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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1946
Page
1
The Elgin Echo notes its status as second class mail under a 19th century act, with registration dated September 1 and a fee of 89 dollars, filed at the Elgin post office in Fayette County.
Small classifieds note pricing for memorial cards and obituary poetry offered at regular advertisement rates by a church society and school notices with admission charged.
A collage of quips and bits on fashion, drinking, bets, and daily life. The text riffs on Uncle Elmer, doubled liquor prices, household missteps, and campaign posters while weaving in tongue in cheek lines about debt, resolutions, and holiday ads.
Official notice from Fayette County outlines petition by Interstate Power Company to erect and operate an electric transmission line across public lands and private property in Fayette County Iowa. Hearing set for December 17 1946 at Des Moines with Docket E 7773. Objections must be filed five days before the hearing with proper authorization.
A humorous if dated riff on bankers and social vanity. The author mocks the idea of financial men as neighbors with worldly interest. A Harvard professor quips about happy marriages with stout men, predicting social change and a population rise in Missouri within two years.
Reports from Lacona and Warren county note W A Oxenreider harvesting two bushels from a 10 by 21 foot patch at 200 bushels per acre. Caught on the Wing describes a pheasant being captured mid flight near Hinton. Floyd Newman suffers a fractured skull from a ladder fall in Clark county. Red Oak youths investigated for stealing arms from an armory. weapons recovered. Adel resident Barney Smith helped rescue three skiers in a Wyoming snow slide. Postville residents puzzled by a falling meteor or meteorite. a similar event was recorded 50 years ago near the Henry Weihe farm. Keith Gabriel and Walter Anderson die in a low altitude crash near Rockwell City after a motor failure during a pleasure flight.
Daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Frieden of Elgin and Melvin N Clark son of Mr and Mrs Wm E Clark of Pampa Texas were united in marriage in a double ceremony. Rev Grady Adcock officiated before an altar scented with palms white chrysanthemums and candles. Attendants were relatives Mrs Blanchard cousin of the groom and Margaret Martin played music with Mrs Dan Wallace singing Because. The bride wore a mist blue two piece dress suit with white corsage. the groom and his attendant wore blue and gray. An eight reception followed at the groom’s home. The bride a 1945 Elgin high school graduate studied teletyning in Omaha and worked at Woolworth’s in Pampa. the groom served three years in the Navy and now works in a dry cleaning establisment in Pampa. They will reside at 117 N Gillespie St Pampa Texas after a brief honeymoon.
Alfred J. Gould files for divorce from Violet E. Gould alleging desertion and cruel inhuman treatment. They wed Sept 16, 1923 in Atchison Kansas and have five children. Plaintiff seeks permission to remarry after decree. Also filed: Varnon Sullivan sues Margaret Sullivan for divorce after a May 4 1944 marriage in St PaulMinn on grounds of cruel treatment. James H. Riley found guilty of bigamy. fined 100 and jailed one year in county jail. Bond set at 1000. Marriage licenses issued Nov 14 18 10 for several couples listed from district clerk office.
The article describes aberration and related phenomena that bend light waves, causing observers to misperceive star positions. It explains how these effects shift apparent locations and timelines of celestial objects, affecting measurements and historical star maps.
A guide urges selecting a good book for Christmas and warns against last minute shopping. It notes libraries and magazines offer up to date lists, suggests a $1.50 price for a book, and compares book costs to comics. A free reading list can be requested from The Iowa Child Welfare Research Station in Iowa City.
Mrs Lydia Miller returns home after three weeks with the Fera Henninger household. Emma Liddle moves to Dr BR Crider's home for the winter, after staying with Paul Liddle in Janesville Iowa. Kenneth Tolbert and family visit Peter Luchsinger home then travel with Mrs Ted Newman to South Dakota for time with relatives in Huron and Forestburg. Pvt Jorris A Martin arrives in Japan with the 21st Airborne Div stationed in Northern Honshu after enlisting May 10 1946 and basic training at Fort Knox. He departed San Francisco Aug 29, reached Yokohama Sept 15 and joined 674 Parachute Field Artillery Battalion at Jinmachi. Check Echo Want Ads Now.
Florida turtles named Stay Cleesty are tracked at home bases with little roaming. Observers note 11 barring bees findings and that they seldom venture more than 108 yards from their nests.
Fresh mushrooms need only washing and even heat. They usually cook thoroughly in about five minutes.
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