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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
1
Advertising rates listed include Foreign Display 35 cents per inch Local Display 30 cents per inch Readers per side and Classified at six cents per word Classified ads payable in advance minimum twenty five cents per insertion No agency commission Cards of Thanks and Resolutions of Respect charged at regular rates Church notices and poetry follow standard advertising charges Published in the regular rate card of the newspaper
Rich's Pipe Dreams invites all adults in Elgin and every farmer to a fly control meeting next Monday evening at the Zigin school auditorium. Learn how to achieve a fly-free summer and hear how Iowa communities succeeded last year.
A California reader wrote earlier claiming Tad’s material beats the brand used on Can You Top This. The note hints we may be missing a chance to publish it and jokes about sending it in for a joke book.
At a recent meeting the Elgin school board filled most teaching positions for the coming year. Three posts remain: one high school and two grade teachers. Graduating class at Elgin High promises to be large with many names listed. The operetta Bul bul by the Glee Club drew a full house with Berg as pianist and Rothlisberger on violin.
Carrie Frieburghaus left Sunday for Hudson Wisconsin with Max Lehman’s car planned to visit then Milwaukee. Misses Ernestine Schori and Kathryn Kuster from Mt Vernon stayed with home folks over the weekend while Enburt and Mr. Em Short returned Sunday. A Washington driver Robt Boswick’s car overturned on highway 218 near Mt. Pleasant but Boswick and Robert Downing escaped unharmed.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Imhof were held at the Apostolic church in West Bend. She died Friday evening at her home in West Bend. Born December 24, 1865, she was the eldest of 14 children of Peter and Magdalena Habeger. The family lived on a farm near Elkader before moving to West Bend in 1884. She married Carl Imhof in 1909. he died in 1918. Survivors include four brothers and four sisters, with several siblings also mentioned as predeceased.
Funeral services for Mrs George Jones 71 were held at the Lima church Saturday after noon. She died Thursday morning at her Wa dena home after a long illness. Mrs Jones born near Lima spent life in the area. She married Geo Jones in 1895. Survivors include her husband five daughters and five sons. A daughter Susie Melberg died about a month ago and a son died at age ten. Dynamite deaths reported in nearby towns. Verner Lindfren 36 charged at Paten. explosion fatal. Near Guthrie Center Mark Tearmey 14 lost two fingers and both thumbnails from dynamite caps incident. Echo Want Ads.
The Fayette county drive publicizes 1948 cancer deaths and national estimates, urging donations to the American Cancer Society. It notes 60 percent locally retained and 40 percent for national research, plus calls to guard homes and support cures for a rising death rate.
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