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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1959
Page
4
The Edwin Frieden family thanks Elgin professionals and businessmen for the $100 jackpot won last Saturday night. Mrs Matilda Christianson expresses gratitude for cards and letters received during hospitalization from friends, relatives and neighbors.
At Wadena on Friday October 2, 120 consignors sold 649 head to 78 buyers with feeders and cattle priced from 23 to 31.50 for steers and 19 to 30.50 for heifers, sheep at 14 to 18, calves up to 34, and cows and bulls priced accordingly. At Ossian on Monday October 5, 495 head from 97 consignors sold to 69 buyers with prices for choice cattle around 27.50 to 30.10 and calves up to 34, with heifers and other grades quoted.
The document lists price ranges for cattle and beef, noting utilities and commercial figures at 10 dollars and 16 to 16.50 dollars, canners and cut ogna at 16.50, beef at 20 to 20.40, steers at 23 to 25.50 depending on grade, and heifers priced from 22 to 24 dollars for good and 24 to 24.00 for choice grades.
A Fayette county campaign announces the slogan Give one day's pay the United Way. C. W. Grimes outlines the plan to 40 captains as drives in Fayette county begin with Waterloo and Cedar Rapids publicity. About 400 workers will conduct a door to door push. The county quota is 20 183 with a kickoff dinner reservations due by Oct 9 and a one week drive ending Oct 20.
Workers for Pleasant Valley include Ivan Anderson Cliff Wilson Max Medberry Herbert Ash Wilson Patterson Edward Krueger Walter Follett Connor Dumm ermuth and Walter German. Town quotes show Clermont $1 560 Clermont township $822 town of Elgin $1 764 Pleasant Valley township $810 town of Adena $684 Syria township $762 town of Arlington $1 638 Fairfield township $18 Putnam township $828 00 Scott township $738 Smithfield township $738
Clayton County Extension calendar lists events in October including Mrs Buena Mockmore at Volga school on Monday afternoon and evening. On Thursday October 18 there is Girls 4 H leaders training at Guttenberg and Friday October 18 Elkader hosts activities.
Glenn Reierson has recently purchased the registered Brown Swiss bull Golden Dawn's Maestro G. 135357 from Leslie Anderson of Castalia.
Lonnie E Baker listed new addresses with US 55654 573 and 108th Engineer's Battalion. CA APO 046. New York NY appears as location. No date or additional context provided.
Fragmentary OCR data shows names Pe Alvin Stewart and Mrs Edith Dean with several addresses in Orlando Seattle and Clermont along with parcel identifiers and lot blocks. Readable items reference transfers or property adjacency and a couple moving between Elgin and Sutter Add. Overall content is incomplete and lacks coherent narrative.
Joseph F Leehy transfers 240A segments in blocks 14 and 23 to Laverne R Swenson and wife. Frieden's Welding Service in Elgin owned by Dwayne Frieden listed. George A Belschner and wife also named in real estate transfer notices.
License to wed granted in Elgin and West Union with new car registration notes for Osterhus Richard E. Clermont Rambler Sedan.
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