Elgin Echo Note on Post Office Mail Matter
Notice from Elgin Echo stating mail is entered in the Elgin Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Strauch
Elginette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1941
Page
1
Advertising Rates and Notices in Local Paper
Advertisement rates listed for foreign display local display readers classified words payable in advance with commissions memorial cards and memoriam notices plus resolutions of respect church society school notices and obituary poetry all at regular rates. Names and context sparse. no dates or places provided.
Rich's Pipe Dreams in 1941 Ad Piece and Jokes
A fragmentary retrospective from the Sheldon Sun features satirical snippets, jokes, personal ads, and brief quips from 1941. It includes a found purse offer, humorous exchanges, anecdotes about wealth and manners, and short literary quips, plus light local notices and cartoonish style captions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Sun
Quotable Bits From Small Town Collected Wit
A collection of wry quips from Dalby Kansas and nearby editors. Jokes touch on printing, fashion rebellion over cotton hose, to lovers and parents, with a summer resort joke about indoor bridge. The tone mimics a humorous local column.
Remembering 1916 Echo Notes Local Notices
Taken from Oct 5 Echo files Emma Berger died at her Birmingham Washington home on Sept 26 burial set for Waverly Iowa Bertine Benson and two children left for Wisconsin to attend her father’s funeral Prof J E McCoy to officiate at Oelwein Dubuque game Berg Kohler added new awning at their store Opera house basement being fixed Otto Meisner work area brightening Paint and varnish brighten the area Otto Fuelling family visited Leslie Lehman Chas Greenley in Dubuque playing cornet with Elkeder band Mrs Yaelk assists Echo office F B Gilson’s son George broke his arm at school last Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Berger
Birmingham
Wash
Waverly
Iowa
Bertine Benson
Wisconsin
J. E. McCoy
Oelwein-Dubuque
Berg & Kohler
Opera House
Otto Meisner
Otto Fuelling
Farmersburg
Leslie Lehman
Chas. Greenley
Dubuque
Elkeder
H.d."yaelk
Echo Office
F. W. Hughes
George
H. B. Gilson
Highland
Local Real Estate Transfers Reported in Two Weeks Ending Oct 3
Local transfers recorded from W J Rogers abstract office show Wealthy M Snyder to Ruby Benson WD for 1.00 covering lots 5 to 12 in Conner's 2nd Ada Elgin. John H Moen and wife Hattie to Hazel Johnson WD for 500 covering blocks 1 to 12 and 29 to 24 in Clermont. W M Knox Treasurer to Fayette County TSD for 50.44 and 7 8 and 9 in Clermont. Fayette county TSD 7.48 and lots 5 6 in Clermont B 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Rogers
M. Snyder
Ruby Benson
L's
Conner
Ada Elgin
John H. Moen
Hattie
Hazel Johnson
L’s
Clermont
W. M. Knox
Fayette County
Fayete County
Elgin Echo Ownership and Local Bondholders 1941 Note
Statement of Ownership for Elgin Echo shows R. P. Strauch as owner and publisher with Mrs. F. W. Hughes named as a bondholder. Notary Samuel Mosby certified October 2, 1941. Also mention of Arnolds Park pupils canning vegetables and a Winterset football game incident involving Tonie Barrus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Strauch
Samuel Mosby
Arnolds Park
Iowa
Tonie” Barrus
Winterset
Harris
Petition to Build Electric Franchise in Fayette County
The Iowa State Commerce Commission set October 28, 1941, at 10:00 A.M. in Des Moines for a hearing on Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative Inc’s petition to erect and operate 7200 volt transmission lines across Fayette County lands and highways. Objections must be filed in triplicate at least five days before hearing. objectors should be represented with full authority. Dated September 20, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allamakee- Clayton Electric Cooperative, Inc
Postville
Iowa
Towa State Commerce Commission
M. Fayette County
Said Township
Range
Township Ninety-four
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Dez Moines
Des Moines
Like Father Like Son In Iowa Stumble Of Crutches
Al bert Mueller of Waverly broke his ankle on July 25 from a fall with grain bundles and uses crutches. His son then fractured a leg after crawling through a fence and also spends weeks on crutches. A. J. Neely of Grinnell once dreamed a wormion folk washing machine. O Dale Smith of Grinnell displayed an early model with Neely explaining its design. Traer lit street lighting was recently dedicated. Orlie McMurry of near Corydon returned to Centerville hospital after a car collision and cast repair with a cut lip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Mueller
Waverly
A. J. Neely
Grinnell
O. Dale Smith
Iowa
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Mr. Drake
Miss Duck
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Geo. L. McCaughan
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Ruth Pearson
Ruth
Malvern
Methodist Church
Mr. Neely
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Traer
K. C
Lena Baumgartner
Dear Reader
Elgin
Echo-Enterprise
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