For Sale and Notice Classifieds Dominating Echo
A crowded classified page lists Want Ad rates, farm notices, and sale offers. Entries include For Sale Pure bred Shorthorn bulls Erickson Bros Postville and several housing and livestock listings across Elgin Clermont West Union Sedalia New Hampton and more with prices such as 18 each for pure bred spring boars and 7.50 per dry oak cord wood. Also notices on hunting trespass farm restrictions and rheumatism remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Brackin
Elgin
Tax Reduction Meeting At Fayette County Assembly Room
A well attended tax reducing meeting in the Fayette County courthouse assembly room West Union heard Senator J H Hager and Representative Thora Thompson outline the issue. Howard Fuller was chosen chair and Paul Stewart secretary with plans to trim county expenses and proposals to reduce public officer salaries to 1913 levels and eliminate county aid to the farm bureau. The group will make recommendations to Des Moines and Washington, urging reduced clerk hire and retirements from public service where possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
West Union
J. H. Hager
Waukon
Thora Thompson
Senator Hager
Howard Fuller
Oelwein
Paul Stewart
Maynard
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Fayette County
Congress
Washington
Union
Milk Bottle Theft Case Leads to Serious Charge
E. H. Koehler was charged today on two counts with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The case stems from a milk bottle larceny ring begun two weeks ago and continued after a prior delay. County Attorney Martin Cooney alleges Koehler paid two delivery boys five cents each for milk bottles taken from homes of competing dairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Koehler
J. E. Fitch
Martin Cooney
Koehler
Reinhardt and
Wickham
Argo-Gazette
Measuring Sunshine at London Air Ministry
In London the air Ministry daily measures sunshine using a glass ball that lets sunlight burn a paper beneath it. The mark on the paper is used to compute how much sunlight penetrates the city.
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London
Air Ministry
Postville sees near nine inches rainfall in September
Fred Williams reports Postville's official gauge recorded 6.07 inches by Monday with yesterday's rain pushing September totals close to nine inches. The droughty summer made residents hope for more rain in October, as noted in the Postville Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Williams
Postville
Postville Herald
Ember day wind forecast predicts mild winter
A. Decker of west Bay City Wis bases forecasts on Ember days saying the wind circuited from east to east and back. He predicts the next three months will be mild with not enough snow for sleighing after correctly predicting mild weather last Ember day in 1980.
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Zumbro Falls
Ownership Statement for Elgin Echo 1931 October 1
Official record listing ownership management and circulation for the Elgin Echo weekly at Elgin Iowa. Editor Managing Editor Business Manager Publisher Owner R P Strauch Elgin Iowa. Bondholders and security holders include Mrs F W Hughes Elgin Iowa. Sworn before Notary Public B J Baumgartner October 2 1931.
Ancient Arizona irrigation used by Native peoples
Early Spanish travelers observed Indian communities in Arizona managing water via ditch systems for irrigation long before European contact, highlighting sophisticated precolonial hydraulic practices.
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Arizona
US farmer plans vacation by buying wheat for next year
A Kansas farmer holds this year's wheat in his granaries and, hoping for price stability, plans to take a full year off. He bought 2,500 bushels at 2.50 per bushel, anticipating no price rise. if prices rise, his ahead position would profit, otherwise the same as farming.
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Chicago
Kansas
City's golf champions are husband and wife
The West Union Country Club championship saw Mrs Lorenz BE Schatz win the women's title in the finals against Mrs John E Rush, matching her husband’s earlier victory. The two trophy winners will share the same household shelf this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Lorenz BE. Schatz
John E. Rush
Argo-Gazette
Revival meetings in Elgin Baptist church schedule
Revival meetings at Elgin Baptist Church run October 13 to 28. Mrs Harbara Whittenbach of Maniterville Wisconsin visited the Rudy Yunker home last week. An exchange notes the dissolution of a partnership with two named principals and invites creditors to settle with the appropriate party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Baptist
Harbara Whittenbach
Manterville, Wis
Rudy Yunker
Mose Skinner
Mose
Local Affair Names Lizzie Ford and the Dodge Brothers
The Echo reports a scandal involving a well known local girl in a nighttime incident with two men. Police have investigated, and after pressure to publish names, the paper reveals Lizzie Ford and the Dodge Brothers as the implicated parties to prevent innocent suspicion.
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Magee
Echo
Mins Lizzie Ford
Dodge Brothers
Mrs Cooley reports Ann Cooley improving fine
Mrs Will Cooley of Decorah sent a card Monday morning to Mrs Rudy Lehman saying Ann Cooley is getting along just fine. She enjoys auto rides and is always eager to be taken out riding.
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Mra
Rudy Lehman
Will Cooley
Decorah
Ann Cooley
New Baptist Society Names Sabitha at First Meeting
The first meeting of the new Baptist church society met September 30 at Mrs. win Kruger's home. The group elected the name Sabitha and planned mission work with the constitution read and accepted. Next gathering is October 21 at Esther Duracher's home with sewing and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Society For the Baptist Church
Win Kruger
Hans Grether
Alfred Wenger
Jesus
Karl Miller
Esther Duracher
Mia
Earl Kipley
Metta Buser
Loftsgard and Helmer families attend Decorah picnic
Mr and Mrs Halver Loftsgard Mr and Mrs Helmer Loftsgard and family Edwin Loftagard Kenneth Hel lum Mr and Mrs Leonard Lofstuen and family Mrs O Erickson and son John Mr and Mrs 1 8 Hilberg and family Mrs N Arveson and Julia An finton of Decorah were among those who attended a picnic at the Toller Larson home at Decorah on last Sunday Read the Echo Ads It pays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halver Loftsgard
Helmer Loftsgard
Edwin Loftagard
Kenneth Hellum
Leonard Lofstuen
O. Erickson
John
Hilberg
N. Arveson
Julia Anfinton
Decorah
Toller Larson
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HH. F. Robbins
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Broadway
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Olaf O
Herg
E. E. Bear
McMasters-McDonough
Wm. Pritchard
Walter Pritchard
Vera Nyborg
Poland
Ed Bauder
Eling Benson
New
J. E. Klingman
Sam Yost
Iowa
March Forrow
L. Hunsberger & Son
China
Bauder
Alfred Jacobs
The
Birth Control Review
Madison Ave
New York
N. Y
C. W. Wetherbee
Duroc
Jersey
Elmer H. Larson
Echo Office
Elmer H. Largon
Chester White Boats
Sowa
New Hampton
J. W. Weigel
Weks
United
Softsgard Garage Gander
Jewn
Allis
Galmers
Bere
Er City
Husband
Optometrist
C. W. Heiserman
West Union, Iowa
ASN
Schumacher
WEIBEL MILL_ COMPANY
Torkelson Bros
Elgin Echo
the Buyer
S Guide
Post Office
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