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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1941
Page
1
The Elgin Echo announces its mailing status with R. P. Strauch registered as post office matter in Elgin Fayette County Iowa under second class classification.
Richs Pipe Dreams in Elgin featured as one of eight north Iowa towns designated as supplying war essentials. The town labeled a subsistence supplier with a canning factory tied to the rating. Government orders were sold previously. Capper sent a federal questionnaire but awaits word. Discussion notes shipbuilding, Swiss influence, and local air-mindedness amid wartime mobilization.
Local sports roundup notes Elgin defeating the Court House Rats by three goals with Chas and Eddie delivering standout performances. The column also mentions weather forecasts returning from the post office and a visit from Mrs. S. W. Kuster and daughter Kathryn to see her parents.
An Elgin boy aged fourteen died Saturday afternoon in the Turkey River. The funeral was held Tuesday at the Apostolic church southeast of Elgin with Fred Grimm of Quincy officiating. Casket bearers were classmates and high school pupils. Burial was in the Apostolic cemetery. Attending from distant towns included residents of Keokuk Taylor La Grange and Quincy.
Items from the May 25 1911 Echo files recall thanks for acts of kindness after sorrow with a fire prevented at the Grimm Dewey home. Notes report a new baby to Frank Miller and wife, Clermont Enterprise and Echo moving to new quarters, A M Weibel’s Buick, a Elgin High School commencement June 15, and W W Patterson’s return from McGregor hospital amid ongoing illness.
The phone company installer will inform customers about dial usage and leave a booklet titled How We Use the Dial Telephone. After the change Elgin State Bank will be authorized to accept telephone bill payments.
The piece states lotteries originated in Florence about 1530. It notes Florence as the birthplace of the practice and places the origin in the early 16th century. The summary preserves the key claim without embellishment.
Lloyd Cunningham of the State Fair Board praised Iowa newspapers and announced allocating most publicity funds to newspaper advertising based on prior year receipts. He called the move a graceful gesture, arguing newspapers reach households reliably and are a thorough advertising medium.
Upper Iowa University marks its 85th annual commencement on June 2 with a reunion of the classes of 1891 and 1916. The two cohorts will be guests of the college and entertained on their return to the campus, some for the first time in many years.
Postville announces the June wedding of Eulalia Klingbeil and Clinton native William H. Seiler. Both Iowa University graduates, the couple’s plans were shared by Mr and Mrs Wm Klingbeil.
Local transfers recorded from W J Rogers abstract office through May 16 show Elgin State Bank conveying to Elmer and Emma Rear a WD on Lot 1 Block 83 Clermont for 850 dollars. Nelia J Capper transfers to C G Dawson a WD for one dollar, Lots 40 and 41 in SW SW 14-94-7.
Residents of colonial New York who refused to clear or repair their chimneys faced a fine of three shillings per chimney under local ordinances.
A note from Postville reports two dollars paid as conscience money to William Durio for an unauthorized matting theft from a cottage in Durin Springs Park twenty years ago. The matting was later given to the note writer.
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