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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1950
Page
4
Classified ad copy lists ten cent per line ad rates with a twenty cent minimum per week, cash with order, otherwise one dollar minimum. For sale notes include 300 bushels oats at 85 cents per bushel and 800 bushels corn at $1.30, Henry Holzer Elgin dial 3609. also 4 or 5 acres alfalfa ready to cut, Arthur Olson Clermont.
Grand Meadow News notes two free tickets for Max Thoma available at the Echo office for the Riding High show at the Avalon theatre on June 25 26 and 27. Receipts and social visits appear from Clarisa Lien Elliott Olson and many others around the Echo and Clarence Olson homes plus local gatherings and church events.
Courthouse notices list new car registrations for J P and Agnes Medberry, Alfred Baechler, Louis Halverson, and others. Deeds show transfers to Don Fauser and to Gunder Nygaard, with bills of sale for Herrling interests and a trade name Elgin Insurance Agency. Marriage licenses reflect Elgin and Clermont couples in early June. An agricultural note urges vaccinating young calves to control blackleg, noting its prevalence in pastures with drainage issues.
The flyer notes that the fly-control program this summer cannot succeed without active cooperation from everyone.
Iowa real estate activity shifts as higher building costs dampen home plans and boost existing home buying. Earl A. Hart notes rising older home prices, more real estate licenses, and fewer new builds. Farm Safety Town advances farm safety week plans with state committee input. Iowa Selective Service reports 177,000 eligible for registration. 20,000 under 26 without dependents could be called. Census hints town declines under 3,000. larger cities show gains. Jasper farmers oppose Rock Creek dam lake project, citing 3,500 to 3,800 acres of prime land and inadequate compensation. Sprays favored over dust for corn borer control.
Mayor announces a special election in Elgin Iowa on July 11 1950 to decide extending water mains and incurring debt not to exceed 6000 dollars, with annual property tax levy up to a half mill for bond repayment. Polls open 8 am to 8 pm at Town Hall under official ballot instructions.
The Valley News item lists numerous dinner guests and social visits in St. Olaf and nearby towns. It mentions families including Knudtsons, Butikofer, Thoman, Dennler, Frieden, and others, plus a Good Neighbors Club meeting with tributes to recent brides and a wreath gift.
The contesta sponsored by the May club lists members Gladys Hanson Jane Dennler Rose Butikofer Eileen Olson and Mrs Orlin Mason. The meeting closed after reciting the watch word with plans for July 11, including Ella Chrissen Lucy Christen and Clara Muehlenthaller assisting. Bertha Pulfer helped at the Louis Butikofer home for two months then returned home as hens stop laying eggs and yolk color diminishes.
A fractured dialogue and comedic miscommunication unfold with a traffic stop, a banter about licenses and garters, a boss’s insult, and a duo carrying a plank. Interleaved vignettes include a deaf traveler hearing a train whistle, a robin sighting, and a morbid doctor joke.
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