Elgin Echo Enters Post Office as Second Class Mail
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Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1933
Page
1
Advertising Rates Forewarn Higher Prices in 1933
A Terra Bella California news note argues that merchandise costs are rising as manufacturers pass higher input costs to consumers while wages and production stabilize. It contends prosperity requires living wages, warns against starvation pricing, and urges optimism as America faces recovery with planned wage gains and continued output.
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America
Terra Bella
Calif
Consumers will demand fair wages and humane production
A Muskegon Heights editorial argues buyers will seek details on factory conditions and wages. It urges fair farmer prices and fair pay for workers as essential to national happiness and prosperity. The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a nudist topic joke and observes dancers’ skill may steer auto and pedestrian safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Muskegon Heights
Michigan
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Election Returns and Local Changes in Pleasant Valley
At the general election John Falk and Fred Muehlenthaler won constable posts for Pleasant Valley township and Hugh Patterson was elected trustee. Local results show 91 Democratic and 110 Republican ballots. Post office moves to Berger building, presently used by the Coffee Cup. Oscar Hoag wins Clayton County supervisor by a large margin. Jurors drawn for Oelwein Superior Court terms. Decorah experiences hold-ups, mocking Chicago for depredations, though now calmer. Numerous social notes, weddings, travel, and community events detailed along with civic remarks and local business updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Falk
Fred Muehlenthaler
Pleasant Valley Township
Hugh Patterson
Keiser
Berger
Oscar
Hoag
Chicago
Decorah
Lulu Dickens
Winifred, Schmid
Dickens
Fred Gehring
West Union
Darnell
Chas. Kniel
Arthur Stoehr
Adolph Lehman
Turkey River Junction
William Cooley
Mesdames H. S. Hadsel
I. N. Conner
Syria Township
Louisa Conner
Milo Knight
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
Ed Hanson
Our
City
Grush
German Mutual Fire Insurance holds fifty-seventh annual meeting
The fifty-seventh annual meeting of the German Mutual Fire Insurance Association of Eldorado was held in Eldorado on Friday October 27 with fifty-one officers and delegates from Fayette and nearby counties. Officers were re-elected and secretary Henry Lauer noted the year added over 70 new members. The association insures farm property and town dwellings with perpetual policies and an average annual rate of 3.50 per thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Mutual Fire Insurance Association of
Eldorado
Fayette
Robert Marr
Fred Barthelme
Joe Thuenthe
Henry Lauer
W. 5. Rothlisberger
Alphie Thorson
Clayton County Grand Jury Indicts Four After Ten Day Session
The October 1 district court grand jury, discharged by Judge H E Taylor after ten days, heard 42 witnesses and investigated 12 cases. Four indictments were returned, including Martha Renzenhausen, 68, of Monona for the murder of her sister Minnie. Renzenhausen was committed to the state insane hospital at Independence after witnesses testified.
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District Court
H. E. Taylor
Martha Renzenhausen
Monona
Minnie
Nnr
State Insane Hospital
Independence
Elkader Register
Uncashed Checks Worth $600 Found Hidden in Barn
Earl DeHaven, cleaning a livery barn, discovered 16 to 18 year old uncashed checks totaling about $600. The checks ranged from one to forty dollars and were drawn by various now-defunct or still-active firms including telephone and power companies. He plans to seek payment for those still valid, while noting many may be lost forever. Source: North Iowa Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl DeHaven
Telephone Company
Power Company
Express Company
Earl
North Iowa Times
McGregor
Notice of Final Report in Anderson Estate Hearing
Final report of Samuel Mosby as administrator of the estate of Ingeborg Anderson, deceased, on file in Fayette County District Court. Hearing at Court House in West Union on November 7, 1933 at 10 AM. If no appearance or objection, report may be approved and administrator discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Guiderson-Ludvig
T. Anderson
Amande Nesteby
Gilbert Anderson
Henry Anderson
District Court
Fayette County
Iowa
Samuel Mosby
Ingeborg Anderson
West Union
Towa
Fire destroys Gary Leverton farm in Oelwe area
A Tuesday night blaze caused about 5000 dollars in losses at Ellsworth Bond’s farm four and a half miles northeast of Oelwe. Twelve Holsteins and four horses perished, along with a barn hog house a box car converted building, a milk house and equipment. Bond collapsed in the milk house and was rescued moments before the barn timbers fell. Insurance reportedly covered about half the value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Leverton
Oelwe
Ellsworth Bond
Fayette
Legal Status of Subscribers Clarified in Court Ruling
Judge Robert J. Smith declares that newspaper publication requires mental and physical labor and costs. A continuous reader who takes the paper from the post office or carrier benefits from that labor and must pay the subscription price.
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Robert J. Smith
Greenley Family Visit Highlights Local Ties and News
Decorah residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greenley and son Robert joined Mr. and Mrs. Harold Greenley of Clermont in the home of their parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Greenley for a Sunday gathering. The Century of Progress has injected 400 million dollars into Chicago in under five months, creating 46,000 jobs and aiding as many more indirectly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clavus Holm
Decorah
Mrs. N. Holm
Charles Greenley
Robert
Harold Greenley
Clermont
Frank Greenley
Chicago
Appeal for help to Iowa readers for Christian Home Orphanage
The Christian Home Orphanage of Council Bluffs appeals to Iowa people to donate promptly to fund food and shelter for homeless children under its care. For fifty-one years the non sectarian, endowment free institution has depended on voluntary contributions and will acknowledge all gifts in its official publication.
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Christian Home
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Laval
Echo Want Ads Highlight Local Social and Building News
Ruby and Zella Boyle spent Saturday and Sunday with Lolita Blake in Clermont. Mr and Mrs Boine Capper of Postville visited Mrs Lena Benson. M V Kiplet has worked on the new science building at Upper Jows University for two weeks, hoping to be ready before winter. Sam Lehman Marie Schupbach and Henry Frieden group visited Elkader at Oscar Frieden’s home. Mrs Frieden ill. Albert Schupbach, Albert Friedereich and Ern Lerch lay the foundation for a new barn at Anna Schupbach’s home, replacing one burned earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Ruby
Zella Boyle
Lolita Blake
Sam Lehman
Marie Schupbach
Henry Frieden
Elkader
Oscar Frieden
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