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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
1
Classified line advertising offers Cards of Thanks In Memoriam entries and church notices Resolutions of Respect and obituary poetry priced at regular advertising rates, with admissions charged for notices where applicable.
The Town of Elgin Fayette County Iowa schedules a special election at Town Hall on November 8 1985 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to vote on Ordinance No 172 granting Central States Power and Light Corporation a 15 year franchise to erect operate and maintain an electric plant and distribution system within the town limits with rights of way and conditions for service public safety and arbitration provisions included.
Section 11 states the ordinance takes effect after passage approval and publication. Approved September 17 1985 by Mayor H F Becker and Town Clerk J H Harrington. Council order witnessed September 17 1936 with seal and signature of J Harrington.
A group gathering at A. S. Hoag’s home in Clayton County included A. Nesby of Petersburg Minnesota Halston Groth and J and F L Groth all aged 73 to 91. News notes report deaths marriages moves and local events including a Elgin Clermont baseball result 6 2 and multiple social visits and birthdays.
The paper explains a subscription rate of two per year cannot cover printing costs for six or eight page issues. It asks readers to patronize advertisers and mention their ads to help sustain the paper, noting many subscribers have delayed payments while urging continued support.
Despite September's warm dry sun Iowa's corn remains roughly ten days later than normal. The belated crop rushed toward maturity last month but farmers must exercise extreme caution in gathering seed corn this fall.
Hazel Gehring spent the weekend in Des Moines inspecting the state capital on her first White House visit. Arthur Chapman returned to his home Tuesday from Postville hospital where he has been since fracturing his leg and remains in a cast. Mrs John Johnson has been laid up with an infected hand for weeks after injuring it at the factory. The Echo lists greetings, visits, and minor illnesses among residents, including several local social calls and dinners with neighbors.
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