Figures Show Iowa Election Trends Across Years
A weekly Iowa Press release analyzes 1938 and 1940 election figures for Governor Wilson Thornburg Miller and Hickenlooper, noting how margins rose or fell despite varying vote totals. It also covers teacher delegates praising Cedar Rapids Supt Arthur Deamer and a reform push among state educators and school boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Mark
G. Thornburg
Senate
George A. Wilson
Earl G. Miller
B. B. Hickenlooper
Wilson
Thornburg
Miller
Hickenlooper
Iowa State Teachers Assn
Arthur C. Deamer
Cedar Rapids
Rochester
Ind
Board of Education
Proper Use of Lights at Sundown
The article notes late afternoon fall driving is hazardous as dwindling light and long shadows limit vision. It urges using lights on the down beam to ensure complete and safe vision for drivers.
Towans to Play Unbeaten Gopher Eleven Saturday
Iowa and Minnesota meet at Iowa City for the 88th renewal before 40 000 plus on Dad's Day. Minnesota arrives as Big Ten leaders with fifteen straight wins, last loss to Iowa 13 9. stars include Bruce Smith and Bud Higgins. Nine Iowa players face final game at Kinnick Stadium with kickoff at 1 30 p m and tickets on sale game day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Minnesota
Iowa Stadium
Town Stadium
Anbau Odson
Bruce Smith
Bud Higgins
Towa Stadium
Bill Green
Bill Diehl
Bob Otto
Jim Walker
al Couppee
Charles Galiher
Houg and Beach Marriage Reported in Fergus Falls
Mr and Mrs A S Houg return from a two week trip to Minneapolis Waseca Minn and St Ansgar bringing news that their son Gerhard of Fergus Falls Minn married Oct 31 to Margaret Beach also of Fergus Falls Dr J Tanner officiated The groom works with Minnesota National Youth Administration and his wife is a registered nurse They will be at home in Fergus Falls after a wedding trip to Minneapolis and plan to visit for Thanksgiving at the A S Houg home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Houg
Minneapolis
Waseca
Minn
St. Ansgar
Palmer Hallin
O. J. Swenson
E. M. Houg
Gerhard
Fergus Falls
Margaret Beach
J. Tanner
Hoag
National Youth Administration of Minnesota
Houg
A. S
Heiress Dulcie Chinn Inherits 40000 From Cudahy Will
Miss Dulcie Chinn, once Osage, now a Chicago nurse, is bequeathed $40,000 by the late Edward A. Cudahy, a packer whom she cared for during two illnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulcie Chinn
Osage
Chicago
Edward A. Cudahy, Packer
Upland Game Bird Season Details for 1941
The 1941 pheasant season runs November 12 to 18 with daily hours noon to 5 pm and a three cock pheasant bag limit, six cock birds possession after day one. Hungarian partridge limits mirror pheasants except two per day and two possession. Quail opens November 15 and runs to December 15 from 8 am to 5 pm with eight birds per day and eight in possession. County openings vary. hunters urged to secure landowner permission and hunt politely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Conservation Commission
Reader praises prompt notice system for Echo subscriptions
A reader supports advance billing for subscriptions and notes a $2 extra to secure 1943 membership. Nov 1 notices went to all subscribers except the local territory, with hopeful expectations for full paid subscriptions by Jan 1, 1942. Local notices will be mailed at the earliest opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
The
Elgin Echo
Capper's Franklin Street hatchery nears completion
Building work at Capper's Franklin Street hatchery slows in cold wet weather as roofing nears installation and siding is finished while the boss hopes to cover all by heavy weather. Mrs. Chris Wenger is ill, with daughter Mrs. Winfield Masonhall assisting in Postville. Albert and Mrs. Schori trip planned to St Louis Terra Haute and Chicago. Illyria Ladies Aid to serve chicken supper Friday Nov 14 with program to follow. admission 35c and 15c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Wenger
Winfield Masonhall
Postville
Albert Schori
St. Louis
Gerald
Terra Haute
Ind
Chicago
Illyria Ladies' Aid
Illyria
Relatives Honor Birthday of Mrs. Ole Torkelson
Fifty relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Torkelson to honor the 74th birthday of Mrs. Ole Torkelson. The event also celebrated six other Torkelson family birthdays in November with many relatives from Elgin Postville St Olaf Farmersburg and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Torkelson
Ole Torkelson
Torkelson
Tom
Carl
Opal
Carl Torkelson
Co. C. Torkelson
Floyd Reavis
G. Ness
Oliver Torkelson
Fhilman Larson
Wm. Torkelson
Herman Scholen
Fami
Tee
Elgin
Geo. Landsgard
Postville
Elmer Benson
St. Olaf
Oscar Torkelson
Farmersburg
Crop Report Shows Large 1941 Corn and Record Soybean Harvest
The November 1 crop estimates place the 1941 corn crop at 465,171,000 bushels on 9,121,000 acres with an average yield of 51.0 bushels per acre, slightly above 1940 and among the largest on record. Iowa reports a record soybean crop of 17,501,000 bushels on 946,000 acres at an average of 18.5 bushels per acre, the largest in state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Kensington Farewell Party for Nelle Sehori and F W Hughes
The Kensington Club hosted a farewell at Mrs. Tille Hanson’s home for Nelle Sehori and F W Hughes who are departing soon. A 6:30 dinner preceded six bridge games with F W Hughes winning high score and Lulu Schmidlow and Albert Schori taking the traveling prize. Each honoree received a parting gift as friends present included Hazel Gehring and multiple club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kensington Club
Tille Hanson
Nelle Sehori
F. W. Hughes
Lulu Schmidlow
Albert Schori
Hazel Gehring
Mesdames R. W. Muehlenthaler
Fred Kohler
John Falk
T. W. Dean
Emma Knudsson
Hulda Stoehr
Lulu Schmid
Fred Gehring
Nelle Schori
Campfire Girls to Collect Old Papers and Rags
Elgin Campfire girls plan a house to house canvass Saturday to collect old newspapers magazines and rags for their project. Residents are asked to have contributions ready. Mrs Tille Hanson and Mrs Nelle Schori were dinner guests in the F E Kohler home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Tille Hanson
Nelle Schori
F. E. Kohler
Langsdales Plan Wisconsin Visit Then California Winter
Mr and Mrs S K Langsdale traveled Saturday to Racine Wisconsin to visit their son Douglas Langsdale and family for a week before heading to California. They will depart Chicago late this week for San Bernardino to stay about a month with daughter Mrs D B Williams and family before settling in Long Beach for the rest of the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. K. Langsdale
Racine
Wis
Douglas Langsdale
California
Chicago
San Bernardino
Calif
D. B. Williams
Long Beach
Harvest Day at First Baptist Sunday School Program
The First Baptist Sunday school hosts Harvest Day on Sunday morning November 16. The program features scripture readings, prayers, songs, a school play, and an offering. Victors include Joan Miller Carlton Krueger Marjorie Lou Johnson Beverly Mueh le thaler Paul Hackmann Janet and Jeanette Krueger Marilyn Schaer Mary Ann Schaer Ruth Boleyn Mavis Miller Evelyn Miller Bonnie Pinney Bonnie Lantz Marilyn Krueger Norma Miller and others with planned closing prayers and hymns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Sunday School
Awe Eetss School
Joan Miller
Carlton Krueger
Marlene Durscher
la Fonda Miller
Evelyn Krueger
Marjorie Lou Johnson
Beverly Muehlethaler
Paul Hackmann
Janet
Jeanette Krueger
Shirley
Miller
Marion Probert
Charlotte Tebbe
Rose ‘Hackmann
Lorraine Miller
Phylis Pinney
Arthur Y
Ruth Krueger
Margaret Rippon
Kenneth Duff Farm Sale To Be Held Next Wednesday
Kenneth Duff of Volga road three miles south of Andrew Yearons farm advertises a closing out sale next Thursday afternoon November 20. He will rent his farm and offers 14 Holstein cattle including nine young cows and a bull and four calves, nine horses headed by a seven year old, plus a full line of farm machinery and tools. Farmers are urged to read the advertisement on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Duff
Volga Road
Andrew Yearons
Mr. Duff
Echo
Duff
Musicale at Luther College Sunday Evening
The Luther College Women's Club sponsors a musicale by music department members on Sunday evening November 16 at 1 o'clock in the C. K. Preus gymnasium. The program features vocal piano organ and violin pieces and includes portions of Il Trovatore sung by Prof. and Mrs. Lambert Orton with a male college faculty chorus. No admission, free will offering for Luther College women's fund supports student aid, recreation rooms, and building programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther College Women's Club
Department of Music
C. K. Preus
Lambert Orton
Luther College Women's Fund
Luther
Four Elgin Businesses Closed Tuesday
Only four business houses in Elgin closed on Tuesday while others stayed open. The shuttered firms were Schori & Kuster Lumber Co. Elgin State Bank the Post Office and the State Liquor Store. Mariel Frieden of Tripoli visited over the weekend with her mother Mrs. Alvina Frieden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Schori & Kuster Lumber Co
Elgin State Bank
Mariel Frieden
Tripoli
Alvina Frieden
Arrest Fears Highlight Community Club Meeting
Sheriff E W Carlsen warned that after a declaration of war the FBI would arrest fifth columnists, saboteurs and spies and place them in concentration camps. He detailed FBI records of contacts with foreign agents and showed films on Hoover era law enforcement methods. R E Ives described Fayette county labor supervision under federal oversight aiding defense contracts and at‑home labor. The program ended with thanks to the speakers and a plan to invite Tom Dyer for December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Carlsen
Methodist Church
U. S
U.S
Department
Carlsen
Washington
F. B. I. School
Hoover
R. E. Ives
Oelwein
Fayette County
Women of the Service Society
Clermont Masons and QO B S Arrange Joint Meeting
Clermont Masons and O B S have organized an informal evening of fellowship for November 20. The event includes a program, visiting, games, and a pot-luck lunch at 6 45 with baskets contributed by members. A similar party is planned for February in Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Masons
O. B.S
Armistice Day Weather Compared To 1940 Storms
The 1941 Armistice Day differs from the 1940 observance as a big snow storm in 1940, noted on Tuesday, left lasting memories, especially in the northwestern part of the state where travelers recall a harsher storm.
Reverend Zoschke to Lead Evangelistic Services in St Paul
Reverend Paul F. Zoschke departed Monday for St Paul Minnesota to conduct evangelistic services for two weeks at Riverview Baptist Church. Local want ads offer results with simple trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
St. Paul, Minn
Riverview Baptist Church
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Teachers’ Convention
Iowa Press Assn
Edie
Alsn
George A. Brown
Northeast Iowa
I. W. Edie
Rudd
Brown
Board of Control
Frank Douman
Ottumwa
Towans
Gopher
Towa
Gerhard Houg
Machiavelli
Montgomery
Montreal
Gren Fr
Bowton
Davey
Thailand
Mei Cei
Kensington
Clayton County
Langsdales
Luther Sunday
QO. B.S
Rev
Zoschke
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