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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1947
Page
1
Public notice from Elgin Iowa outlines second class mail status and post office details. References Fayette County and the 1852 act, dated September 1 1891, noting the publication as a registered item in the Elgin post.
Advertising rates listed include foreign and local display per inch and readers per line, classified per word, with a 25 cent minimum for each nation and no agency commission. Cards of thanks memorials and obituaries are charged at regular rates, with limits on memorial lines and notices for resolutions of respect and church or school notices where admission is charged.
A fragmented note discusses Iowa's new tax on all slot machines, questioning enforcement and potential violations. It recalls liquor industry recession headlines and notes small towns like Jackson Junction with multiple beer outlets. The piece ends by mentioning the late vagrant Hairbreadth Harry, once a familiar newspaper figure.
A compact sketch notes the postwar divorce rise peaking in 1946, with many wartime marriages dissolved. It muses on risk and spring symbolism, plus a string of light quips about publicity, politics, and spending, ending with per person education and consumable costs.
Town of Elgin Iowa fiscal year ending March 31 1947 shows total receipts of 4175.70 with police and fire protection costs 57.00 and 91.88 respectively. Expenditures list general government city officials audits legal publications elections and maintenance plus water operations and property valuations appear, totaling 3298.51 for year and grand totals around 5478.75.
In April 27 Echo files, Dornhaw leased his barber shop to R W Crandall who will take possession Monday. Crandall, an experienced barber from Oelwein, will make Elgin his home with family. Dorn plans a southern vacation. The Crandalls will live above the banker shop vacated by Dorn. Jed Heibert and wife plan to move to Elgin and have contracted a home for M V Kiple. construction starts Monday on Franklin street, third new house this spring. Arthur Redwinkle of Rochester, Minn., and wife are parents of a daughter born this week. Elmer Pinney’s wife assists. The Masonic hall is being re decorated, aiding Silver Leaf Lodge and Eastern Stars. Chas Hobeger and wife welcome a new baby girl born Tuesday morning. The Volga-Duffs host the newborn while the Halstenson warehouse is rising rapidly as Martin Groth and Fred Han.
The passage discusses a wet base boiler as a safe heating option and its installation on combustible floors in basementless homes. It notes rats breed rapidly, with six to eight litters yearly, starting at three to four months, averaging nine to ten. It also mentions mahogany patterns for steel and iron castings, valued for warp resistance and carving ease.
Very light scratches on mahogany can be made less conspicuous with a touch of iodine or mercurochrome. If the finish is medium colored, thin the iodine with water to avoid darkening the scratch.
A compact beauty guide lists essential items for quick fixes during emergencies. It suggests a fly brush for lashes brows a small cream jar tissues a matching lipstick powder compact a fresh puff and a dry rouge compact to refresh color.
The Cascade newspaper notes the return of Chaplain Wm Menater, a Byrd expedition member, who told the old home town Antarctica is consecrated to peace forever. He was the first minister of any denomination to visit the South Pole.
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