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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1958
Page
1
The Elgin Echo announces weekly publication from Elgin Iowa with subscription rates at $2.00 yearly in four NE Iowa counties, $2.50 outside advance payment terms, and zone surcharges. Advertising prices list readers per line, want ads per line, minimum charges, and notices from churches and schools linked to obituaries and memorials.
Multiple Fayette county candidates announce runs for 1959 offices subject to Republican primary votes on June 2, 1958. Floyd Gilley Odney Ocelberg Fred House and Herbert D. Klammer join Hazel Gehring in seeking elected clerk, sheriff, recorder, auditor, and county supervisor posts.
A series of birth notices lists several families welcoming new children. Ann Marie Boyle arrived March 2 in Denver at Allen Memorial Hospital weighing 8 pounds 11 ounces, joining two sisters and a brother. A daughter born March 6 to Roger Bodensiek and Janice Pinney in Goodhue Minnesota weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces. Dale Klingman’s son born March 4 at Prairie du Chien Hospital weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces in Elkader. Mr and Mrs Earl Little reported a son born March 7 at West Union Hospital.
The wet spring and above average moisture followed by early frost and heavy snows caused heavy losses to Federal Crop Insurance policyholders. December 10 ended the insurance period with a February 10 final losses report date. 2,979 notices were filed with the state office as the last of the 1858 payments were processed. Counties hardest hit include Buena Vista Cass Clay Clayton Delaware Emmet Fayette Howard and Mitchell.
The February 16 farm price index rose nine points or four percent, reaching 254 percent of the 1910-14 base. Livestock and livestock products climbed 11 points with meat animals up 15, while dairy held steady and poultry eggs slipped. The crop index remained at 155 percent, unchanged from January.
A. A. Ostrander of Minneapolis faces about 600 dollars in fines after a semi-trailer toppled at a weighing station near Mech, resulting in scrap paper totaling roughly 65,000 pounds. The incident highlights enforcement against overloading.
Interstate Power Co reports 1957 net income of 1 3,711,676 up 714,029 from 1954 with 25 723 225 in plant additions including Mason City gas and electric properties. Electric revenue rose about 18 percent while residential rate averaged 3.17 cents per kWh. Taxes totaled 5,365,623 up 827,266 from 1956, with a gross peak load of 202,249 KW the highest in company history.
Elgin residents hosted guests at multiple homes with extended family visits from Cedar Rapids Green Bay and Cedar Falls. The gatherings spanned Sunday including George Landsgard George Boyle Harold Grimm and Jacob Gehring households plus quilting parties hosted by Mrs. Rudy Possehl.
S. K. Langsdale has a new address at 3182 Valencia Ave in San Bernardino California with mail in care of Dr. D. D. Williams. The notice lists the move and the forwarding details from the local post.
Ill and hospitalized reports note E mer Pinney returning home after six weeks in Palmer Memorial hospital West Union and Waverly hospital following a car accident. Paul Fauser underwent surgery at Worrell hospital with his parents en route. John Chapman had tonsils and adenoids removed at St Luke's Cedar Rapids. A fire on the Hexmeier property destroyed a barn and carriage, erasing an old Alton landmark.
The Lloyd Loftsgard family moved to the Norman Neimeyer farm recently vacated by the Carlyle Kirkeburg family while George H. Falks vacation plans take them south to Florida for two weeks. Nearby visits included the Schupbach and SButikofer families at Clayton County home, and dinner gatherings hosted by the Christ and Schultz households with many local relatives in attendance.
Mr and Mrs Robert Schultz and other relatives hosted Sunday dinner at the R P Strauch home. Mrs Ruby Benson attended a 45th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Will McIntyre at the Oscar Reeder home in West Union. Ida and Lena Pulfer visited Ed Metzger. Elmer Johnson Ernest of West Union and Wm Torkelson visited Harold Meisner. In the evening the Meiser family visited Mervin Larson.
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