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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
1
R P Strauch is listed as second class mail matter at the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa indicating the mailing status for the period and location.
Community notices and memorial items appear under standard advertising rates. Wunus usesuil presents cards of thanks in memoriam cards resolutions of respect and obituaries alongside church society and school notices with admission charged.
A reader asks why right hand gloves vanish, noting about six right-hand losses at the Echo shop. The piece also moves through a collage of snippets about newsy life in Illinois heirs hiding 410000, spring near, pupil nature study jokes, manners, freshmen, moving day, tenant farmers, and a short community reflection on mobility and belonging.
A week in Elgin shows growing home ownership, front yard pride, and local plans like the riverbank amphitheatre idea. Obituaries and weddings mark the week with Killed by Train near Decorah and the Reed-Ernst wedding at Win Reed's home.
William Knox announces candidacy for county treasurer subject to Fayette county Republican voters at the June 3 1940 primary. A M Munson seeks county recorder nomination under same party process and date. A J Kutscha t runs for sheriff contingent on Republican primary results in Fayette county on June 3, 1940.
H R Humphrey asks Fayette County Republicans to nominate him for the 1942 term, pending voters in the June 3, 1940 primary. He solicits support and invites party backing for the supervisor candidacy.
State senator candidate Paul P. Stewart announces his bid for the Republican nomination to represent Iowa’s 40th district. He asks for votes at the June 3 primaries and urges party support. The piece also notes spring planting of orchard trees and early nursery stock delivery, advising precautionary heel-in of trees if conditions delay planting.
Last Saturday a group of boys practiced fire building in the old river bed with those who passed including Gene Habeger Dale Kelly Merlin Miller and Leland Capper. Monday night the Alpha Scouts defeated us by two points in overtime on Elgin floor and afterward we played balloon blowing contest steal the bacon word contest and Simon says with the Alpha boys. Dale Kelly Scribe. Patronize Echo advertisers and gave money.
Mrs. B F Paige of West Union died Sunday at the West Union hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the church with burial in the Miyria cemetery. Surviving are her husband two sons Orville and Charles and two daughters Mrs Henry Pettson of Manchester and Edna at home.
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