applications filed with the County Auditor by July 3, 1941 for the 1941 tax payable in 1942. If already filed with the assessor no action needed. J. H. Cline, County Auditor. 39-43¢
W M Knox to Edna Follett Nelson for 20.35 covers Blocks 195 96 97 98 106 in Clermont. Edna M Pribyl to J R Jensen for 1.00 Ls 1 to 16 B99 Thompson's 2nd Add Clermont. Jensen and wife to Mabel C Knudson for 1.00 Ls 1 to 16 B99 Thompson's 2nd Add Clermont. Earl C Becker and wife Mabel J to W E Mittlestadt for 1.00 all SW of hy E 1-2 SW SE 94-95-8.
The annual meeting of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association of Fayette County Iowa will be held at the Legion Hall in Fayette on Tuesday June 10 1941 at 1 PM for electing officers and other business. A D Knox Levy notice and a short promotional line follow.
Elgin Iowa council adjourned session May 13 1941 approves buying a 10 000 gallon No 2 road oil and later June 2 1941 in regular session audits bills approves a long list of payments and grants Class B Beer permits and cigarette permits with clerk instructed to issue or file as required.
Jack Gehring, at an early age, helps a neighbor's yearling steer after a flood washes it ashore. He splints the broken leg with latch and tends the animal in the barn, hoping for recovery while the neighbor names the owner. The steer’s injury is believed to have occurred from a heavy log strike while in the water.
Elgin area residents travel to La Crosse to visit hospital patient Samuel Mosby. Memorial Day gatherings Albany to Edgewood guests. Upper Iowa students returning home for summer include Ernestine Holzer Georgia Grimes Gene Schori and Wm Schupbach. Multiple local families visit, attend church and celebrate milestones including births and anniversaries.
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