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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
1
A Rich's column collects quick quips on travel, sitting, fashion, and social norms. A Elgin man explains buying two pants suits for himself while a preacher avoids calling on female parishioners in summer due to shorts.
In a 1911 Echo column, residents note life’s ironies and a shift from playhouse notions to a cement factory venture. Local notes cover farm harvest progress, staff changes at Elgin creamery, a measles recovery, visiting relatives, and a veterinary surgeon settling in Elgin. A new bank contract and local humor about party showers wrap the community brief.
World War veterans and ex service men are urged to file for exemption on the 1941 tax payable in 1942 by July 3 1941 at the County Auditor office. If already filed with the assessor no action needed. Those who did not file must submit to the County Auditor by the deadline. J H Cline County Auditor. GIANT MUSHROOM Gus Kais Grinnell reports a 18 pound puff ball in his corn field twice the size of a basketball sighted in his crop.
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