Elgin Echo Post Office Notice
The Elgin Echo entered in the post office at Elgin Mayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
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Elgin
Mayette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1940
Page
1
Cards and notices advertising rates for services
In Memoriam Cards, cards of thanks and obituaries offered at standard ad rates. Resolutions of Respect, church society and school notices where admission is charged also listed among regular advertising offerings.
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Rich's Pipe Dreams A Men's Study Club for Elgin
A local column urges Elgin men to form a study club to meet twice monthly for six months, focusing on international and national affairs. The plan invites interested men to join, learn, and discuss varying viewpoints without turning into a political debate, with aim to grow membership over time.
Quote Folly and Heritage in a Busy Era
A collection of witty maxims and local notes reflects on politics, class humor, and civic life. The column cites historical quips about Van Buren and Harrison, jokes about draft weatherstrips, and a Frosty mix of domestic anecdotes. Local items report visits, a death in Blooming Prairie, a birthday party, and Waukon Standard’s new Linotype.
Remembering Narrow Escapes and Local News of 1910
Thursday last a high wheeler of Muehenthaler nearly toppled after a tow from H T Knudtson. Falk sprained shoulder, Reierson hill tumble. Otto Scheel lost three fingers feeding a shredder at Edwin Krueger farm. City water deemed unfit by state board. center square well condemned. Harley Smith accidently shot Will Miller, limb salvage hoped. Thorson Thompson recovering from babbit metal explosion near Wa dena. Louise Beucher and Lynn S Mee Ewen wed at P J Beucher home.
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Nels
Fred Muehrenthaler
John Falk
Louis Reierson
Mr. Muehlenthaler
H. T. Knudtson
Reierson Hill
Muehlenthaler
Mr. Falk
Otto Scheel
John F. Miller
Edwin Krueger
State Board of Health
Clermont
Elkader
Harley Smith
Will Miller
Thorson Thompson
Wadena
Town City
P. J. Beucher
Postville
Louise Beucher
Lynn S$. Mee-Ewen
Postoffice Open Nov 21 Carriers to Stay Home
Mail schedules and office service will be complex due to a Thanksgiving mixup. Local postoffice force and star route carriers have Thanksgiving on the 28th while rural carriers observe it on the 21st. Hayes note about Boyle's condition, and local visits: Keith Thoma and the Pierce Moser family, plus Mr and Mrs Louis Bloomer visiting Rob Lehman’s parents.
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G. J. Mosby
Star Route
Boyle
Keith Thoma
Ames
Max Thoma
Pierce Moser
Philip Moser
Louis Bloomer
Wahl
S. C
Rob Lehman
Red Cross Membership Drive Urges Bank Donations
The annual Red Cross membership drive asks every person to affiliate and support the effort. Citizens are urged to call at Elgin State Bank and leave their dollar memberships as soon as possible to aid the relief of human suffering.
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Red Cross
Elgin State Bank
Death of Mrs. Frieden of Lamar Missouri Sunday
Relatives learned that Mrs. George Frieden of Lamar Missouri died Sunday night and the funeral is planned for Wednesday. She was formerly Minnie Martie of this community and a daughter of the late Nick Martie. Dr R A Crider attended a county veterinary meeting in Fayette Tuesday evening. C 8 B Sehori family had a pheasant dinner at the Karl Fox home in Fayette Sunday. Dr H H Wolf drove to Chicago to see his ill mother and visited family in Elgin. Mrs Leo Schori hosted the Study Club meeting with Venezuela as the topic and papers on Bolivar, the Panama Canal, Conquests of the Tropic, and a trip to bazaars presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Frieden
Lamar
Frieden
Minnie Martie
Nick Martie
R.A. Crider
County Veterinary Association
Fayette
Sehori
Karl Fox
H. H. Wolf
Chicago
F. Wolf
Elgin
Leo Schori
Venezuela
Bolivar
J. Robinson
Panama Canal
W. C. Falk
Tropic
S. W. Kuster
Max Thoma
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