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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1936

Page

2

Wadena Social Roundup Moves Across County Lines

The column records a flurry of weekend visits and dinners across Volga Oelwein Arlington West Union and Castalia with guests from Mason City Monona Fayette and other locales. It notes a funeral in Illyria a Democratic rally led by Chas Aylsworth and a community dance with the Elgin Little German Band. The Clayton County Press Journal at Strawberry Point installs modern presses replacing old drum cylinders.

Ed Gernand Fred Gernand Volga Winifred Flanagan Central City Ellen Flanagan Irene Kelly Mason City Wm. Flanagan Howard Crandall Gary Oelwein George Fay Martin Minihan A. J. Cox Arthur Jones Charles Monona Robert Whittenbaugh Widena Fremont Ogle Illyria Alden Gell LaFonda West Union Maggie Whittenbaugh Ralph Reed Colleen Johnson Bros Fred Ernst Forest Moore Fayette W. F. Moore Warner Aylsworth Lamont Chas, Aylsworth Will Wilbur Frazee Minn Parker Thad Walters John Thiele Marjorie Mary Whittenbaugh Will Whittenbaugh John Fay Deborah Dale Minger Glen Minger Walter Ernst Arlington Marcia Marie Blanche Aeschliran Farmersburg George Jones Janesville Wis James Bowles George A. G Herrling Town City Mike Tynan Prudence Jim Wilson Glen Frey Mary Ann Robert Frey Mart Harley Will Frey J. M. Frey C. L. Crider Elkader Elgin Little German Band Ole Erickson Square Deal Card Club Blanche Feller Mabel Jones Mabel Johnson Clayton County Press-Journal Strawberry Point Jay Miehle

4 H Queen Eileen Wehrheim to Represent 4 H Club

Eileen Wehrheim, 18, from near Eagle Grove, will represent Towa's 4 H club girls at the National Style Revue in Chicago December 1 as part of the National Club Congress and International Livestock Exposition. She earns an all expenses paid trip as state champion after defeating over 40 county champions with her navy blue taffeta best dress valued at 16 dollars 03 cents and featuring a tucked vestee white satin collar and fingertip length jacket.

Eileen Wehrheim Eagle Grove Towa Chicago

Ownership Statement for Elgin Echo October 1 1936

The Elgin Echo, weekly in Elgin Iowa, lists editor and publisher R P Strauch as owner, with Mia B W Hughes named as holder of 1 percent or more of bonds or securities. Notary Hattie McKellar swore the affidavit on October 28 1936.

Hattie McKellar Notary Public

Eight Acres for Museum Space At Toledo Art Museum

The Toledo Museum of Art, the nation s third largest, covers more than eight acres of floor space with a fourth of it devoted to thirty five exhibition galleries.

Toledo Museum of Art

Mill Owners Mutual Fire Insurance Promise Of Savings

Since 1875 the Mill Owners Mutual has saved money for policyholders with annual dividends of 20 percent or more while strengthening financial condition. It remains one of the strongest fire insurers, offering sound protection for any property size backed by reserves and prompt fair claim payments.

Mil Owners Mutual Fur Compete Information Eee

Agricultural notes on crops prices and farm safety

The document outlines rising potato prices and record turkey output this year, links soil fertility to pasture quality, and notes reductions in seed production. It warns on hay and seed margins, discusses egg production trends and fall marketing, and offers protection against winter rabbit damage to orchards with hardware cloth and fall pruning practices.

Pleasant Valley and Ilyria Precinct Election Boards Named

Local election boards list Pleasant Valley precinct clerks Arthur Chapman Robert Wilson Jr and clerks Archie E Howard Augusta Schori. judges B H Brackin Herman Boyer Ida M Thoma and others. Clermont Ilyria and other precincts follow with names for clerks and judges including E H Dibble Alphia Thorson H F Griebenow and P W Toomey L L Shaffer Reynold Strong.

Pleasant Valley Arthur Chapman Robert Wilson, Jr B. H. Brackin Herman Boyer Ida M. Thoma Archie E. Howard Augusta Schori A. B. Jacob C. J. Harrington N.W. Evans Clermont H. B. Greenley H. L. Yaus E. H. Dibble Alphia Thorson H. F. Griebenow G. H. Hackmann L. L. Rounds H. E. Landsgard J. M. Brorby E. P. Quinn Ilyria Margaret Kennedy Geo. A. Lewis John W. Flanagan Albert Dennler Henry Feller Robert E. Bigler W. E. Corkery P. W. Toomey L. L. Shaffer Reynold Strong

Faith Without Works

A compact reflection on faith lacking deeds and heartful charity, contrasting warmth of summer with the inertness of belief without action and the emptiness of gleaming but unfulfilled compassion.

Fayette High's 25 game win streak ends at West Union

Fayette high school lost 7 to 0 to West Union on Friday. A late fourth quarter Fayette fumble led to a sustained drive finishing with the visitors scoring the game’s only touchdown, ending Fayette’s consecutive victory streak at 25.

Fayette High School West Union Fayette

The British Empire Population and Land Area Estimates

The empire spans about one fourth of habitable land at 13,200,634 square miles excluding Arctic regions. Best estimates place its population at over 486,733,450, roughly a quarter of the world’s inhabitants.

British Empire Arctic

Colorado Coal Field Resources Totals Surpass Estimates

In Colorado, coal fields cover over 17,000 square miles with an estimated 871 billion tons of coal, suggesting a supply capable of fueling the nation for about 750 years.

Colorado

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