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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
4
Teletype classified rates list ten cent unit price with a ninety cent weekly minimum when paid with cash. Ads sent without cash incur higher minimums. Blind ads or inquiries directed to this office carry a per week minimum charge.
Russell Kohler family and relatives from Waterloo joined C. J. Harrington and Mrs. Ethel Kohler for Memorial day in Elgin. Various callers from Waterloo West Union Dubuque Detroit and Wilton Junction visited local homes. several local residents traveled, hosted guests, and attended church services. Glen Schupbach returned to Detroit after a weekend visit and promotion in sales.
An Echo office notice asks Elmer Lembke to call for two free tickets to the double feature at the Avalon theater showing The Last Bandit and Scram on June 9.
July conventions at Des Moines show monthly gains with a May uptick. Iowa tax receipts for May totaled 3 484 099 20 dollars, state treasurer John Grimes reports. First five months total 12 929 915 dollars, up 904 997 from 1949. The Iowa bonus board denied 4 773 claims for the World War II state bonus.
Notice to qualified electors of Pleasant Valley School District Fayette County Iowa of a special election at Elgin Town Hall Elgin Iowa on June 21 1950 at seven o clock pm. Voters may mark Yes or No for the proposition to authorize selling school buildings of sub districts 7 9 and 10 with proceeds placed in the General Fund. Arthur Chapman secretary.
Scott and House captured nominations amid a slate of county results. Oelberg topped Larson in a tight race, with Brown and Norris pairing as a weighted contest. Sheriff contest showed House besting Stoddard, Estey edging Oelberg, Kemmerer close to Scott, and widespread GOP lead in Pleasant Valley with 170 Republicans to Democrats. Local unaffiliateds Gehring and Wilson ran unopposed. township Democrats favored Loveland over Kraschel and Gillette over Bennett.
Fragment notes that most state contests were close while no county races occurred. Wenger led his party with a clean tally amid vague percentages, suggesting tight local voting outcomes and incomplete results.
The Iowa farm price index jumped twenty one points in May with hogs corn and soybeans leading gains. Hogs rose about twenty percent, contributing a large portion to the index, now at its highest since late 1948. The price received to price paid ratio sits at 102, up six points from last month.
H. Bartley of near Eagle Grove begins rat control at the Bartley barn with about 20 men using pitchforks, clubs, and a fire hose, removing around 3000 rats. He estimates losses from December to May at roughly $500 due to the vermin.
On the Tony Lasina farm near Afton a fox sleeping beside a haystack was encircled by Jim Lacina and a dog sparked by his father. The fox fled into Mr. Lacina and was fatally impaled on his pitchfork, ending the animal’s attempt to escape.
Elgin residents Otto Blockhus and family visited Mrs Fritz Blockhus at Gunderson Hospital in La Crosse Wisconsin. Mrs Blockhus returned home improved. Lester Martin family from Crystal Lake visited Mike Adrian. Mel Kohler and Dr H H Wolf plan a short vacation trip to Chicago this weekend.
A frightened husband claims a letter found in his pocket, written in a woman's hand. His wife admits she authored the note and says she gave it to him to mail two weeks prior, revealing a domestic secrecy drama.
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