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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1953
Page
1
The Elgin Echo from Elgin Fayette County Iowa operates as a weekly newspaper published every Thursday by Strauch and Herman. It is registered as second class mail matter since September 1 1891 at the Elgin post office under the March 3 1652 act.
Advertising rates list Meeders per line at 20 cents with ten cent Want Ads and minimums. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriam cards priced at one dollar, limited to ten lines. Resolutions and paid obituaries follow regular ad rates. blind ads and inquiries incur minimum charges per week.
A collection of quips and vignettes ranges from a psychologist’s warning about keeping to oneself to humorous lines about taxes prediction weather and aging. It features a world series crowd cue a whale price joke a golfer caddy exchange Newlywed humor bricklayer mishap antiques gag and an elderly congregant urging quiet exit etiquette.
A farmer's grandpa buys a mule that won’t respond to commands. A professional trainer whacks the mule with a plank twice trying to gain attention, prompting the grandpa to ask if the trainer intends to kill the mule. The trainer answers that he must first get the animal's attention.
Official notice reports sale of real estate in Fayette County Iowa to Mary Winnifred Schmid for 2000 dollars. The East 26 feet of Lot 7 Block 1 Elgin is to be approved by the District Court at 10:00 a.m. October 22, 1953 in West Union Court Room unless a higher bid is received. Traeger Crawford attorneys for Referee.
State of Iowa Fayette County notice says on October 26 1953 an instrument claimed to be the last will and testament of Alvina Frieden deceased will come for hearing before the District Court for admission to probate Dated West Union Iowa October 19 1958 Herbert D Klammer Clerk.
Iowa buyers bid up prices as feeder cattle are abundant, with demand driving a stronger market. Feedling costs remain similar to last year while supply outpaces prior levels. Northwestern cattlemen hold cattle awaiting higher prices, and good feed plus potential weather may push volumes soon.
Oscar Seumgartner known as Pat, born August 2, 1887 on a farm near Elgin, died October 8 at his Elgin area farm after years of heart trouble. He never married and is survived by three brothers and a sister, with a large extended family. Funeral held at Myria church with burial in Apostolic cemetery. relatives from many towns attended, and a card of thanks followed.
The Elgin Echo Elgin Iowa weekly, Oct 1 1953, lists publishers R P Strauch and James Hermen, editor and managing editor R P Strauch, business manager R P Strauch, owners R P Strauch and James Hermen, with 1520 average copies sold. sworn Oct 1 1953 before Notary R Kohler.
Farmers report big potato yields with late varieties planted in July and a Canning Factory near Elgin employing about thirty workers after starting carrot canning this year. A hill yielded 46 potatoes filling a ten quart pail. The newly formed school band directed by Rudolph Jorgenson gave its first public appearance in town prior to a football game.
Elgin families led by Mr and Mrs Elmer Larson enjoyed a birthday picnic Sunday with relatives including Elgin Osborns and Ossian trip to join in Henry and Larson 40th anniversary. Calls in Mrs Keisers home brought Schupbach Potratz Schupiach Zimmerman Louise Falk Hanson DeSart. Gust Gilbertson Luella visited North Dakota relatives with Rev Harvey Gilbertson attending a church anniversary and Loren Olson Roy Johnson homes near Litchville North Dakota.
Savanna and West Union residents hosted relatives and friends over the weekend. Visitors included Mrs Amelia Seiger, Mr and Mrs Elmer Larson, Mr and Mrs Clarence Olson, Mrs Cora Hallowell, and many others calling on households in Sumner Postville Elgin Clermont and Pepin. Evening dinners and hospital visits were noted among these social rounds.
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