For Sale or Rent Echo building Elgin Center Street
FOR SALE OR RENT The former Echo building on Center Street Elgin Frame construction metal clad suitable for ware house Available about April 1 See R P Straud Elgin 26tf Loaned The Elgin Legion has Several pairs of crutches which have been loaned out and now they have a request for more If you have a pair and are done with them please return at once If you have a pair and still use them please notify Ivan Torkel son and let him know when to expect return Elgin Legion Post 29 30c ere PROTECT your valuable cards and photos in Plain-Vu plastic laminating sheets Applies in seconds and insures permanent protection No heat no glue no machines Anyone can do it Kits on sale now at ECHO office for only 79c 24ttp Baldwin Home Organ Top quality used five months Save 323.00 Easy monthly terms Also have lovely Baldwin 4Aerosonic Spinet piano at big savings Write C R Piano Co 322 First Ave NE Cedar Rapids Towa 303l Wanted Hired man Top Weeks is reliable Connor Dum mermuth Elgin Iowa B0¢
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Center Street
Elgin
Straud Elgin
Elgin Legion
Ivan Torkelson
Echo Office
Baldwin
C. R. Piano Co
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Towa
State News Recaps Political Remakes in Iowa Agencies
Loveless submitted candidates for several Iowa commissions including Homer Adcock to liquor control and Jo S. Stong to the highway panel. Adcock, a Democrat and Polk County auditor, would begin a six year term July 1. Stong, brother of author Phil Stong, would replace Republican Robert Beck on the highway commission. Mrs. Osha Wearin, a Democrat from Fasting, would take over the state board of public instruction from Republican Martin Van Oosterhout. Walter Moeller, a Republican, would succeed Claude Stanley on the Iowa employment security commission. The House also passed a measure related to giveaway insurance.
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Polk County
Jo Stong
Phil’ Stong
Stong
Robert Beck
Centerville
Highway Commission
Beck
Wearin
Fasting
Martin van Oosterhout
Orange City
Moeller
Claude Stanley
Senate bans give away insurance to boost sales
Rep Harold Fischer of Wellsburg says giveaways prompt many complaints to the state insurance department as the Senate considers a measure. The House advanced a bill to raise the maximum fine for such promotions after defeats on reducing the cap. Rep Peter Steenhusen of Irwin notes pheasant hunters travel in groups of 3 and 10, tear fences, and leave gates open. Rep Paul Eggers of Knoxville calls the $100 limit too low, telling a farm anecdote about a peafowl and a cow.
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Senate
Harold Fischer
Wellsburg
State Insurance Department
House
Peter Steenhusen
Irwin
Paul Eggers
Knoxville
Egger
Marion County
Lo Hunter
Eggers
Supreme Court rules against employing relatives of justices
The State Supreme Court will not recertify the names of relatives working as secretaries for four justices after Comptroller Glenn Sarsfield removed them from the payroll. Chief Justice G K Thompson announced the court’s decision following a meeting, stating the comptroller informed them the names will remain off the payroll unless recertified.
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State Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Glenn Sarsfield
G. K. Thompson
GOP Committee Set to Consider Resignation in Des Moines
The State Republican Central committee will meet in Des Moines April 4 to discuss the resignation of state chairman L. J. L. Jurgemeyer and other matters. Jurgemeyer noted the Republican National Committee holds its meeting April 10-11 and should be attended by his successor, and he has said he plans to retire around May 1.
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Republican Central Committee
Des _Moines
L. JL. Jurgemeyer
Jungemeyer
Republican National Committee
Jurgemeyer
Hubbell Dies Iowa Insurance Leader at 67
Frederick W. Hubbell long prominent as president of Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa died at 67 in Florida while vacationing. His passing removes a leading business figure and civic presence once based in Iowa.
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Hubbell
Iowa
Frederick W. Hubbell
Equitable Life Insurance Company of
Florida
Belated March Birthdays Noted in Local Families
Wadena News reports belated birthdays for Freemont and Luther Crandall and Clark family members from Volga Elkader and Heiden's store hosts a March 28 American Legion Auxiliary sale. Others visit, return home from Rochester, and care of Charles Sniffin is noted alongside hospital transfer for Agnes Leshy.
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Paul Crandall
Volga
Dawson Clark
Freemont Clark
Freemont
Luther
Mabel Larson
Elkader
Albert Morse
American Legion Auxiliary
Heiden
Floyd Patterson Sr
Joe Dinan
Hospitalizations and family notices from Wisconsin and Iowa
Community notices report a son taken to Cross Wisconsin Friday as a medical patient with unspecified surgery. Mrs Becker slated for major surgery March 26 at New Hampton hospital. A Shirley Larson checkup at flow a City hospital yielded a favorable report. A Farley resident was hospitalized at Dubuque March 14. A letter expresses a child’s fear and request for a caring, listening adult at home to feel safe, loved, and understood to ease classroom anxiety.
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Louis Becker
New Hampton Hospital
Barney Larson
Shirley K
Williard
Farley
Isa Teteley Hospital
Dubuque
Frightening Return to School for Young Students
A child faces back to school fears about new classrooms and teachers. Questions abound about fitting in, being liked, learning new material, and meeting expectations under unfamiliar authority. The piece explores anxiety, social dynamics, and self doubt in early education settings.
Real Estate Transfers from Arlington and Clermont Additions
Real estate transfers include M H Rummel and wife to Ray Pierce and wife in Arlington West, Lots 5 and 6?7, Block 4 Calkin Addition. Mabel V Johnson to Lester F Gehring a quarter interest in part NW 33 and part SW 12. Grace M Simek takes Lot 7 Block 16 Clermont from Lloyd H Meier and wife.
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Rummel
M. H
Ray Pierce
Calkin Add
Arlington
Johnson
Mabel V
Lester F. Gehring
Meier
Lloyd H
Grace M. Simek
Blk
Clermont
Dow Clute Insurance Trade Name Detail in Arlington
Dow Clute, owner of Dow Clute Insurance in Arlington, is listed under a trade name entry. The record notes the business location and ownership but provides minimal additional context or dates.
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Dow Clute Insurance
Dow Clute
Arlington
Butikofer Welcomes Daughter Karolee June
Mr and Mrs Ben Butikofer announce the birth of a daughter on March 18 at Postville hospital. The baby is named Karolee June and weighs 18 pounds 2 ounces.
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Ben Butikofer
Postville Hospital
Karolee June
Terrible about old Harry getting married
A railman jokes about Harry’s elopement, noting he was an easy target to borrow money from. The casual quip highlights the awkward social sting of marriage rumors and financial leverage.
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Harry
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