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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1958
Page
4
Classified notice listing used farm implements for sale including pickers new idea and woods brothers units, hay equipment, planters disks plows manure loaders hammers and attachments with prices and model notes. Items appear with various brands, specifications, and condition hints suitable for a rural buyer audience.
Executor Ervin Metzger appointed by Fayette County District Court to estate of Edward Metzger deceased. All debts must be paid to the executor, and all claims presented to the court for allowance. Dated October 9, 1968. Attn: W Antes attorney, First National Bank Building, West Union, Iowa.
Des Moines coverage notes Cromwell tops Iowa payroll with a 25 000 salary while university leaders and college heads receive 22 000 plus maintenance. Liquor by the drink debate folds at the Iowa League of Municipalities convention as officials defer league endorsement. Dr Donald Boles suggests removing race designations from drivers licenses. Mrs J A Liercke becomes first female head of Iowa division American Cancer Society. Beer excluded from dram shop law per state supreme court. county school board membership deemed not lucrative.
Wadena News reports weekend visitors and family gatherings involving the Ainsworths of Cedar Rapids, the Yearous and Rothlisberger families, Floyd Patterson and relatives, Lyle Patterson, Dale Patterson, Whittenbaughs, and Ed Gernand. They traveled to Hopkinton to surprise Louie Halverson on his wife’s birthday.
Multiple Card of Thanks notices express gratitude for cards letters visits flowers and gifts received during hospital stays and after returning home. a memorial verse honors Rose Buroden who died October 28 1957 with family message about loss and faith.
William A Weibel writes of a four week journey through Europe with notable time in Switzerland including Soos Fee Bern Paris and London. He describes meeting a cousin near Bern and notes the Matterhorn ascent as the high point with a dawn climb from Ze Matt. Weather was mixed but favorable overall.
A narrator recalls a European ascent with an Austrian guide on a Sunday climb. They tally ten peaks, including highest mountains in Germany, Austria and Italy. After four weeks, fatigue ends further climbing, and a batch of film remains undeveloped while hopes for showing slides persist.
Iowa farm grain stocks on October 3 showed oats barley old crop corn and sorghum collectively 3 percent below the year-ago total but 9 percent above the 10-year average. Corn carryover rose about 9 percent from the 10-year avg, oats on farms rose 7 percent from last year, and soybeans old crop figures begin to appear in the record.
The report shows holdings near 300,000 bushels for a reader group, with average holdings around 594,000 bushels on the stated date, reflecting a shift in storage patterns across the region.
A collage of Volga residents traveling visiting relatives and attending events over the week. Max Gernand relocates with GE to Anchorage Alaska. several community members attend club meetings birthdays hospital stays and family visits across nearby towns. Local trips include visits to Cedar Falls Ohio Arkansas Illinois and Minnesota with multiple households hosting relatives and friends.
A flurry of weekend visits and local gatherings fill the community notes. James Olisue and three families, including the Hans Bosnish and the Sprague clan, stopped by the Paul Boenlah and Sidite homes for a social weekend. Marilyn visited Winthrop and spent days at the hospital with Amnoyd Chase as Marilyn was seen at the Free ee home. Walter Everitt hosted guests at Manchester Hospital, with Mrs. W. Everitt returning home. Jim Chase and Lu ie Denaiha connected in ir Rapids while Mrs. Aitie of Denver visited Geo Probert. Numerous families were mentioned among bride dell and Pem oan events, with lingering references to local notable residents and a school program set for Friday night.
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