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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1948
Page
4
CLOSING OUT SALE Klingman’s cafe items offered private sale this weekend. Items include Hotpoint stove calred units kitchen cabinet dinette set table four chairs dining table pop cooler pie case glassware and utensils plus lamps candy cigars and tobacco supplies. Mrs Louis Klingman Elgin.
A compact portrait traces a Polk county figure from county attorney to district judge and private lawyer, then to state senator elected in 1926 with re-elections in 1930 and 1934, challenger Kraschel defeat in 1938, return to lead Republicans, and election to the U.S. Senate in 1942. Married Mildred Zehner in 1921, they have two sons and a daughter, John W. Calhoun, Burlington attorney and World War II veteran.
Lensing's offers a mixed lineup including a 1948 Chevy Fleetmaster 4 door with two tone finish, a 1941 Chev Fleetline Aero 2 door with extras, a 1947 Chev Fleetmaster 5 passenger coupe, a 1941 Hudson Commodore 8 convertible maroon, a near new 1941 Ford DeLuxe coupe, a 1941 Dodge 2 door, 1988 Chevy 2 door, 1937 Chevy 2 door, 1936 Chevy 2 door, and a 1986 Chevy 2 door priced at 5195.00. Also listed are a 1958 Deluxe Electric Refrigerator at 279.50 and cheap felt floor mats for Ford Chevrolet Plymouth models 33 to 48 at 1.95.
A long fragment details political figures from Iowa born in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including biographical notes on Eran, Guy M. Gillette, Ernest J. Seemann, Robert D. Blue, and William S. Beardsley. It covers education, military service, legal careers, and prior office terms, along with brief community notices about residents, hospitalities, and local events in towns like Birmingham, Fairfield, Burlington, Eagle Grove, and Clermont.
Dorothy Etter returned from Davenport Monday to spend the summer with her mother Mrs. Frieda Etter. Mrs. Lew Dennler spent the weekend with the George Jones Sr. home in Wadena. Forest Feller and family of St Olaf dined with Mr. and Mrs. Chas Feller. Alix Nicholls of Cedar Rapids visited Tuesday to Friday at the Jess Moody home. Selmer Groth and family returned from Chicago after their daughter Verna’s graduation and visited Mrs. Groth’s sister Mrs. Anna Anderson.
Dairy cattle herds have declined to the lowest level since 1940, signaling a long-term drop in milk production potential and raising concerns for dairy industry stability and supply outlook. States report shrinking herds across regions and mounting pressures from feed costs.
Fragmentary text mentions soil samples from Iowa State College tenting laboratory. Indicates timing tied to spring and fall testing. Exact details unclear due to garbled OCR.
A humorous sequence features a Broadcaster Marine and Little Dorothy debating sailors, a student asking a note’s meaning, and a professor quipping about plain speech. Other lines joke about marriages, men, and memory as a bus driver and lamp imagery appear in a light, comic tableau.
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