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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
1
Notice records R P Strauch as entered in the Elgin Iowa post office, Fayette County, as second class mail matter under mailing regulations.
Church society and school notices with admission charges plus obituary poetry offered at regular advertising rates. Includes In Memoriam Cards priced at 30 cents to $1.00 and resolutions of respect available for readers as standard classified notices.
A collection of short vignettes on Christmas spirit kindness and community values. It contrasts festive goodwill with profanity and laments the loss of noble spirit on roads and in everyday life. Anecdotes touch on helping neighbors, supporting local printers, and the perils of backseat driving.
A heated exchange unfolds as a political speaker urges a working majority while a voice from the rear counters with the need for a majority that works. The dialogue reflects tensions over governance and collaboration in a public setting.
In May 1914 echoes report Mrs J C Miller selling Hotel Dewey to George Thaden with Mrs Miller staying in charge for a month before relocating to California to live with her son Phineas. Also noted are Mrs Gus Boyer's painful hand injury and the death of Ole Thomson near town with funeral at Highland Norwegian cemetery. Lena Baumgartner attends aunt’s funeral in Berwick, Gerald Schori dazed after a ball collision, and upcoming marriages of Mamie Sheehan to Daniel Burke and Fred Vesey to Myrtle Boyer marked in Clermont and Brainard communities.
A meat train wrecked near Postville on Friday night with about ten cars piling up in yards west of the depot. One refrigerator car derailed two miles west, dragging into the western switch and causing the pileup. The forty car train largely reached Chicago, and wrecking crews took two days to clear tracks and restore service.
A Friday and Saturday lineup features Maestro Ray Noble and his orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre followed by the Playhouse production of Knickerbocker Holiday. Saturday includes shopping, a Hill Hotel dinner at Jack and Jill, and the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum Aquacade gala Water Follies of 1941.
In 1939 the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue welcomed 3,653,552 visitors. The year saw steady use of the main building and its branches as patrons sought books, reference help, and cultural programs.
The Voice of Firestone notes the vital role of newspapers in the United States with freedom of the press as a cherished heritage. It highlights the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the American Newspaper Publishers Association meetings, praising editors and publishers for informing the public amid fast moving events in history.
A $26,000 fire leveled a building housing Prairie Produce Co. and Hochhaus Brothers implement firm in Elkader. The blaze, from undetermined causes, began in the rear and had spread to the roof when the town siren wailed at 3:45 a.m.
A big crowd gathered Saturday afternoon for the Bauman sale, where most items sold well and prices exceeded estimates. Administrators have not yet announced whether the home will be sold or rented.
Three Grizzly triplets spotted by Lewis and Clark National Forest rangers near the Continental Divide in Montana. Grizzly triplets are described as a rare event, occurring about once in a million births. The sighting underscores unusual wildlife activity in the area.
British publisher Lord Rothermere is said to have earned fifty million dollars in American investments. The item asserts advertising as an investment and hints at financial insight from a prominent figure.
The 35 000 ton U S battleship North Carolina is being commissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She is the first new battleship added to the Navy since 1923 and the first U S warship built without portholes to withstand near blast forces.
The Knights of Pythias organized to spread friendship charity and benevolence. Founded in Washington D C February 1864 by Justus Henry Rathbone and four associates. Motto is Friendship even unto death. Present membership is estimated at 300000.
An 800 acre botanical garden is planned near Phoenix Arizona and will be the only facility of its kind in the world. It will house several thousand exclusively desert plants.
A report notes that the Hoge region in French Equatorial Africa contains about 300000 square miles of forest. The figure highlights the vast tropical cover and potential timber resources in the area.
A photo essay lauds mothers for sewing tasks from button replacement to mending socks. It describes a cedar chest with a sewing drawer, pegs for spools, and sections for buttons needles and other materials that streamline the work.
A brief note explains that horse racing, often termed the sport of kings, is a traditional favorite among aristocrats and sports enthusiasts alike. The phrase highlights racing's esteemed reputation and historical prestige in elite circles.
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