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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1952
Page
1
Public notice published in Elgin Iowa dated September 1 1891. Metered second class mail matter at Elgin post office under act of March 3 1652 Fayette County. Names and specific item details unreadable in the fragment.
Advertising rates listed include per line 10 cents per line with a 30 cent weekly minimum when paid with order. Cash with order offers lower minimum. non cash incurs 50 cent weekly minimum. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriam cards priced at 1.00, limited to 10 lines. Notices with admission charged and obituaries follow regular rates.
A fragmented clipping shows a satirical piece titled Rich's Pipe Dreams in a feed store setting with quirky lines about accounts and wind. The text includes jokes about girls made of glycerin and sulfur to naval shells, craftsman versus salesman, and a dated style of humor, ending with stray dialogue fragments.
A quirky collection of courtroom chatter and character vignettes unfolds as a visitor questions a prisoner who answers with his pen name 874238. The dialogue highlights blunt inquiries about identity and a comic miscue over a lemon pie.
The Progressive Home Study Club met at Martha Chapman’s home with 19 members and two visitors. An October silent auction was decided, with Helen Rothlisberger and Margar et Foxwell assigned to name articles. The program included singing, poems, a reading by Wilma Rothlisberger, a card smoke-basket demonstration, and take-away bingo. lunch was served.
Lt. Com. Warren C. Mitchell received the Coast Guard Commandant’s citation for Meritorious Performance of Duty. In 1952 he piloted a Coast Guard plane aiding a Pan American aircraft from Prestwick to Gander, guiding a safe landing on two engines amid near instrument conditions, preventing a ditching and probable loss of life. Mitchell, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grimes, recently moved from Argensia Newfoundland to Traverse City Michigan.
Mr and Mrs Richard Miller welcomed a son born Wednesday October fifth, adding a daughter and a son to the family. Rex Medberry and wife celebrated the birth of a son, their second. Saturday specials at Max Thoma’s include Peaberry coffee 36c per lb and peas No 2 can 10c. A public teachers reception at the school gym drew town residents and staff in welcome. Elgin High opened with a 20 to 0 football win over Elkader. Rev Tysdal and wife returned home Saturday after six weeks in Canada tending his interests.
The Elgin American Legion Auxiliary held its September meeting and reported on the fall conference at Oelwein October 25 with 298 attendees. Members rode in the parade and rural delegates attended the Moose Lodge banquet. Fayette County meeting participants and goals for 1953 were discussed. call for history records from charter members and secretary’s records dating to 1945.
Notice to Henry J Cook Martin A Jansen Christina Jansen and all others that Lot 26 Block 2 Union Addition Oelwein Fay ette County Iowa was sold for taxes for 1948 on December 5 1949 to Albert E Irvine and Minnie Irvine. Redemption period expires ninety days after service of this notice and a Treasurer s deed will be issued if not redeemed. Dated September 9 1952 Minnie B Irvine Executrix estate of Albert E Irvine deceased.
Entries report multiple births and new grandchildren. Robert Leo Senkier born Sept 23 in St. Paul to G H and Marion Lehman Senkier. James Brandon Reeder born Sept 27 at West Union hospital. Janet Kay Larson born Sept 11 in Minneapolis weighing 7 lb 11 oz. Steven Kenneth Halverson born Sept 17 at Palmer hospital West Union weighing 7 lb 5 oz. Thomas Paul Miller born Sept 24 in Oelwein weighing 6 lb 15 oz. Cindy Rae Schutte born Sept 28 at Postville hospital weighing 7 lb 12 oz.
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The Iowa old age and survivors insurance legislative study committee schedules eleven public meetings this month across the state to discuss rewriting pension laws. The program affects about 78 000 state county and municipal employees and recommendations will inform next session legislation. The section meeting is Oct 27 in Waterloo covering multiple counties. A taut clothes line under six feet is ideal for drying indoors or outdoors. National defense spending now exceeds 50 billion dollars annually.
The VFW posts in Oelwein and West Union launch another subscription drive to fund sickroom equipment. Proceeds support countywide access, stored at both locations under post direction. Transportation is provided by the user. Authorized solicitors carry letters signed by the Oelwein post commander.
Farmers have repeatedly benefited from delaying sales after bumper harvests. By storing corn through fluctuations in price and demand, producers secure higher returns as market conditions improve. Historical patterns show longer hold periods often yield premium prices versus immediate sales.
The reader is urged to install an electric motor in the elevator ahead of corn picking season to save time and improve efficiency during aforestated harvest activities.
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