Post Office Notice for Elgin Mail Matter
R. P. Strauch is listed as entered in the Elgin Fayette County Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
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Elgin
Fayette County
Towa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
1
Resolutions of Respect and Obituary Notices Ad Rates
Notices listing resolutions of respect church society and school items with admission charged and obituaries or poetry presented at regular advertising rates for readership visibility and revenue.
Pipe Dreams and Political Jests of 1940 May
A 1940 May column notes sharp party barbs as a candidate jokes about precinct loyalty. A Kentucky man asks if shotgun legality affects marriage. Women seek recipes and Dickens quotes cheerfulness. Illinois town enforces a blacklist in saloons, sparking mild uproar.
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Illinois
Priors, pride, and a farmer aid in postwar life
A column narrates small town scenes and reflections from daily life. It recalls a father and son exchange, a caution on credit during emergencies, and humorous farm banquet banter. It notes a centennial relic drive, a butter quality critique from Des Moines, and concludes with Jewish refugees Otto and Julius Loffler aided by Oregon neighbors who plowed and sowed 150 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Julius Loffler
Austria
Oregon
Local notices and social highlights drift through town
Mary Lehman and daughter Margaret join relatives in town from Minneapolis for a visit with old neighbors. Aug Holzer suffers a severe hand injury while ringing a hog. his hand scraped flesh from the back. Iva Jacquette to wed W F Kinnear at Newport June 1. Frank Hunsberger sells a $280 dapple gray draft horse, a record price for the area. James Wilson sails to Liverpool then Ireland. H S Groth hosts a 49th birthday party with over 100 friends. Mr and Mrs E E Gehring host birthday gathering for daughter with about 70 attendees. Selma Weibel visits Ed Bauder home. Kim Matthews and Ruth visit Dora in town. Genevieve Brown and Otto Fuelling wed at bride’s parents’ farm near Cresco. Laurence LeRoy Knudtson christened at Norwegian Lutheran church with Rev Alverson officiating. Mrs Fred Muehlenthaler god mother. Thos Knudtson, H T Knudtson and Cora Reierson sponsors. Knudtsons host a social supper after.
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Mary Lehman
Margaret
Henry
Melbert
Minneapolis
Minn
Aug
Holzer
August
Iva Jacquette
Newport
Wash
W. F. Kinnear
Frank Hunsberger
E. E.gehring
Illyria
Mabel
Irene
Grace Bayer
Honace Yack
Our City
Selma Weibel
Ed Bauder
Kim Matthews
Ruth
Farmersburg
Dora
Genevieve Brown
Otto F. Fuelling
Wm. Brown
Cresco
Thos. Knudts
Laurence LeRoy
Alverson
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Fred Muehlenthaler
Thos. Knudtson
H.'T.' Knudtson
Cora Reierson
Knudtson
All Home Owners Take Notice
All persons who own and occupy their home must apply for the homestead tax credit by June 1 1946. Since the pink homeowner copy is not available, check with the County Auditor at once at 37 39.
Wood for Slatches and Farm Family Spending Gaps
A study from Iowa State College extension home management specialists shows 188 farm families, the 30 highest income earners averaged $4,000 more in income but spent only $722 more than the rest. Higher earners did not increase living expenses proportionally, with the biggest rise in house repair and improvement.
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Iowa State College Extension Home Management Specialists
Relyea Dance Echoes War on American Night Scene
Society figure Ruth Bryan performs the new Relyea dance at a stylish city venue. The step borrows motifs from European armies with salutes, marching, and heel stamping, reflecting wartime influence on American social life.
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Europe
America
Ruth Bryan
City of Oelwein Wins a Lawsuit Against City
The city of Oelwein was relieved yesterday before noon from liability for injuries to Donald Morrison who lost vision in one eye after teargas in the city jail during the night of December 4 and 5, 1937. Morrison sued the city for 38000 damages and named two policemen, Ben Doty and Harold Finders, as co-defendants. the judge directed a verdict in favor of the city on liability, while the case continues against the policemen.
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Oelwein
Donald Morrison
Ben Doty
Harold Finders
H. E. Taylor
Argo-Gazette. W
Woman Wins Divorce After Abusive Husband Threatens With Gun
Mrs Violet E Richter sued for divorce in Lancaster Pennsylvania after her husband attacked her over furniture relocation and threatened her with a gun. He called her the old woman, but she pursued legal separation and was granted the divorce.
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Violet E. Richter
Lancaster
Corn yields strived past the rowing stage in Bert Overhus field
Bert Overhus states his sweet corn has progressed beyond the rowing stage, noting it was planted twice and has remained ahead of others for over a week. He contrasts his crop with others reading about corn that could "row."
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Tommy
Toei
Bert Overhus
School Bonds Carry at Postville Election
Postville voters approved a $60,000 school bond issue in a special election Monday by a 412 to 134 margin. A 40 percent majority was required. The bonds finance a school addition including a combined auditorium gymnasium and several classrooms with vocational agriculture and homemaking rooms.
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Postville
Oak Park couple visit daughter in Falk home
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown of Oak Park Illinois arrived Friday and stayed through Sunday to visit their daughter Ethel at the W. O. Falk residence. Call No. 20 for news items.
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Walter Brown
Oak Park
Ill
Ethel
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