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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1941
Page
1
Elgin notes show panhandlers thinning out amid business district crackdown. A traveling family with two kids reportedly used a trailer for begging to Wisconsin, prompting calls for regulation. Observations on public behavior and quotes from locals reflect frustration with poverty, advertising, and delayed farming.
Plasterers apply second coat at Savings Bank while T. W. Dean and sons lease Falb garage shop for machine work and auto repairs. Local thieves grow bolder stealing cheese bricks from Ed Grimm as farmers report more thefts. Harry Nicklaus returns from Cedar Rapids business college ready to begin his career. Mrs. Capper improves after illness. Dr. Fothergill and wife visit their son Claude in Monticello. Tim Thoman of Ilyria and Enos Howard of Pleasant Valley listed among area shot-prevalent activities.
Official notice announces a petition by Allamakee Clayton Electric Cooperative to erect operate and maintain a 7200/12500 volt three phase transmission line across public lands highways streams and private lands in multiple sections within Township 95 north Range 8 west and surrounding townships. The description provides highway intersections section lines and miles of proposed route details.
Mayor and council members debated minutes, approved the September meeting, and allowed numerous bills including police pay, gas and oil, salaries, freight, supplies, and utilities. Fire department rushed to a country fire. brakes stuck, neighbors aided in extinguishing.
Grinnell resident ER C Starinick picked ripe red raspberries from his garden last week. He harvested enough for three servings, showing fruit can be ready regardless of season. The raspberries ripened ahead of typical seasonal expectations. Fire department responded promptly to a misunderstanding during the incident.
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