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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1946
Page
1
The Elgin Echo published from Elgin Iowa posts its standard serial masthead and postal information stating second class mail status and entry details for Fayette County Iowa dated September 1, 1891 under federal act.
A composite column from Hill City notes pheasant hunting in tall cornfields yielding limited success, comments on prewar price shifts, and local press delays at the Echo office. It mentions voters preparing for Tuesday’s election, a proposed Iowa Illinois game ticket sale, and satirical quips on debt, dogs, and a wolf.
Farming items discuss extending laying house hours with lights to boost egg production, using high quality legume roughage in dairy rations, and the impact of feed and protein needs. USDA reports record farm wages as of Oct 1, while Iowa State College economists predict favorable selling conditions for herds with above normal inventories. Notes on sweeterover seed yields in 1946 and anticipated increases in canned fruits and vegetables in 1967.
Viola Marie Blake widow of Dean Blake, a West Union native with law and abstract office experience, asks voters to consider her qualifications for Clerk of the District Court. She cites education at West Union High School and Gates Business College, served as Deputy Clerk of Courts 1940–43, and urges turnout on election day the fifth.
Mary Ann Etter born in Bern Switzerland May 30 1085 came to the United States at age two and a half. She married John Peeper at 29 and had a daughter Hazel who married Floyd Arnold. After her husband died she adopted Dorothy and later married Christian Schweitzer. She left three grandchildren and three great grandchildren, with surviving siblings and relatives. Funeral held at Elgin Baptist Church with six nephews as pallbearers.
The family expresses heartfelt thanks for acts of kindness messages of sympathy and floral offerings received from Chris Schweitzer Mrs Floyd H Arnold and Mrs Don Stringer.
Notice announces a hearing on November 12 1946 in the District Court for admission to Probate of the last Will and Testament of Mary Schweitzer deceased of Fayette County. Dated October 25 1946 at West Union Iowa. Clerk Herbert D Klammner.
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