State Car Dispatch Overhaul Aims to End Personal Use
Town Press Assn reports state vehicles will be restricted to state business under a new system. Car dispatchers will track each car, issue triplicate requisitions, and require drivers to use designated service stations that accept charge accounts. Reforms include mileage logs and centralized billing, with earlier personal use forbidden.
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Town Press Assn
George W. Hesalroad
Board of Education
State Highway Commission
Local R. E. A. Lines Crew Expands Near Lima
Work on the R. E. A. lines progresses with Lou Dennier Will Lerch Richard Gehring Sam Howard Chas Odegard and Paul and Harry Larson among the crew from the vicinity. Some workers from here had started but quit or were replaced.
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Lou Dennier
Will Lerch
Richard Gehring
Sam Howard
Chas, Odegard
Paul
Harry Larson
Lima
Pleasant Valley Township AAA Officers Re elected
Pleasant Valley soil conservation members held a Monday evening election at Elgin town hall and retained the same officers for the past year. Chairman Arthur Chapman, Vice Chairman Archie Howard, 3rd Member Edwin Bauman, 1st Alternate Earl Kiple, 2nd Alternate Eddie Krueger, Delegate Rubert Wilson, Alternate Max Medbverry. Robert Wilson spoke on the program but could not predict next year terms as details are to be finalized later in the year.
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Pleasant Valley Soil Conservation
Elgin Town Hall
Arthur Chapman
Archie Howard
Edwin Bauman
Earl Kiple
Eddie Krueger
Rubert Wilson
Max Medbverry
Robert Wilson
Promptness Pleases Publisher in Elgin Subscriptions
Carl Blockhus from route one Elgin paid his subscription yesterday noting it is common for others to pay on time. The writer recalls readers who renew the same day their subscription expires and jokes about a long discarded card showing the pattern.
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Carl Blockhus
Route One
Elgin
Mr. Had
Elgin Well Finds Water At Forty-Eight Feet
H H Gilbertson completed a new well for Homer Dill in the west part of Elgin Tuesday and found good water at a depth of 48 feet. There are 18 feet of standing water in the well. Mr. Gilbertson plans to move big outfit to Dyersville next Monday for a drilling job. Rudy Yunker is putting a new roof on his home along Franklin street. Jacob Lehman is building a new porch on Main Street and Perry Larson is doing repair work. Elgin homeowners have done a lot of repairing this year.
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H. H. Gilbertson
Homer Dill
Elgin
Mr. Gilbertson
Big Outfit
Dyersville
Rudy Yunker
Franklin Street
Jacob Lehman
Main Street
Perry Larson
Franklin
Dinner at St. Pauls M. E. Church Draws 200
Over 200 people attended the Sunday dinner at St. Pauls M. E. Church with 178 adults and 46 children served. It was planned as a stag male cook event, but the Ladies’ Aid lent help with cooking and arrangements, while the male waiters managed without outside assistance.
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St. Paul's M. E
Elgin
Smale
Illyria Farm Bureau Women Elect Officers
Illyria Farm Bureau Women met at the Foxwell home to elect officers for the coming year and plan the homemakers open meeting. Township chairman Mrs. Chas Gehringer presided. Elected were W. Rothlisberger as township chairman, Harold Strong as vice chairman, Ella Foxwell as publicity chair, Ruth Rothlisberger as assistant, and Joe Dinan as music chairman. The homemakers open meeting was held Oct 4 at Illyria church basement with music and a tapaby program led by Mrs Gilmes.
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Woman's Project
Illyria
Foxwell
Chas
Gehring
Rothlisberger
Harold Strong
World tour talk and panel discussion details
The text lists a talk by Mrs. F. W. Hughes in Elgin on her world tour and a panel discussion led by Miss Veils featuring Mrs. Earl Kiple Mrs. Max Medberry Mes. Eva Ernst Mrs. J. H. Wilson Mrs. Joe Dinan and Ella Fox Well, outlining participants and leadership.
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Thelma Veils
F. W. Hughes
Elgin
Earl Kiple
Max Medberry
Eva Ernst
J. H. Wilson
Joe Dinan
Ella Foxwell
Miss Veils
Pheasant Season Opens Three Days in Iowa Counties
Fayette county joins thirty-six counties for a three day pheasant hunting season this year. Open dates are November 12 13 and 14 from noon to 5 pm. River counties are closed. The Iowa Conservation Commission said more counties may be opened before the season begins.
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Fayette County
Iowa Conservation Commission
Prices Received by Town Farmers Fall Month Ends Sept 18
Moderate to sharp price increases hit Town farmers for nearly all farm commodities in the month ending Sept 18. Of about 40 items reported only three held steady from Aug 15 and three declined slightly. Town corn averaged 48 cents per bushel at local markets on Sept 15, up 12 cents from a month earlier. Livestock prices rose across most classes except sea a.
Market Report Shows Steady Sheep and Lamb Prices
Prices for TEL and lambs are listed at 80 and 70 cents, respectively. Sheep hold steady at the Aug. 15 average of $3.50 per hundredweight, indicating market stability for the wool and meat trade.
Box Eider Bugs Are Here Again
The box eider bugs return as a fall nuisance crawling indoors through tiny openings. Cold weather kills most, but some survive to trouble residents again in spring. The history of these bugs is unclear and many people first saw them about six years ago.
Walter Christen Returns Home From Hospital
Walter Christen, who had been a patient at the Postville hospital for three weeks, returned home Thursday and is improving though hand healing will take time. A portion of two fingers was removed. doctors expect no further trouble. Alden Pinney of the Scott County Democrat issued a five section Neighbor Day edition for Oct. 5.
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Walter Christen
Postville Hospital
Alden Pinney
Scott County
Democrat
Upper Town
WOI
WSUI
Wayne Spalding
Norman D. Marshall
Louis Malloy
Local Doctors Join in Immunization Campaign
The Iowa State Medical Society and the Iowa State Department of Health urged county societies to support a smallpox vaccination drive. Fayette County Medical Society voted to participate by observing prevention days from October 30 to November 11 offering vaccines at special rates to boost immunization toward near universal coverage.
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Iowa State Medical Society
Iowa State Department of Health
Fayette County
Local Campaign Partners Aid Community Health Program
Jerdee, Clermont, an Wolf, Elgin join forces with the County Medical Society and schools to run a cooperative health protection program. School authorities will schedule appointments so no resident is left without coverage. Clayton county residents near Elgin Clermont are invited to participate.
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Jerdee
Clermont
An Wolf
Elgin
County Medical Society
Clayton County
Elgin-Clermont
Klingman's Sorghum Factory Near Midseason Work
Klingman's sorghum factory at Wadena is about halfway through the season. They have produced 3,600 gallons and expect 6,000 to 8,000 gallons for the run. The season lasts about two months and six to eight people are employed during cooking season.
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Klingman
Wadena
Pay Taxes to Yourself Says Roosevelt Plea
The Northwood Anchor quotes a plea urging taxpayers to direct tax payments to themselves rather than to the county. It notes the approach as a challenge to comply with tax collection time and references President Roosevelt’s statement about owing debts to the American people.
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Roosevelt
Northwood
Storage Bin Bursts and Spills 25 000 Bu of Corn
A recently erected storage bin at the G. F. Wilde elevator in Fonda burst Thursday afternoon, spilling about 25 000 bushels of shelled corn. The accident toppled a box car on the Milwaukee track on the west side of the bin, according to the West Bend Journal.
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G. F. Wilde
Fonda
Milwaukee
West Bend Journal
Dr John R Mott to Speak in Postville on World Situation
Dr John R Mott of New York City will deliver an address on Some Aspects of the Present World Situation at the Postville opera house on Monday Oct 9 at 8 00 p m This is his first visit to Postville in several years Mott is known as a leader of the International Y M C A and organizer of YMCA work during the first world war
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John R. Mott
New York City
Postville Opera House
Towa Indiana Open Big Ten Football Race
Iowa and Indiana meet to open the 1939 Big Ten season in Hawkeye Stadium as Edward Anderson leads Iowa against a strong Hoosier squad in a clash expected to feature fast veterans and many passes. Nile Kinnick is in a featured triple role as fans anticipate a close, high scoring battle.
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Iowa
Indiana
Hawkeye Stadium
Edward Anderson
Hawkeye
Hoosier
Indiana Faces Kicking Battle With Close Game Expected
The report notes Indiana has two reliable place-kickers while the opposition expects to tire Kinniel with drop kicks if the game stays tight.
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Cee
Kinniel
Indiana
National Youth Administration Offers Public Service Projects
The National Youth Administration sponsors public service projects employing youths aged 18 to 25 for up to sixty hours monthly. Pay is 24 cents per hour. Designed to help graduates recent from high school gain life-ready job skills with community sponsorship and supervision of public projects.
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National Youth Administration
Illyria Ladies Aid Dinner Menu and Prices
The Illyria Ladies Aid will serve a chicken dinner on Friday evening starting at 6:00 PM until served. Menu includes Fried Chicken Potatoes and Gravy Beef a la mode Apple Salad Creamed Peas Pickles Apple and Pumpkin Pie and Coffee. Adults 35 cents Children 15 cents. Supt. and Mrs Janssen and daughter Mrs Jim Bemis and two children Miss MacIntire all of Alpha were guests last Thursday at the R F Hedemann home. Mrs E L Bucher and her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Carl Sherman of Kansas City visited. Mr Barthell and Max Bishop of Elkader were Elgin visitors last Thursday. Emma Bishop accompanied them and spent the day with her sister Mrs J Schricker. Mr and Mrs Paul Patel and a family of St Paul Minn and Mr and Mrs Ernest Grimm and family were visitors in Elgin Sunday.
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Illyria Ladies’ Aid
Janssen
Jim Bemis
MacIntire
Alpha
R. F.hedemann
E. L. Bucher
Carl Sherman
Kansas City
Visi
Hulda Stoehr
Barthell
Max Bishop
Elkader
Elgin
Emma Bishop
J.schricker
Paul Patel
St. Paul, Minn
Ernest Grimm
Purity Payments Made to Fayette County Farmers
Fayette county committee distributed the first parity payment corn checks to Pleasant Valley and north Ilys township farmers last Wednesday evening. The first payment was six cents per bushel with about 85 percent of county farmers taking part and an expected total near $400000 for the year. The balance and a second payment of nine cents per bushel plus other crop allowances are to follow before January first.
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Robert Wilson
Pleasant Valley
North Ilystla Township
Fayette County
Local Firemen Invited To State School Friday
State and municipal authorities urge members of the local fire department to attend the state district Fire school in Earlville on Friday Oct 6 starting at 1 o clock in the afternoon and lasting into the evening topics include volunteer fire drills and common school topics of interest to volunteers
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Earlville
Lo'clouk
Aaila
Co Sponsors Named for Iowa School Program
The engineering extension division of Iowa State College the State Fire Marshal s office the Iowa Insurance Service Bureau and the Iowa Fire Chief s association co sponsor the program.
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Engineering Extension Division
Iowa State College
The
State Fire Marshal's Office
Iowa Insurance Service Bureau
Iowa Fire Chief's Association
Prisoner Escapes While Being Taken To Jail at West Union
Burt Johnson age 27, in custody for February 7 burglary of County Treasurer Knox's office, broke away from deputies Archer and Hanson Friday about 3 a.m. near the West Union jail. A 20 man posse searched the area north of town but found no trace of him. Johnson has prior sentences from Anamosa and Fort Madison.
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Burt Johnson
West Union
Archer
Hanson
Johnson
Knox
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Feller's Hardware Tops Weekly Sales Record
Credit for Advertising Boosts Copper Clad range sales at Fellers Hardware after a special Echo sale. He praises the combo of good merchandise and strong advertising, noting the remarkable week and Echo’s role in promoting the results.
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Feller
Echo
The
Poll Tax Due For 1939 Prompt Payment Advised
Mayor Weibel urges citizens to pay the $3.40 poll tax for 1939 promptly to avoid penalties. Chas Capper recently returned from Chicago after attending the National Legion convention with D. R. Roberts and other West Union Legion members. Advertising is an investment.
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Chas. Capper
Chicago
National Legion Convention
D. R. Roberts
West Union Legion
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