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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1953

Page

4

For Sale Purebred Duroc Jersey stock hogs and household items

Classified items list purebred Duroc Jersey stock hogs cholera immune under Clarence Johnson near Clermont plus oil heater gas plate electric plate sewing machine and other furniture at Bennett apartment Clermont under Elizabeth Bauman. An insurance pitch offers polio and disease coverage with $10 family or $5 single rates via R P Strauch Klein agent dated the 48th.

Duroc Jersey Frank H. Lawson Postville Jersey Clarence Johnson Clermont Bennett Apt Elizabeth Bauman R. P. Strauch Klein

Court hears two volume land drainage case in Fremont county

Fremont county court prepares disposition of a two volume 832 page record in a farm drainage dispute between Wallace Dodd and Claire Blezek over a dike along a fence line. The case alleges water backing onto Dodd land during heavy rain destroying crops. The World War II state bonus program shows 81 claims paid in September with 509 of 257 747 still pending and 7 497 disallowed. A 1953 reform dissolved the World War II bonus board and moved duties to the state auditor. Des Moines juvenile officer Arvene Nelson urges raising driving age to 18, arguing current 16 year olds hold unrestricted licenses and delinquency is a concern.

Supreme Court Fremont County High Court Wallace Dodd Claire Blezek State Auditor Arvene Nelson Des Moines Welson

State nursing home fire alarms stance debated in Iowa

Iowa health officials told nursing home operators at a state convention that rushing them into automatic fire alarm installations is unlikely. A mimeographed letter had been misread as an immediate order to purchase alarms, prompting a controversy with operators. The state aims to raise protections gradually under Iowa law.

F. W. Pickworth State Health Department Division of Hospital Services Iowa Pickworth Zack Cook

Sunshine Club Meets on Wednesday With Rosena Wilker

The Volga News Sunshine Club held a Wednesday meeting with Rosena Wilker presiding. Eighteen members attended. guests included Mrs. Harry Reynolds and Mrs. Larry Newton. Remembrances were read for several members since the last meeting. Cards of thanks were read from several attendees. The next meeting will be with Tressa Robinson. Assistant hostesses were Ethel Huebsch, Gwendolyn Noack and Beulah Oldfather.

Sunshine Club Rosena Wilker Harry Reynolds Larry Newton Ted Everitt Mabel Parsons Wm. Ewing Wm. Morse Marge Kitterman Owen Rad Billy Pardee Mary Moore Popenhagen Tressa Robinson Ethel Huebsch Gwendolyn Noack Beulah Oldfather

Multifaceted Local Leader Seeks Des Moines City Council

N B Mike Wilson, a former Iowa highway patrol member now active in law practice, restaurants, auto services, private detective work, real estate and insurance, also teaches driving. Emergency levies for 1954 total 10.96 million across 696 subdivisions including 606 schools and 47 counties.

N. B Mike Wilson Iowa ‘Highway Patrol Bes Moines Towa State Comptroller's Office

Birth Announcement and Local Social Notes in Oelwein

Mr and Mrs Floyd Hoppes welcomed a 9 lb 2 oz son born Wednesday October 7. Mr and Mrs Walter Roys and Jeannette Roys visited Gays Mills Wisconsin Saturday. Mr and Mrs Fred Gernand and Mrs Louise Christeleit were guests of Henry Andreae in Oelwein Wednesday evening for Mr Andreae’s birthday. Worthy Matron W Oldfather attended an Eastern Star meeting in Strawberry Point Monday night. Tommy Robinson and Max Gernand were home from Luther and Ames for the weekend. Mr and Mrs Don Weger and family were dinner guests in the Hay Zwanziger home Sunday.

Floyd ‘Hoppes Walter Roys Jeanette Kenneth Roys Lyle Roys Gays Mills Wis Fred Gernand Louise Christeleit Henry Andreae Oelwein Andreae

Broadcaster’s Boy and the First Talking Machine Joke

A humorous fragment features a father and son debating who invented the talking machine. The father claims Edison made the first machine you could shut off while God made the first. The dialogue shifts to quips about vacationing at home, avoiding back seat drivers, and a Ozarks lady who has never seen an automobile.

Pop Ealigon God Edison Ozarks

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