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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial shows masthead details for Elgin Iowa with address 3111 Elgin. It notes second class mail matter status and historic post office filing under March 3 1852.
Local notice lists subscription rates of two dollars per year for four Northeast Iowa counties and two fifty per year for all outside territory. Advertising rates are per line ten cents with a weekly minimum, and want ads follow the same minimum. Cards of Thanks and memorial notices priced at one dollar with allowances for limited notices and obituaries at regular ad rates.
A list of candidates announces runs for Fayette County offices including Treasurer Auditor Clerk Recorder Sheriff Attorney and State Representative. Names include W M Knox Herbert D Klammer Freda House Mark D Buchheit J B Jim Niles Laurence Naylor J Fred Ingels and others with nominations subject to Republican primary June. Also articles note farming tips about protecting young trees from rabbits and sorghum replacing corn in dry areas.
In Fayette County School masters Club open forum Paul Moon former Davenport High coach addressed the audience with Maynard High School girls basketball players in attendance. He argued success rests on desire knowledge and effort, urging students to apply the same drive to life and school activities. Superintendent M H Moore signs off stressing value of high school experience and attitudes for future success.
Mr and Mrs Leo L Schori announce the marriage of their daughter Janice L to Alen D Porter son of Mr and Mrs Alden L Porter of Oelwein. The ceremony was March 7 in Cedar Falls at the Wetherbee home. Rev Edward C Meyers of St Timothy’s Methodist presided. Attendants were Mary Jane Hale and Alden A Porter. They will reside in San Juan Puerto Rico where Porter serves in the armed forces. Mrs Porter studied at Methodist Kahler School of Nursing Rochester Minn. Porter attended the University of Iowa.
Dr C D Lee an Iowa State College extension veterinarian urges buyers to select hatcheries with strong pallorum disease control when ordering chicks. He notes such hatcheries are readily found in Iowa. He also recommends free access for dairy cows to steamed bone meal and trace mineralized salt for proper minerals.
The Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session with Mayor Schori and four councilmen present. Bills across funds were approved, including labor, salary, parts, and utilities. A motion allowed the marshal up to ten gallons of gasoline weekly to patrol for traffic violators. Adjournment followed.
By E D Plass MD winner of a 1951 bronze ACS award explains radiation’s limited use. Since four decades of testing, results vary by cancer type and even within the same organ. Clinicians now favor radiation for radiation sensitive tumors and use surgery for resistant ones, sometimes combining x rays or radium before or after surgery.
Agnes Hankin transfers one half interest to Lloyd H Strand and John L Jaster in part NE 7 95 7 Anna Saboe to Arnold C Saboe and wife in part SE 4 and part NE 9 95 8 Alla Ward Roy Ward and Homer Chapman to Wilmer Lewis and wife in part NE 29 and part SW 20 92 7 C W Humphry and wife to Lawrence Bockenstedt E 3 4 N 1 2 NE 18 and part NW 17 94 8 James R Triem and wife to Wm A Nelson Lots 2 to 6 B 59 Clermont Roland Gruver and wife to Elmer Spies and wife part NE 25 05 9 Ruth C Bartels to Howard and Dale L Gifford NW SW 26 92 7 Frances M McCrea to Howard and Dale Gifford NE NE 34 92 7 Earl F Stoner and wife to Max Seedorff W 1 2 SW SE and E
Carl Hackmann and wife sell land parcels 13 14 15 and 2 in Hackmann Add Elgin to Vernon Wede and wife. Vehicle registrations include a Dodge sedan, a Mercury four door, a Chevrolet sedan, a Chrysler sedan, and a Ford pickup. Names listed include Harold or Irene Bennett, Herbert or Gladys Ash, Sheldon or Stella Boyle, Laird Cline, Leon Griebenow.
A cleaned up alert urges readers to spot hidden home hazards. It warns that unsafe stairs, clutter, and an unsafe medicine cabinet cause preventable deaths. Advice covers stair rails, lighting, eliminating hazardous items, and proper handling of eggs and silage guidance for dairymen.
Farm economists say price relationships currently favor poultry production over most other livestock enterprises. The note echoes market signals and profit potential for growers.
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