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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
4
Contested ad notes Bolson's Hi-Energy Chick Starter for baby chicks and urges reading tests against current feeds to prove Bolson's superiority. It claims lower feed costs and improved chick results, with dealer contact and scattered listings for town officials and election-related clerks and judges.
Fayette County Iowa supervisors discuss weed assessments for real estate, approve bonds and official warrants, audit claims, and report on maintenance, with notes on tuberculosis tests, union shop repeal, cap pistol bill, and upcoming legislative actions. The lengthy entry lists names, roles, and payments, including room rents, booth setups, and clerk fees, amid adjournment and meeting records.
Legislators at home during spring recess review Hoover commission measures. A budget and financial control panel replaces the old interim committee. A reorganization bill transferring auditing duties to the state comptroller faces changes in the House. New measures aim to abolish the tax commission and consolidate banking and insurance into a department of finance.
Astringent jokes riff on philosophy, hell, fares, and gender, with lines about Greeks, demons, bus conductors, and a distracted sculptor. The quips punchy and period voice driven, musing on social pretensions and punchlines from a bygone era.
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