Want Ads and Local Notices Mix of Sales and Jobs
A condensed page lists Want Ad rates and various local notices. Items include sales of produce and goods, rental offers, staffing and service ads, and a fundraising update for the West Union Good Samaritan Home with totals by township and city and a planned open house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Elgin Echo
Dover
Union
Windsor
Wyria
Center
Pleasant Valley
Westfield
Clermont
Auburn
Hawkeye
Eldorado
Elgin
Fayette
Wadena
Good Samaritan
Elgin visitors and hometown notices from local column
Elgin residents and friends are seen at various events across Iowa. Highlights include W C Falk and Kent at the Iowa City Iowa State football clash, and several Florence area gatherings with West and Ruroden families in Quincy and Waterloo. A schedule of visits spans Chicago, Elgin IL, Berkeley CA, and St Petersburg FL, noting weddings and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Falk
Kent
Iowa City
Bonnie Lantz
BHS
USU
Don Fauser
Paul
Watler Stolfus
Oelwein
Harold
Beverly Cline
Waterloo
Don
Lawrence West
Amanda Ruroden
Leslie Ruraden
Cleo Moore
Gordon Ruroden
Estella Feller
Chicago
Elgin
Major Charles Murray
Virginia
Wesley Miller
Pasadena
Calif
Clermont
A. B. Jacob
Pittsburg
Detroit
Mich
W. J. Leighty
Margie Wilson
Berkeley
Lake Drive
Leighty
Allen Habeger
Eugene Habeger
Cedar Rapids
Leslie Buroden
W. M. West
Quincy
F. D. Welch
H. B. Todd
la Junta
Colo
George Vaughn
Manchester
Carl Torkelson
E. C. Larson
Wells
Minn
H. H. Wolf
Four County Medical Society
New Hampton Country Club
Tueday
Tidrick
John, Pulter
Charles Hillmer
Seattle
Wash
Wm. Baumgartner
Herman Helmer
St. Petersburg
Florida
Three year old Karen Skilbred Hurt in Highway Fall
Karen Skilbred, a Buffalo Center child aged three, escaped serious injury after tumbling from a moving family automobile on the highway at about 50 miles per hour. She sustained only minor bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Skilbred
Buffalo Center
Elderly man struck and killed by train at Graettinger station
Lars Solheim, an elderly resident, was killed on the Graettinger railroad street as a southbound freight train, moving slowly, approached the station. Witnesses say he appeared not to see the oncoming train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Lars Solheim
Former Swea City resident bitten by black widow
Margery Korsrud of St. Paul, formerly of Swea City, was bitten by a black widow spider while carrying fruit from a grocer. She lost consciousness within 48 hours and was hospitalized, but has since recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweasity
Margery Korsrud
St. Paul
Iowa Politics Are Now On The Move
Iowa politics moves with arrests and hearings as the governor urges apologies from officials. Civil defense training opens for a second session at the University of Iowa while 40 volunteers attend the first course. New dwelling construction in August declines by about one million dollars from a year earlier, with valuation at 4.39 million. The Iowa State Tax Commission to close nine district offices as part of a statewide reorganization, with duties shifted to Des Moines and other central offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa State Tax Commission
Commission
Des Moines
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Davenport
Council Bluffs
Iowa highway patrol chief backs statewide speed limit
Iowa State Patrol Chief S. N. Jesperson said a state wide speed law for highways is advisable but left it to the legislature. He noted no action was taken last session on maximum speed limits. Current Iowa law requires driving at a reasonable and prudent speed, with trucks already limited by existing state rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Highway Patrol
S. N. Jesperson
Towa
Broken Back F XK Dettering Falls in Bancroft
83 year old Bancroft resident Dettering slipped on a wet board and suffered a broken back. X ray and examination revealed a fractured vertebrae and he will be in a cast indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. XK. Dettering
Bancroft
Humorous Quips and Quips From Everyday Life
A collection of sharp witted lines and jokes about neighbors honesty judges and everyday scenes. A lawyer questions a farmer about truthfulness while the waiter jokes with a Washington judge and a girl reaches adulthood under watchful eyes. The snippets include speeders called sportsmen and a tale of a battleship tattoo turning into a rowboat.
Also Mentioned on This Page
ECHO
Henry Gisleson
Luana
Echo Office
Avalon
Esther Oolberg
Poland
China
Wm. Nelson, Jr
Echo Stationery
Prang
Capper
New Zealand
Norris Capper
Postville
Ang Knuckle
Falb & Light
Ole M. Blockhus
Samson and Delilah
Avalon Theater
Alfred Baechler
Enforcer
Hanson Mechanical Trade School
Box
Fargo
Lulu Schmid
Dial
Elgin, BP
John McMillan
Westinghouse
Bess Blake
Phon
Mutual Casualty Co
R. P. Strauch
Loval
Dial 4711
Cargill
Elgin Produce
Elgin Territory
Buce
Mellville-Clarke
Walter Durscher
Enen
Smith-Corona
Ben Bauman
Joe Dinan
DELCO
McDonald
Kohler Heat Coleman
M_DONALD
E. W. Hilgeman
Clermont Farmers Savings Bank
L. Lien
Allis-Chalmers
Andrew Dummermuth
Spi
Norge
Ralph Triem
Rev
Franke
Noel Brockway
Elgin, Iowa
Jefferson
Richardson
John Tillotson
Green Colonial Furnace Service
Wal
Trusty
Warden
Washington
John
Schori
Kuster
Elgin, Jowa
West Union Auction Exch
G. W. Alderson
Elmer Halverson
Kenneth Baldwin
Orvin Thompson
Otis Rothlisberger Farm
Massey-Harris
Torkelson Motor Co
Rotary Hog
Elgin Cooperative
MAX Medberry
Mgr
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