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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
4
James H. Wilson of Wadena wins two free tickets to the film Michael O Halloran at the Avalon theater on April 4 and 6 by calling the Echo office for redemption.
Rock Valley resident Mrs. Marie Richter maintains a tiny herd of 1,238 elephant miniatures gathered over about 20 years. Her collection is showcased under a mercury telescope, described as a must-see under a Meroscope.
Residents gathered for birthday celebrations and dessert bridges at several homes. Guests included Louise Miller Len Simek Lena Peters Keith Thomas and family Mary Tschantz and others from Postville Elgin Etkader Waterloo Minneapolis and West Union. Frequent weekend visits were noted among local families with multiple hosted suppers and bridge events.
Harold Gunderson of Iowa State College outlined a sanitation based plan to curb flies. Clean up breeding sites from April 15 to Sept 1 to reduce adult numbers. Emphasizes removing damp, filthy spots, garbage piles, rotting produce, pet droppings, and manure piles, with borax treatment on temporary piles.
Algona postmaster W. W. Sullivan received a batch of keys in the mail. A tag on the keys urged finders to return them to CHff hardware store for identification. The tag dates back 22 years and no records remain.
The Iowa legislature debates flood control measures after governors urged action. A seven member natural resource council would coordinate with the federal government and strengthen drainage laws while funding cuts to $50,000 were debated. Other notes include small vehicle damage claims, Nebraska plow costs, rent control talk, overtime bill haggling, and jokes about green neckties amid calls to prune committees.
Sitting committees are named in each house to decide which bills advance. The senate committee was named at spring recess. Rules for committees are set by members, with talk of changing to allow a majority to vote out a bill. There is discussion about requiring that a bill approved by one house be voted on by the other house.
Clermont locals Mr and Mrs Walter Becker and Steve of Fayette joined H F Becker for a Sunday dinner. Russell Pratt and family dined with Clement Messer’s at Wadena for birthdays. A group visited John Bakewell’s to celebrate Mrs Bakewell’s birthday with a social evening and lunch.
Several Rochester and Austin couples called on Thursday at Mrs Grace Barker’s home while enroute from attending the funeral of Mrs Mary Bartlett Brainard. The dinner guests included the Oran Roe family of Waukon Don Krobinger family of Waterloo Kenneth Ellis family of Pontville and Leonard Olson family, all at Alfred Olson home Sunday rental.
Verify water quality by writing to the Water Laboratory Division at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Address provided is 227 Metal Laboratory Building, Stati Hygienie Laboratory, Iowa City, Iowa.
A string of light, humorous exchanges and a few safety slogans appear in a collage of quips. A joke about divorce after coffee and a pun about di vorce hints at the era’s humor. A brief gag about a nude arrest and a grave scene with a Chinaman poisoning rice adds oddball humor and cross cultural irony.
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