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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
1
The Elgin Echo weekly edition published by R P Strauch notes its Thursday issue and post office filing as second class mail matter in Elgin Fayette County Iowa.
An ad rate notice lists Foreign Display eight cents per inch, Local Display per inch, Readers per line, and Classified per word. It notes commissions and standard rates for Cards of Thanks, In Memoriam, and Resolutions of Respect, plus charges for admission events and poetry in church society notices.
A jumble of jokes, quips, and social notes spans humorous barbs at manners and editorials on freedom. The column catalogs puns about marriage, aging, and daily life, with brief items on local readers, a postmaster trip, a brick yard idea, and a funeral in Elgin.
They traveled by car and reported the ride and roads were fine.
Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session with all members present. Minutes of prior meeting read and approved and bills presented audited and allowed for labor supplies and services including Pinney Luchsinger Dawson Grimes Sutter Lehman Morien and others. Cited practice of keeping all animals out of the orchard to prevent damage to trees and crops.
The WCTU county convention at Fayette reported full representation and strong outcomes. Guests included state president Mrs Harriette McCullough of Des Moines and national organizer Rev Ada May Hagler of Evanston Ill. Officers named for the coming year are Mrs Etta Nutting Elgin president Mrs Florence Barker West Union vice president Mrs Susie Hettler Fayette secretary and Mrs Alice Burnside Oelwein treasurer.
Freddie Hanson tops the season as champion duck hunter. A Friday river flock brought five blue-winged teal after a successful hunt, while farmer John Sharp near Postville suffered a fatal neck injury from a Saturday night hunting accident near the creamer y. Weed reports from Moe Lame of Jay Colgrove, Cedar Rapids, note a buy is pending.
The Swastika Club of Arlington renames after thirty years, adopting "Jolly Neighbors Club" due to Hitler era associations. Also notes on WCTU educational booth, Sunday services at 2:30, Bangs disease precautions for cattle, onions for long storage, and tulip bulb shipment halt with no expected near-term shipments.
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