Elgin News Highlights Local Moves And Social Gatherings
Dr L L Hutchinson of Elgin marks 22 years in practice while Elizabeth Schupbach travels to Posts ville for a job at Koevenig cafe. Will Walther Leo visit Elgin from Elkader. Grace Medberry starts work in Schrader barber shop and beauty parlor in Oelwein. Cedar Rapids visitors Josephine Kniel Edna Hunsberger Clara Miller and Florence Gehring split weekends between Cedar Rapids and Clermont. Ruth Mosby celebrated her fifteenth with a surprise party hosted by her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Kniel
Edna Hunsberger
Clara Miller
Florence Gehring
Cedar Rapids
Guy Probert
Clermont
Ruth Mosby
How Long Can It Last Farmers Face Tax Burden And Waste
Farmers and business people in the United States confront heavy local taxation, with annual tax outlays equaling half of savings bank deposits. The piece notes taxes exceed the value of crops on 6.5 million farms, and the wheat crop alone could cover a year of state expenditures. It cites industrial leadership but insufficient net corporate income to meet local government costs. In a separate note, a truckload of fish from Lansing was dumped into the Volga river near a railroad bridge, with a yearlong fishing ban to follow and fish and game wardens expected to issue formal notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Volga
Lansing
State Fish and Game Warden
Ioad
Catfish Fayette Leader
Alfalfa Tops Iowa Hay Crop Tests at ISU
Alfalfa shows the highest yield among Iowa crops in tests at Iowa State College with an average of 3 1 2 tons per acre, while alsike ranks lowest. Mammoth red clover comes second, followed by medium red, biennial white and biennial yellow sweet clovers. To maximize results, alfalfa should be cut no more than twice in the first year and three times after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa State College
Social Evening at Eclipse Rebekah Lodge Meets Tonight
Eclipse Rebekah Lodge holds its next regular monthly social evening tonight with a picnic lunch. Members are urged to attend. the gathering runs through winter and spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eclipse Rebekah Lodge
Elgin Echo Classifieds and Local Notices Sampler
A dense string of local ads and notices from Elgin echo the town market. Items include hardware and fence materials from Fellers Hardware, mill bags wanted from Weibel Mill Co, seed rye requests, farm and home for rent, used office equipment, and sale listings for livestock. Also present are theater chatter, a missing truck end gate, and a note on a proposed men's gym class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez M. Cook
City Drug Store
Feller
Strutwear
Echo
Hutchinson
Elgin
Weibel Mill Company
Elgin Corporation
John Falk
Iowa
Aatie
Weibel Mill Co
Good Farm
C. F. Bush
Minneapolis
Minn
Echo Print Shop
Sunkist
Elmer H. Larsen
Guernsey
Jakie
Town
Elgin Echo
H. B. Brackin
J.B. Brackin
Stack Kills Eight Cattle on Dan Mahoney Farm
A storm last Thursday blew over a straw stack on the Dan Mahoney farm near Nashua, burying eight cattle including two milk cows and six calves. The Mahoneys, not yet moved in, learned of the loss the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stack
Nashua
Dan Mahoney
Henry Malley
Mrs. Mahoney
Fayette resident dines with Shaffers and Kohler home on weekend
C. W. Dyer of Fayette dinner guest Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Shaffer. W. J. Kohler, a plumber in Manchester, was at home over Sunday with his family. Mrs. Fred Gehring returned Sunday from Strawberry Point after three weeks with her son. Mr. Gehring stayed longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Benson
Clermont
Mary Goetz
Henderson Stock Co
Opera House
Elgin Furniture Store
L. B. Mattoon
Adolph Kuevenig
Postville
John DeSart
Frida Freiburghaus
Lovella Gulsow
Edgewood
Fred C. Muehlethaler
Geo. N. Schori
Ed Labar
Halver Torkela
Bertha Hofer
Quincy
Ilinois
Main Street
Mel Kohler
Betty
Elmer Schori
Carl
St. Ansgar
United States Department of Agriculture
Lana Henderson
Elgin Ladies
Chicago
Casper
the Echo
Miss Cook
Bertha Mealey
Connor’s
Hans Keiser
Bertha M. Lang
Aplington
G. E. Hasinga
Sheffield
Town Baptists
Laver
C. W. Dyer
Fayette
J. D. Shaffer
W. J. Kohler
Manchester
Fred Gehring
Strawberry Point
Mr. Gehring
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J. W. Bopp
Mian Bileie Smith
West Union
C. 8. Kniel
Elgin Opera House
Wm. F. Miller
John Gilbert
Ernest Torrence
Joan Crawford
SUN
Lois Moran
Lyle DePulte
Jack Mulhall
William Collier, Jr
Paramount
Herbert Brenon
Ben Hur
Clara Bow
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R. P. Strauch
Payette County
Oelwein
Tangle Foot
Hofstra Y
Price On
Oxfords
van Camp
Mazda
Max Thoma
Qle
Halver Anson
North Dakota
O. K
John Falb
J. A. Boleyn
Elgin, Iowa
Elgin Savings Bank
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