Keep Hog Production Down and Plan for 1929
Hog producers eye a 1929 price rise after a Department of Agriculture survey predicts about 5.4 million fewer hogs marketed in winter 1928-29 and spring through summer 1929 than in the prior year. Experts warn against broad increases, urging well planned production to smooth the hog cycle and avoid future overproduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
E. L. Quaife
Fayette County
Moe
Iowa
Elgin Iowa Paper Promoted as Weekly Publication
The notice states the publication is issued every Thursday by R. P. Strauch and is entered in the Elgin Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Strauch
Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
Frederick Dixon Obituary Recalls Elgin Pioneer Family
Frederick Dixon died at the county hospital on Friday March 8 and was brought to Elgin for funeral services held Sunday with burial in Clermont cemetery. His life story spans migration from London to Clermont in 1852, a pioneer upbringing, and a large family history marked by hardships and moving to America.
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Frederick Dixon
Elgin
Clermont
Mr. Dixon
James William Dixon
Henry
London
England
Australia
Frederick
America
Americas
Dixon
Cincinnatti
EB. H
M. W. Dibble
James Dixon
Dubuque
Fred
Dixon Family Ties and Elgin Farm Work Remembered
Frederick Dixon, brother Alfred of Ventura, left a large Texas and Illinois farm career. He worked with the Dibble family, on Ray Jacob and David Forbes farms near Elgin, and at Brown Hotel in Clermont and Bryant Hotel in Elgin. Funeral services were at St. Pauls Methodist Church conducted by Rev. J. J. Snyder with interment in Clermont Protestant Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erick Dixon
Alfred
Ventura
California
Frederick
Henry
Robert
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
J. J. Snyder
Clermont
Ford Car Replaces Horse in Postville Purchase
Postville Herald reports that Wm. E. Durno bought Ed Lawvelle's gasoline chariot this week and plans to use it for rapid transport between town and northern farmlands. He believes time saved will cover upkeep while aiding relief efforts for the Rockefeller family with liquid oats for his new Ford horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postville
Wm. E. Durno
Ed Lawvelle
Rockefeller
Mr. Duro
Bill
Ford
Postville Herald
Farm Bureau to Broadcast National Community Meeting
The American Farm Bureau Federation will sponsor a coast to coast program aired by NBC on the Blue Network from 9:30 to 10:30 p m CST on Thursday March 14. Speakers from California Washington D C Chicago and other locations will participate and county township directors are urged to organize local listenings the first nationwide community meeting of its kind. The Echo notes mail delays and asks correspondents to send letters early so they may be printed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Broadcasting Company
KYW
Chicago
Fayette County
California
Washington
D. C
United States
Farm Bureau
Notice to Elgin Dog Owners Taxes Due and Penalties
Notice to Elgin dog owners announces 1929 dog taxes due with penalties after May 1 and after July 1. Mayor Weibel and officials urge securing 1929 license numbers. Also mentions local business, schoolgirls walking to town, and Elgin council informal river improvement meeting with reporting delays due to form deadlines.
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Weibel
Elgin
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Frank Howard
Wm E Baumgartner
H. S. Hadsel
Dr. Frank Mock
Elgn, Iowa
Schori Brothers
Depot
R. A. Crider
THE
Elgin Echo
Alan
Echo
Stoeh Drug Company
HLGIN
Falb
Clarence Houg
West Union
Nm ‘Klingman
Houg
Aince
Weibel’ Mill Co
Elgin Furniture Store
General Motors
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Chevrolet
Cadillac
LaSalle
Buick
Oldsmobile
Oakland
Pontiac
Alfred'p. Sloan, Jr
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