Iowa Legislators Meet Taxpayers Group in Early 1941 Preview
Iowa lawmakers, including many from the 1941 legislature, attended the Iowa Taxpayers Association meeting and a GOP dinner. Topics ranged from an expanded state office building to Iowa’s role in national defense, with a focus on possible 1941 legislation such as education costs, prison feeding at cost, centralized purchasing, and tax exemptions reforms. The piece notes ongoing debates over space needs, budgeting, and potential tax shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Press
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Harry Swan
GOP State Committee
Iowa
Board of Education
Board of Control
Polk
Woodbury
Lirth
Rebuild Roadbed North of Martie Bridge
The Ryan Construction Co builds a new roadbed on the township road leading north from the Martie bridge east of town. The washed out road from the recent flood is being rebuilt and a new creek channel is being cut to divert high waters away from the road and prevent future washouts.
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The
Ryan Construction Co
Martie Bridge
Elgin Creamery Co to Hold Annual Session Dec 7
The Elgin Farmers' Dairy Co announces its annual meeting of stockholders and patrons at the Elgin town hall on Saturday afternoon December 7. Patrons and stockholders will both have voice in the creamery business. Officers will be elected and the secretary's report presented.
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Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Co
Elgin Town Hall
Albert L. Schupbach Moved to Hospital at Iowa City
Latest reports from the university hospital in Iowa City say Albert L. Schupbach shows improvement. Relatives visiting Sunday report he rests easier and appears better. his transfer followed care at Decorah hospital Friday. Relatives including William and ac ed him during the move and visiting parties came Sunday.
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Albert L. Schupbach
Iowa City
University Hospital
William
Town City
Decorah Hospital
Herman Schupbach
Reuben
Fred Schupbach
Russell Wenger
Cowles Named to Treasurer’s Office Jan 1
W M Knox county treasurer announced George A Cowles an employee of Central States Power and Light will join the treasurer’s office January 1 to fill the vacancy created as Clyde Munson moves to county recorder. Cowles, formerly of Clermont, has long been with Central States and is the second former Central States employee to join the office following Carl Schori of Elgin.
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W. M. Knox
George A. Cowles
Central States Power & Light Corporation
Clyde A. Munson
Mr. Cowles
Clermont
Central States
Carl Schori
Elgin
Public Card Party At Town Hall Sponsored By Progress Club
The Progress Club will sponsor a public card party at the town hall Wednesday evening December 4. Bridge 600 and cribbage. Playing starts at 8 15. Everyone welcome. Tell them you saw it in the Echo.
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The
Progress Club
Tabitha Society Entertains Husbands Dinner Night
Members of the Tabitha Society entertained their husbands at a church dinner Friday evening. Mrs. Clarence Muehlethaler and Mrs. Milton Miller organized arrangements. Mrs. Guy Probert welcomed guests and Harry Johnson gave the response. Margaret Rippon read, Mrs. Fred Muehlethaler read poems, a musical number by Mr. and Mrs. Abe Habeger concluded an hour of fellowship at the annual affair.
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Tabitha Society
Clarence Muehlethaler
Milton Miller
Guy Probert
Harry Johnson
Margaret Rippon
Fred Muehlethaler
Abe Habeger
Peter E Hoyle Died at Home Here Tuesday
Peter Edward Hoyle 86 died at his Elgin home on Tuesday November 26 after five weeks of illness from paralysis. Funeral at St. Peter's Catholic Church Clermont Friday at 10 a.m. Rev. F Leo O'Connell. burial in Elgin cemetery. Born February 12 1864 in Illyria township, he lived as a farmer in northeast county before residing in Pleasant Valley and Clermont townships. Survived by widow Dora Emily Conner, three children Walter Kohls Sheldon Boyle and Howard Boyle, two brothers James Estherville and Frank West Union, three sisters Mary Foley Elizabeth Boyle and Anna Boyle, with one sister and three brothers preceding him.
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St. Peter's Catholic Church
Clermont
Peter Edward Boyle
Elgin
F. Leo O’connell
Illyria Township
Boyle
Pleasant Valley
Clermont Townships
William
Rosanna Boyle
Dora Emily Conner
Fayette
Walter Kohls
Sheldon Boyle
Howard Boyle
James
Estherville
Frank
West Union
Mary Foley
Arkansas City
Kansas
Elizabeth Boyle
Dubuque
Anna Boyle
Large Mississippi haul nets 20000 pounds of fish near Harpers Ferry
Twenty thousand pounds of buffalo and carp were seized from the Mississippi near Harpers Ferry in a single haul, the largest since a 30000 pound buffalo fish catch seven years earlier. Fish averaging five pounds were kept alive in floating cribs for shipment to New York. Albert and Ern Schori and T W Dean attended a birthday dinner for R O Woodard at the Rex hotel in West Union, Woodard an former Elgin Canning Co. manager now 80.
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Mississippi
Harpers Ferry
New York
Albert
Ern Schori
T. W. Dean
West Union
R. O. Woodard
Rex
Woodard
Mr. Woodard
Elgin Canning Co
New Teacher Elected to Succeed Miss Crowell
Pearl Hass of Walnut has been elected as teacher of the primary at Brades to replace Betty Crowell who resigned. Hass is an Iowa State Teachers College graduate who has been practice teaching at Hudson. Crowell will stay until Christmas vacation and the new teacher will arrive a week before then to become acquainted with the work.
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Pearl Hass
Walnut
Brades
Betty Crowell
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Hudson
Miss Crowell
Elgin
Alfred Bauder dies suddenly in Cedar Rapids
Alfred Bauder of Cedar Rapids died Sunday afternoon of heart disease after a brief illness and collapse near his home. Funeral services were held at Moon funeral home with burial beside his wife in Riverside cemetery Anamosa. He was 65, born May 6 1875 in Elgin. Surviving are three sisters and two brothers. He had practiced law in Cedar Rapids and later worked in real estate.
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Jeffred G. Bauder
Cedar Rapids
The
Moon Funeral Home
J. P. van Horn
Anamosa
Riverside Cemetery
Alfred
Sam Bauder
Elgin
Margaret Woodi
Bauder
Mary Skarshaug
Anna Groth
Seattle
Wash
Emma Olson
Ern
Progressive Home Study Club Window Treatment Meeting
The Progressive Home Study Club of Wyria met in November to study curtains windows and the history of windows under the topic Window Treatment in the home furnishing course project IL. Mrs Walter Rothlisberger hosted with Mrs Nellie Foxwell and Elizabeth as hostesses. Roll call offered etiquette tips and a fine lunch followed. The December meeting will be an all day pot luck dinner at Mrs Lulx Rothlisberger home with roll call Ways to Make Friends.
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Progressive Home Study Club of
Wyria
Project IL
Walter Rothlisberger
Nellie Foxwell
Elizabeth
Lulx Rothlisberger
Cedar Rapids Visitor Mary Skarshaug and Mr Stone Visit
Mrs. Mary Skarshaug of Cedar Rapids and R. Stone of Collins visited here Friday at the O. J. Olsson home, sharing a brief social call with local residents.
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Mary Skarshaug
Cedar Rapids
R. Stone
Collins
O. J. Olsson
Four Main Roads Into Elgin Graded This Year
Rose Reitz of Quincy NL is hospitalized after an auto accident Sunday evening. She suffers a minor brain concussion and head contusions. Attending doctor reports condition very satisfactory with no complications expected.
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Rose Reitz
Quincy
Elgin Roads Stranded by Falls Rains Hinder Travel
Frequent fall rains have left four major Elgin area roads impassable or difficult to traverse. Elgin West Union, Elgin Wanena, South River, and Elgin Gander roads were graded late, then rain prevented surfacing. The Fayette and Clayton counties boards planned timely surfacing, but weather stalled work. Community efforts by the Elgin Community Club and rural cooperation committee aim to push repairs and keep roads open, with more branch roads under consideration.
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Elgin- West Union
Elgin-Wanena
Kern Hill
Rothlisberger Corners
South River
County B
Clayton County
Fayette County
Mark Farm
Elgin
Boards of Supervisors
Fayette
Clayton
Elgin Community Club
Rural Cooperation Committee
Fayette county fair elects Volney Palmer as director
Fair officers elected and re-elected at Fayette county fair. Volney Palmer wins the new director seat to replace John Wilbur, while J. C. Probert remains president and L. L. Bloomfield vice president. Secretary Ed Bauther and treasurer C. W. Grimes also keep posts. The fair shows improved finances with a $339.58 cash balance against $5,850 indebtedness, and ticket sales down only $214.35 despite rain, while expenses fell to boost profitability versus 1939.
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Fayette County Fair Board
John Wilbur
Volney Palmer
Hawkeye
J. C. Probert
L. L. Bloomfield
Ed Bauder
C. W. Grimes
Harry Stolle
Max Saltsgiver
W. S. Rothlisberger
Dairymen Benefit From Higher Butterfat Prices This Fall
Elgin Farmers Dairy Company paid 35 cents per pound for butterfat in late October, up from 1939. Northeast Iowa dairymen report strong fall profits due to higher prices and increased production. Fleet Frieden prepares an annual creamery report noting 15 to 20 percent production rise since September first, aided by ideal pasture conditions and higher receipts.
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Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Iowa
Fleet Frieden
Tabitha Society Meets At Church
The Tabitha Society met Wednesday afternoon November 20 at the church with Mrs. Fred Burrow Mrs. Frank Pinney Mrs. Robert Burg Doris Miller and Erma Redwinkle as hostesses Devotions were led by Mrs. Carl Hackmann A paper titled The Holy Grail The Creation Art The Nativity was read by Mrs. Gus Hackmann A solo was performed by Rose Marie Hackmann On Friday evening the society entertained their husbands at a dinner and program.
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Tabitha Society
Fred Burrow
Frank Pinney
Robert Burg
Doris Miller
Erma Redwinkle
Carl Hackmann
Gus, Hackmann
Rose Marie Hackmann
Red Cross Officers Elected At Elgin Meeting
The annual Red Cross election was held Monday evening at the Elgin State Bank. Mrs. R. W. Muehlenthaler was reelected president and all other officers were retained: B. J. Baumgartner vice president, W. F. Kohler secretary, Samuel Mosby treasurer. Membership drive is underway but canvassers have not reported. total membership is not yet determined.
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Red Cross
Elgin State Bank
R. W. Muehlenthaler
B. J. Baumgartner
W. F. Kohler
Samuel Mosby
Floyd Dummermuth Married Wednesday
Floyd Dummermuth of Cedar Rapids married Clarice Kongen daughter of Mrs Mayme Konzen of Cedar Rapids Wednesday evening at Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Walter Bovis and family were supper guests of her mother Mrs Anna Cox at West Union Sunday.
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Clarice Kongen
Mayme Konzen
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Dummermuth
Dena Dummermuth
Elgin
Walter Bovis
Anna Cox
West Union
Log Slips and Breaks Man's Leg At Mill
Art Hermen, a saw mill operator in Highland township, was injured when a log rolled up a skid and struck his left leg. The accident broke bones a couple of inches above the ankle. This follows a similar injury nearly eleven months ago near Volga.
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Art Hermen
Highland Township
L. W. Meitel- Jar
Mr. Hermen
Volga
Legion Meeting Here Wednesday
Fayette County Legion posts held a meeting in Elgin Wednesday evening November 27 with Tom Tracy of Manchester as guest speaker on benefits derived from Legion membership. Simultaneous meetings occurred in the twelve counties of the district.
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Fayette County Legion
Elgin
Tom Tracy
Manchester
Legion
Legion Auxiliary Sponsors Christmas Project
The Elgin Legion Auxiliary coordinates a state wide plan to collect idle books and redistribute them at Christmas to shut ins and hospital patients. Donations of readable books in good condition are welcome at Jack Sprat store until December 15. Mrs J F Schricker returned home last Tuesday from Onalaska Wisconsin where she visited Joe Larson and family.
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Elgin Legion Auxiliary
Jack Sprat
J. F. Schricker
Joe Larson
Onalaska
Wis
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Elgin Creamery Co
Cowles
Lite
Flret Streat Railway
U.S. Begem
F.D.R
Florida
Detroit
Cyrus W. Field
Atlantic Cable Fame
Chile
Monres
Pres. Monres
RU Grint
Peter Edward Hoyle
Alfred Bauder
Progressive Home Study Club
Legion Auxiliary
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