Taxpayers Meet in Des Moines Signal Political Bids
At the Iowa taxpayers association annual meeting in Des Moines, legislators and state officials discuss potential special sessions and tax cuts. The gathering signals possible moves in the gubernatorial and Senate races, with candidates Miller and Lucas named as possible contenders and Blue weighing a session on income tax reduction.
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Iowa Taxpayers Association
Taft- Stassen
Des Moines
Iowa City
Taxpayers Association
Robert D. Blue
House
Senate
Highway Commission
Weeklong rat eradication drive in Elgin
The Elgin Community Club and Town Council launch a November 2 through 8 campaign to poison and trap rats in public and private properties. Citizens are urged to cooperate, with rat poison available from dealers who will provide handling instructions. Keep pets secured during the week to avoid harm. Northeast Iowa Masons invite members to a Postville meeting tonight honoring Ray Douglas elected grand senior warden of Masons in Iowa, with grand officers expected.
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Elgin Community Club
Elgin
Rata
Iowa
Postville
Ray Douglas
Masons
Last Rites Wednesday For Earl Louis Medberry
Funeral services for Earl Louis Medberry 22 were held at Muehlethaler funeral home and Marion Lutheran Church with military honors from Elgin Post 352 and Arthur Brandt Post Postville. Burial was in Elgin cemetery. Born August 18 1925 in Highland township Clayton county Iowa he died October 26 1947 at Des Moines Veterans Hospital. He served in the U S Navy and was discharged November 3 1944 due to total disability. He held FFA vice presidency 1941 42 and earned the American Theatre of War and Battle Star ribbons.
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Eort Louis Medberry
Muehlethaler
Marion Lutheran uichst-Gander
Britan Legion
Elgin Post
Arthur Brandt
Postville
Elgin Cemetery
Earl Louis Medberry
Rex
Eva Medberry
Highland Township
Clayton County
Iowa
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Elgin
Future Farmers of America
United States Navy
Great Lakes
West Coast
Hawaii
Harris
Marshall Islands
Peat] Harbor
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Earl
Cows Brigg Good Prices at F R Kimpston Sale
Frank R. Kimpston's Guernsey herd topped the closing out sale with average ring prices near like the high cows at 207.60 205 200 dollars. Herd sire Pleasant Ridge Hercules fetched 275, a young bull 110. Hogs varied with suckling pigs 6 to 12, sows around 77, feeder pigs 17 to 30, boat 59. Oats 1.20 hay 52c bale. Elgin State Bank clerked the sale. Corvin Thompson auctioneer. Lester Anderson ring man. Echo ad client.
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Frank R. Kimpston
Guernsey
Pleasant Ridge
Kimpston
Elgin State Bank
Qorvin Thompson
Lester Anderson
The
Echo
Elgin Sportsmen's Club Holds Monthly Meeting
The Elgin Sportsmen's Club met at the school house Monday evening and showed a state produced fishing film. Claude Alexander spoke on hunting and fishing regulations and urged local support. The club lists 52 members, with Louis Lehman as chairman and Laurence Knudtson as secretary. Dues are $1.50 annually, including a subscription to the Iowa Conservationist.
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Elgin Sportsmen’s Club
Iowa
State Commission
Claude Alexander
Louis Lehman
Laurence Knudtson
Iowa Conservationist
Progress Club Meeting Discusses Canada and Alaska
The Elgin Progress Club met Monday evening with Mrs. Gladys J. Halverson. Thirteen members answered the roll call. In the Know Your Neighbor study Mrs. Dorothy Muehlethaler spoke on Canada and Mrs. Lois Tinker on Alaska. The next meeting is set for Nov. 10 with Edna Hunsberger as hostess.
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Elgin
Conservation Commission Sloughs North of Elgin
Iowa Conservation Commission members led by local game warden Claude Alexander and about six Sportsman's Club members cleared sloughs between Elgin and Clermont on Monday. They moved eight truckloads of game fish to the Turkey River and gave away hundreds of pounds of carp. The catch included bass crappies and bluegills, with an estimated half million game fish in the sloughs.
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Iowa Conservation Commission
Claude Alexander
Elgin
Clermont
Sportsman’s Club
Turkey River
Joe Erickson Family Moves to Clermont Depot Home
The Joe Erickson family moved last Thursday to their new home in the C. R. I. & P. depot at Cler mont. Sheldon Kohls is the present agent at Elgin.
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Joe Erickson
Clermont
Sheldon Kohls
Elgin
Funeral Services Today For Arthur Humphry
Funeral services for Arthur L. Humphry will be held today at 1:30 PM from Muehlethaler funeral home and 2:00 PM at Illyria church. Burial follows at Illyria cemetery. He would have been 91 in December and had long resided with the Fred Rothlisberger family. A complete sketch will appear in next week's Echo.
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Arthur L. Humphry
Muehlethaler
Ilyria
Illyria
Mr. Humphry
Grin
Fred Rothlisberger
Echo
Henry Mork Buys 160 Acre Farm Near Decorah
Henry Mork has purchased a well improved 160 acre farm about six miles southeast of Decorah on the Decorah Ossion road. The deal was made about a month ago and he plans to move there by March first or sooner if possession is given. He may rent his farm east of Elgin or hire a man to work it. The family has lived on the present place 22 years.
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Henry Mork
Decorah
Decorah-Ossion
Camp Fire Girls Costume Party at School House
Camp Fire Girls Janice Torkelson Roberta Mosby and Beverly Sutter hosted a costume Hallowe en party Monday evening at the school house. Games and folk dancing filled the evening with two dances taught by Betty Alice Schori Karolin Falb accompanied on piano. A hot lunch room table was set for fifteen with cider sandwiches pickles cupcakes marshmallows and apples. A toast wished Wahonka Camp Fire Cina success as the event met its rank requirement for the hosts.
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Janice Torkelson
Roberta Mosby
Beverly Sutter
Hallowe'en
Betty Alice Schori
Csebogar
Karolin Falb
Wahonka
Janice
Roberta
Beverly
Pleasant Point Study Club Elects New Officers and Plans Auction
The Pleasant Point Study Club met at Alice Powell’s home with ten members and two guests. Una Leuenberger was elected president, Darlene Shaffer vice president, Milgarse Dinan secretary treasurer, Clara Light gifts for the sick, Laura Bane reporter. A baby photo contest winner Mildred Feller was announced. Subsequent meetings featured storage lessons, table centerpiece ideas, a fire prevention hint, and a $6.65 auction proceeds lunch hosted by Powell.
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Pleasant Point Study Club
Alice Powell
Una Leuenberger
Darlene Shaffer
Milgarse Dinan
Sec'y— Treas
Clara Light
Laura Bane
Una Levenberger
Mildred Feller
Mildred
Feller
Waters Sells Farm To Build Dairy Plant
Paul Waters sold his dairy farm north of Postville to Harry Schultz who will take possession Jan. 1. Waters plans a dairy plant in Postville with milk, cream, cottage cheese and chocolate milk, to be built on land west of the former Koevenig home on Tilden street. The 30 by 80 foot building will have living quarters above and modern dairy equipment including a pasteurizer installed before opening.
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Paul Waters
Postville
Harry Schultz
Mr. Waters
North Side Dairy
Fred Landt
J. J. Koevenig
Tilden Street
Corn Will Yield 34.6 Bushels in Clayton County
A survey by Iowa State College Extension Service finds Clayton County corn will yield 34.6 bushels per acre on average, based on section 21 measurements. Yields ranged from zero at river bottoms to 60 at Garnavilla Prairie, with farmers holding about 400 bushels of old corn and 1000 bushels of oats. hog numbers fall around 14 percent and feeder cattle by about 50 percent due to feed shortages and higher corn and oats prices.
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Clayton County
Iowa State College Extension Service
Garnavilla Prairie
Breitsprecher Closing Out Sale At Highland Farm
John Breitsprecher holds a complete closing out sale on the Milton Duff farm in Highland today. Auctioneers are Harry Frieden and J. R. Larson. Elgin State Bank clerks the sale, advertised by the Echo. Breitsprecher offers custom work for farmers. Echo Want Ads pay.
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John Breitsprecher
Milton Duff
Highland
Harry Frieden
J. R. Larson
Elgin State Bank
Echo
Anna Mae Schupbach Moves to Anamosa Hospital
Anna Mae Schupbach has relocated to 214 No Ford Anamosa from St Lukes hospital Cedar Rapids. She is now employed at a hospital in Anamosa.
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Anna Mae Schupbach
No. Ford, Anamosa
St. Lukes' Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Clayton and Fayette Counties On Pheasant List
Clayton and Fayette Counties are included in a list of 64 town counties to have a 10 day pheasant shooting season this year. The 1947 season runs Nov 11 to 20 with hunting hours noon to 4 pm daily. The open hunt dates come with Iowa’s shortest season since 1841 and the smallest bag limit in history. Daily bag limit is two cocks and possession limit is two cocks. Scarcity of birds cited by the commission explains the sharp limits.
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Clayton
Fayette
State Conservation Commission
Iowa
Commission
Land Acquired for Cemetery Addition in Elgin
The city purchased land from B H Brackin and Lou Dennler to enlarge Elgin cemetery. A 116 foot wide strip along the south boundary will hold about 100 new lots. Work to level land and lay out lots and driveways will start soon. Gates will be widened by removing cement block pillars to fit larger ambulances and trucks.
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B. H. Brackin
Lou Dennler
Elgin Cemetery
Farm Bureau Holds Annual Meeting Here
The Pleasant Valley and Clermont township Farm Bureaus met at the Elgin school house Tuesday evening October 21 electing Hildergil bertson as Pleasant Valley chairman Clarence Kittelson as Clement chairman Herbert Ash secretary and Howard Boyle treasurer The program featured a Bangs Disease in the Dairy Herd film and a brief talk by county extension director M 2 Wangsness.
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Pleasant Valley
Clermont
Elgin School House
Hilder Gilbertson
Clarence Kittelson
Clement
Herbert Ash
Howard Boyle
M. 2
Wangsness
Rev Zoschke to Texas On Preaching Mission
Rev Paul F Zoschke pastor of First Baptist Church leaves Tuesday for Waco Texas to speak at special gospel services from Oct 29 to Nov 9. In his absence services will be conducted by Rev Carl Swyter Steamboat Rock on Nov 2 and by Rev C Fred Lehr Aplington on Nov 9.
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Paul F. Zoschke
First Baptist Church
Waco
Texas
The
Baptist Church
Carl Swyter
Steamboat Rock
C. Fred Lehr
Aplington
Elgin Boy Among War Dead Returned
Pfc Michael Blockhus Jr body, formerly interred in Belgium, is returning to Elgin for private burial with a uniformed escort from the Chicago Distribution Center. He served in England France and Germany and was killed November 30 1944 near Schevenhutte Germany. His remains will be buried in East Clermont cemetery per next of kin request, with data noting his Army serial 37685413 and service in 4th Infantry Division.
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Pfc
Michael Blockhus, Jr
U. S. Army
Elgin
Chicago
American Graves Registration Division
East Clermont
Michael C. Blockbus, Jr
United States Army
Henri-Chapelle
Belgium
Michael Blockhus
Michael C. Blockhus
Camp Dodge
Iowa
United States
England
France
Germany
Schevenhutte
Normandy
Rhineland
First Army
Chirongo
Clothiers Open For Business After Klingman’s Cafe Purchase
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Clothier recently bought Klingman’s cafe stock and fixtures and opened for business Tuesday. The cafe had been closed about a week for remodeling and interior changes. Clothiers will keep roughly the same merchandise mix as Klingman’s, with no full meals served at present.
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R. A. Clothier
Klingman’s Cafe
Clothiers
Klingsmans
Maynard Beats Elgin In Night Football Match
The Maynard high school football team defeated Elgin 6 to 0 on a Friday night at Maynard. Elgin made 17 first downs to Maynard's 6 and reached Maynard's 8 yard line in the first half but could not score. Maynard scored on a long pass from midfield and a line plunge.
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Maynard
Elgin
Ladies Cemetery Association Meets Tonight
The Elgin Ladies' Cemetery association will meet tonight with Mrs. Gladys Grimes. All members are urged to attend as there is important business to discuss.
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Elgin
Want Ad Column Promises Quick Results for Readers
The Want Ad column invites readers to place concise notices for purchases, jobs, services, and offerings. It highlights speedy responses and discreet handling, aiming to connect buyers and sellers efficiently within the community.
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Iowa State College
F. R. Kimpston
Progress Club
Arthur CL. Humphry
Henry Mork Bays
Camp Fire Girls
Pleasant Point
Waters Sells
Breitsprecher
Clayton and Fayette Counties
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Congress
James K. Polk
11Th Press
Ene Bom
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Elgin Boy
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