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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
4
Found two free tickets to the Younger Brothers show at the Avalon theater on May 12 13 and 14. Mrs Nelle Reusser of Elgin may claim them by calling at the Echo office.
Local advertisement notes Elgin Produce offers to pay the same price per fleece or per hundred pounds and aims to pay all wool worth for the season. Other listings include a nearly new John Deere mounted corn planter and garage door hardware offered by Elgin residents, plus a 1941 Chevrolet pickup with grain box in Clermont. A contest gift offers two free movie tickets from Mrs Helens Mundson to visit Race Street Avalon Theatre on May 17 and 18.
The county board minutes list diverse expenditures and staff notes including repairs, fuel, livestock losses to dogs, and welfare disbursements. Names such as M. K. Helms, Edwin Humphrey, A. Hyman, and Lutheran Children's Home appear among payments to vendors, farms, and agencies, with items covering repairs, services, and county aid.
The interim committee on retrenchment and reform failed to pass many proposals while some measures like basic Selene board and state secrecy rules died in committees. Major items accepted included enlarging the medical school at Iowa and tax revision. House members resigning or not seeking re election signal many new faces in 1950.
In selecting roasting and baking utensils, choose materials that won’t warp under high oven heat. Look for smooth edges rounded corners and easy cleaning. Prefer utensils usable for both range top and oven cookery when possible.
Applications have been rolling into state headquarters at thousands per day since May 2 when the forms were made available. About 225,000 Iowa World War I veterans are expected to be eligible for the bonus. Bonus board officials are delaying payments until the Supreme Court rules on the legality of the financing plan adopted by the legislature.
Rep Gene Poston of Corydon, former house minority leader, urged creating an interim committee to shape a more efficient legislature. He criticized sitting committee appointments as unresponsive and equated their effect to a filibuster, saying much good legislation is lost in the current system and many studied bills never reach a vote.
Elgin residents recount a Sunday trip to Iowa City and Cedar Rapids visiting Georgada Falb, Possehl, Dill, Frieden, Dennler, Boyle, Gehring, Grimes, Lyfor, Schmid, and others. Mother's Day gatherings with Lulu Schmid and more are noted along with a remark on a foot length joke and a claim about half of U S vegetables grown in family gardens.
A string of humorous exchanges appears as a dialogue style snippet with characters like a Broadcasters Husband and wife, Henry and a fat old lady, a lean gentleman, and a boss and secretary. The lines play on misunderstandings, romantic jests, and light gossip, ending with two anglers joking about fishing luck.
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