Elgin Echo Receives Post Office Status in Iowa
The Elgin Echo is entered in the post office at Elgin Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
10 May 1934
Page 1
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1934
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is entered in the post office at Elgin Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
Advertising rates listed include Foreign Display per inch Local Display per inch Readers per line Classified per word with advance payment minimums for first insertion. Cards of Thanks Memoriam and Resolutions of Respect Church society notices and obituary poetry charged at regular advertising rates.
Frank Hunsberger sold a black team to West Union buyers for 450 dollars. Elgin businessmen install gas lights and street lighting. A 62 pound pearl sold for 1000 dollars near Prairie du Chien. Local banks report deposits and profits. 1904 locusts predicted. A runaway caused minor damage, and plans for a large barn are announced.
Oak Grove residents hosted and visited across numerous homes with many supper and weekend gatherings. Friends and relatives including the Shaffers Hoover Gilson Kerr and Dennler families shared meals and gifts. several traveled to West Union, Clayton, McGregor, and Des Moines. A funeral in Myron drew attendees, and a card party honored Mrs Blanchy Scheffer and her daughters from Des Moines.
Upper Iowa University expects about 700 seniors as guests for Senior Day on Monday May 14. Northeast Iowa high school seniors from 25 schools were invited and roughly 625 had answered. The event allows high school seniors to inspect the college and make friendships with college seniors from the region. Vernon Vierth, former Sumner Gazette publisher, named publicity agent for the Democratic state central committee in Des Moines.
The remaining gap on highway 55 near Guttenberg is under paving and expected to finish by mid June. A critical editorial note condemns corrupt city officers who fail to run honest administrations and warns that gangsters rise by stealing millions. It also criticizes committees and a Newtown wind rain explanation for dust storms.
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