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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
5
Elgin voters cast 295 ballots in Monday’s municipal election, surpassing the old high of 291 in 1930. Mayor A M Weibel won by eleven votes over J I Phillips, 150 to 189, amid a near record turnout and several uncontested offices.
Waukon plans a May 3 Legion event with the Ralph D. Waters Post and Auxiliary hosting the Fourth District gathering. On time sessions are the slogan, with a 6:30 p.m. banquet and a post-banquet dance. Mayor John Dorseth invites veterans and spouses to attend.
A fragmented spring verse opens the piece followed by a New Lebanon notice. Eddyville volunteers and kibizers face criticism for inefficiency when a fire truck rushes to a blaze with a bicyclist speeding by. The town of New Lebanon, Illinois, is for sale at 8000 dollars to ease tax and depreciation worries, once a thriving trading center.
Railroads nationwide moved to higher freight rates at midnight Sunday, averaging just over 5 percent as authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The trucking industry gained authority to raise rates by the same amount at the same time.
Alvin Thoreson of Garnavillo won top butter entry at the Iowa Creamery Operators meeting held here last Wednesday scoring 94. Louis L Lehman of Garnavillo scored 93.75 and Gordon Junker Clermont Verni Schultz McGregor Fred Timmerman Water ville tied for third at 93.5. In men's judging Hangartner and Junker led with near‑top ratings. Mrs Ben Gulsvig Monona and Mrs Louis Lehman led women’s judging with strong scores.
Ben Bear 84 a leading clothing merchant in Decorah northeastern Town died of a heart attack at his home on March 22 after 62 years in business He amassed a fortune and donated to several organizations Known as Decorah's First Citizen his funeral was held in Decorah and his body sent to Springfield Illinois for burial
A friend supplied a clipping listing seven ages of man with a humorous slant. Ages include being like dad Santa Claus fireman rescuing women wealthy making ends meet and obtaining the old age pension.
James Mallery a 60 year old farmer living southeast of Oelwein collapsed Tuesday night March 22 as his home burned. Death likely from a heart attack while he removed belongings. Fire loss estimated near 37 500. Harold Best a Prairie du Chien youth faces retrial after a hung jury on a sister murder case. Jury split 10 to 2 for acquittal and the charge juvenile delinquency. The Howard furniture sale last Saturday drew a large crowd with Thomas E. Howard reporting strong sales.
The Miller family marked Mr and Mrs Harry Miller’s twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a Sunday picnic March 27 at the Peter Luchsinger home. Guests included numerous family members and friends with a mock wedding featuring Gladys Miller and Gertrude Miller among participants.
Over one hundred Fayette county Legionnaires attended the March meeting in Elgin's Odd Fellows Hall on March 22. Entertainment included Little German Band numbers and boxing and wrestling by Elgin pupils under Supt D R Roberts. A live business session covered Graves Registration reports, Boys State plans, and post sponsorships. A General Motors film Batter Up was announced for April 19 at Fayette High School. Announcement of the April Fayette meeting on the 26 with joint Auxiliary plans, plus potential speeches, concluded the event.
Rumor of a planned modification at Nelson corner west of Elgin lacks basis as the State Highway Commission has not contacted Schori Bros. about land purchase. A survey last year sketched a central right of way from the culvert on the east and west road to the north road near the Nelson barn, but no action followed.
Paul Puffer son of Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Puffer set a trap after school and captured a pocket gopher the next morning. The tale notes a bounty on pocket gophers and describes how younger farm boys actively hunt them in spring.
Local complaint urges gentle harvesting of water cress without uprooting plants. Do not disturb stream roots. clip only what is needed. Dora Hare of Toronto is noted for hairwork and embroidery with hair. Silent Bill Perry, an Iowa farmer, ends 55 years of silence to appear on a New York radio program. Echo Office offers recipe cards and filing cards at ten cents per hundred.
Europe receives inquiry about Elkader's glass block school building. Last Thursday September Wood got a letter from Prague editor of Der Bauunter nahmer asking for pictures and facts about the new building. Celia Lehman visited Illyria Friday and stayed at the Rothlisberger home over the weekend.
The Elgin town election saw a tight race with fifteen absent voter ballots obtained at town clerk C. J. Harringtons office. It marked the largest such tally in many years.
Eighteen boys report after school to Coach Tate for baseball practice as schedules are finalized. School dismisses Friday for a week of spring vacation, resuming April 11. Dale Patterson earns a Gould basketball for high free throw percentage. Ellen Stillman and Margaret Crider set typing records in Friday tests. Crider later sets a top record of 58 words per minute with one error. Commercial contest selections occur at week’s end. Juniors plan the annual junior senior banquet in May. Primary Room decor features crocuses and willows. students bring buds for study. First grade advances in addition and reads Good Companions. Freehand tulip drawings decorate the room as spring is observed.
The Milwaukee road pays the first installment of a half million dollars in 1937 taxes to Fayette county and 56 other Iowa counties. The funds will be distributed to county treasurers for schools highways and local government maintenance serving residents. Fayette county receives $14,895.96 of $522,199.09 total.
In Elgin this spring farmers bought many tractors with at least twenty sold in March alone. One man suggests the spike is tied to fears of another sleeping sickness outbreak in horses driving farmers toward tractor farming, per T Ason.
Egg handlers collected 90 404 eggs this Tuesday as a large omelet idea forms. A single shipment fits close to three hundred 30 dozen cases for storage. March starts like a family, promising colder, snowy days before it ends. A few 1988 calendars remain at the Echo office. call to claim one free.
Fayette County Federated Women's Club plans a convention at Elgin's M. B. church on Saturday April 9 with registration at 10 a.m. under county chairman Mrs G S Whitford and local chair Mrs Allen Habeger. long program includes centennial theme with old fashioned dress and noon dinner by Methodist Ladies Aid. local participants include Mrs W C Fal and others. state and Fayette county speakers listed. full program to be published next week.
Mr Muehlethaler of the Elgin Furniture Store, in his ninth year as Norge refrigerator dealer, has added General Electric refrigerators, offering open type and hermetically sealed units. Buyers can now find either style in stock at Elgin Furniture Store. Both are the best obtainable.
The piece claims the average American diet includes 62 pounds beef 102 pounds sugar 177 pounds flour 180 pounds potatoes and 918 pounds milk. It notes Clifton Powell and wife visiting the Beryl Buleyne home Sunday evening and John Krebs of Wadena visiting Karl Miller home Monday and Tuesday. It mentions an old-timer comparing bustles to funny hats and drivers license examiners traveling in West Union on April 15 and 23 with weekly pauses at Ele'kader on Wednesdays.
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