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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1954
Page
1
A collage of quips, sayings, and jokes from a vintage column. The snippets touch on money, ambition, romance, and social quirks with satirical asides about wealth, success, or foolishness. Notable lines reference Taft Hartley, a lawyer joke, and a cartoonish newsroom voice.
The obsequies honor El Brackin and relatives in a Cedar Rapids area community. Services included Masonic rites, a St Pauls Methodist church program, organist Donna Menard, and vocal duets by local musicians. Burial followed at West Union cemetery with attendance from relatives across Des Moines Chicago Waterloo and surrounding towns. A card of thanks from Inez Brackin and family expresses gratitude to donors, Rev Steinman, and community supporters.
George B. Wilson born December 13, 1883 in Elgin, married Es ther Heck in 1910. One son Harold. Wife died 1913 and buried in Elgin cemetery. Wilson died March 7 in Baudette, Minn at seventy. Survived by one son, four grandchildren, two sisters Mrs Wallie Sneedon of Colorado and Mrs Emily Hogan of Chicago. Interment held in Elgin cemetery on March 12.
The page quotes candidates Grant Lauer and Mark D. Bochhert announcing bids for Fayette County office. Voters are reminded of the Republican primary on June 7 and the May 16 filing references.
Fragmented text shows political maneuvering and committee designations connected to a Fayette County act and a regional election. Names and dates are garbled, but references to executive authority, a payer council, and a parliamentary poll suggest a local government agenda amid contested leadership.
The Fire Makers group met at Audrey Sutter's home on Monday evening March 15 for a backwards party. Girls wore reversed clothing and honor beads. several earned tremexer rank. Next meeting at Danice Anderson's home with a sack lunch. The Trail Seekers welcomed Genevieve Kunath as a new member. Seven girls earned fioners in business craft by drafting a newspaper job ad.
Real estate transfers show multiple transfers of land with names Eva Leading, Fieyd R. Toompson, Jessie N. Rothlisberger, Doris A. Roys, Rayma G. Rawson Reeter, Eva L. Bloomfield, P. W. Raftis, Inez M. Shaffer, Gerald Shaffer, George A. Belschner, Herman W. Belschner, Arnold Herzmann, Walter J. John, Leo A Herzmann, Minnie Hangartner, Oscar Hangartner, Richard W. Hangartner. Prices range from $1.00 to $16,000 with various lot descriptions. New cars registered include models from Chevrolet, Chrysler, Pontiac, and Buick listing owners in Elgin, Arlington, Clermont.
Louis H. Buenneke 54 president of Maynard Savings Bank died early Friday at Mercy hospital Oelwein after cerebral hemorrhage. He lost control of his car Thursday night striking a lamp post and was taken to hospital. Survived by widow Gladys three sons Paul Don Robert a daughter Mrs John Schubert five grandchildren two brothers and three sisters. Funeral Sunday at St Paul Lutheran Maynard burial in Maynard cemetery.
Four Near Hamburg reports the Brown family farm is now run by the fourth generation. Mrs. Robert Hahkunst and her husband continue farming at the same site where her great-grandfather first settled back in 1854.
An odd, garbled dialogue snippet about modes and a car appears. the text unclear, suggesting a misheard phrase or data corruption with references to “You, car” and a distorted statement about a “horrible example.”
Elders retiree BL P. Jesuen, aged 73, ends 43 years of service with See thu Ereemzs for the Mo and St L.
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