Pipe Dreams and Piercing Jokes From a Rural Column
A stream of lighthearted notes, jokes, and quips from a rural Iowa page. Topics include sports buzz about Rich's Hawkeyes drawing bigger crowds, quips on church collections, prairie humor about Swedes and lutefisk, reflections on posterity and religion, a 25 cent church supper joke, arithmetic gags, pumpkin pie memory, haircuts and barber prices, all framed in a breezy, period voice with local flavor. Names and places such as Hamilton county and Monona appear as locale hints.
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Hamilton County
Iowa
Remembering 1916 Echo items and local notices
Mrs John Reinhart dies at Pleasant street home at age 841 after years of illness. Funeral at Apostolic church led by Rev Wedel. Sidney Nutting posts closing out sale on farm Tuesday Nov 21. John and Mrs Junk welcome a daughter born Tuesday night. Community attends Howard Shaffer sale. Ern Holzer sale set for next Thursday. Weibel Bros gain night illumination in barn and warehouse after wiring. Elias Benson Mae Bopp and Bernita visit relatives in Strawberry Point. Dr John Bowers returns after tonsillitis. Edward and John Grimm acquire 208 acre Clermont farm formerly J M McLaughlin estate. Grimm Bros swap Minnesota land for Claytons then Clermont farm.
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John Reinhart
Pleasant Street
the Apostolic Church
Wedel
Sidney Nutting
John Junk
Howard Shaffer
Ern Holzer
Weibel Bros
Elias Benson
Mae Bopp
Bernita
Strawberry Point
John Bowers
Edward
John Grimm
J. M. McLaughlin
Clermont
Grimm Bros
Minnesota
Clayton County
Elgin Cream Routes Set by Dairy Board
The Elgin Farmers' Dairy Company will assign twelve cream routes for 1942 to the lowest responsible bidders. Bids must be sealed and received by noon on Tuesday November 18 1941. Routes will be set at 2 PM that day. Haulers must deliver cream four times weekly during hot season as required by the buttermaker. The board may reject any or all bids and further route information is available from the president secretary or buttermaker.
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Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
Fleet Frieden, Sec’y
Mrs Laughlin Celebrates 103rd Birthday in Los Angeles
Mrs. R. J. Laughlin of Los Angeles born in Toledo Iowa marks her 103rd birthday at her daughter Miss Leila Laughlin’s home. The retired teacher remains frail but alert during the celebration.
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R. J. Laughlin
Los Angeles
Calif
Toledo
Iowa
Leila Laughlin
Laughlin
Naval Training Offers Many Opportunities
Male citizens 17 to under 50, physically sound, may enlist in the U S Navy or Naval Reserve. Trade school instruction awaits, with 5 500 enlisted monthly graduates building a foundation for artisan careers. Enlistment terms four years for the Naval Reserve. local recruiting at Decorah and literature via Elgin Echo offices.
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United States
U. S. Navy
Naval Reserve
Selective Service Board
Navy
Decorah
Winneshiek County Court House
Iowa
The
Elgin Echo
Railroad Plans New Depot at Sioux Center
A railroad company plans to build a new depot in Town with Sioux Center draftsmen drawing plans for a station on the Great Northern Railway.
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G. N
Sioux Center
Great Northern Railway
Brainard Social Notes and Church Services
Brainard residents hosted a farewell for Bob Duane and Russell Boyer and Hubert Cummings before their move to California. Friends and relatives visited, with many attendance at gatherings at the Vern Boyer and Frank Lyon homes. Church notes list Sunday school at 10 and service at 2 led by Rev. A E Burroughs.
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Fred Wede
Vernon
Marlene
Vern Boyer
S. S. Patterson
Sidney Nutting
C. R. Belknap
WCTU
Wadena
Leo Hoyer
Wilson Patterson
Cresco
Clifford Platz
Chas Powers
Don Cummings
Bob
Duane
Russell Boyer
Hubert Cummings
Burbank
Calif
Ernest Boyer
Bob Boyer
Hubert
Leo
Lola
Eva
Ruth Boyer
Chesley
Beatrice
Clara Boyer
Hazel
Laura Appelman
Ethel Thoman
Laura
Harold Learn
Willis Lyon
Genevieve Peters
Junia
Alice Cummings
Frank Lyon
Lyon
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. P. Strauc
Elgin
Fayette County
National
Rich
Pipe Dreams
Leesplig
Nature
Sonny
Monona
Bolson
Bolson's
Elgin Cooperative Co
Max Medberry, Mer
Elgin, Iowa
C. M. Kneeland
Clermont, Iowa
K. C
Folger’s
Cash Store
West Elgin
Lena Baumgartner
Raymond Mays
Ray Gilbert
L. P. Cline
James Davis
John Howard
Herman Boyer
Robert Kerr
Wm, Kerr
E. R. Nutting
Joe Peters
Brainard
A. E. Burroughs
R. P. Strauch
Echo-Enterprise Office
CRY
Waite
Calrod
Utocrat Medal
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