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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1952
Page
1
Elgin Echo Dial shows a price of 711 dollars in Elgin Iowa data. The notice confirms Elgin Fayette County post office details and a 1891 classified entry under the 1652 act.
advertising rates listed for readers per line ten cents and classified per word five cents with ten cent Want Ads and a 30 cent weekly minimum if accompanying orders. blind ads inquiries incur zero cent weekly minimum. memorial cards eight dollars and obituaries poetry follow regular rates. resolutions of respect church and school notices with admission charged.
Hazel Gehring announces candidacy for Fay ette County auditor subject to Republican voters will at the Primary election June 2, 1952.
A historical notice announces candidacies for Fayette County offices. Fred House seeks sheriff, Fred W. Gremme and Norman McCauley run for supervisor and treasurer, all subject to Republican voters at the June 2 primary in 1952 or 1962 as stated. Odney Ocelberg and Robert Wilson also named in the election notices.
Notice states that on April 7, 1952 a will alleged to belong to Adolph M. Weibel will be heard in the District Court for probate in Fayette County. West Union Iowa dated March 25, 1952. Herbert D. Klammer Clerk. Republican voters hear candidate announcements for county clerk and recorder positions ahead of the June 2, 1952 primary.
Manning light office offers free replacement bulbs for old style clear glass pointed-tip units. Old bulbs are obsolete and interfere with TV reception, though a few remain in use.
Mrs Pete Campbell of Waukon reports seeing a pair of robins on March 5 marking the season's early return.
Adolph M. Weibel, born Elgin July 16 1877, died Elgin March 21 1952 at age 74. He was a miller and owner of Weibel Mill Co. in Elgin for over forty years, a civic leader and eight term Elgin mayor, with strong music and Masonic affiliations. He married Charlotte Dulin in 1901. she died 1928. Survived by four children in Chicago and Davenport, six sisters, eight grandchildren, one great grandchild. Funeral services were held at St Pauls Methodist Church with Muehletheler home rites and Silver Leaf lodge graveside offerings. Card of thanks notes thanks for sympathy and flowers.
Obituary resolution from Silverleaf Lodge No. 518 A. F. & A. M. laments the death of Adolph M. Weibel. It calls for draping the lodge for thirty days, extends sympathy to the family, and orders the resolution filed, copied to the bereaved, and published in the Elgin Echo. Committee members are George H. Falk Clarence B. Schori and Gordon J. Mosby.
R H Lewis of Weldon reports that he and his shipmates likely hold the coldest duty in the service. They serve on the ice breaking ship U S S Burton Island patrolling the Bering Sea.
The Elgin Canning Company receives its first airmail on Saturday. The letter, mailed Friday from St. Joseph Missouri at 1 30 pm, arrived next day due to limited rail service. The report notes mail now comes by freight and lists local residents and business actions, including gravel shipments and a new service station project at Center street.
The article notes the 1882 incorporation of the Elgin Canning Company and offers farm guidance on sowing rape at six pounds per acre with oats at one to one and a half bushels per acre to extend seed supplies. It also suggests farm ponds as water sources plus recreational uses such as fishing and swimming.
Lincoln Adams Hawkeye and Blackhawk varieties produced the top yields last year in the Iowa areas where they are adapted, signaling strong performance across local soils and climates. The results underscore the success of these lines in regional testing and farmer trials.
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