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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
1
An advertising rate notice lists price per inch for Foreign and Local display, per line for Readers and per word for Classified, with a 25 cent minimum and 1.00 memorial cards and thank you notices. It excludes agency commission and notes limited line counts for certain notices and obituaries.
Local quip and proverb snippets recount daily frictions from parking etiquette to moral musings. A marshal clarifies lines for parking, a worm-in-apple metaphor signals appetite and drive, and a prairie humor frame rounds with a gag about woolen yarns.
A collage of humorous exchanges and observational gags covers relationships money manners and misread signals. Jokes range from parent child scenes to clergyman and student mix ups with sharp one liners about wallets and daily life. The piece mirrors a midcentury newspaper comic page tone and social quirks.
A comic scene shows a lawyer lecturing in his office while a neighbor employee jokes about payment. The punchline reveals the boy earning five thousand dollars yearly, with routine cash and rest in legal advice. A quip ends with a reflection on youth seeking independence before marriage.
Elgin citizens formed the Elgin Community Club on Friday evening. Twenty charter members were enrolled, with Gus Gunderson as president and H S Hadsel as vice president. A five member board includes A M Weibel and C J Harrington. By laws were adopted and yearly dues set at five dollars. Charter members listed include Albert Schori and R W Muehlenthaler among others. A baby boy arrived for Mr and Mrs William Schupbach last week. Duane Wertz and wife, visiting, returned to Lincoln Nebraska to continue his dentistry studies.
A transfer of real estate records shows Melvin Stray Estate conveyance to LeNora Balverson in D district. The deed indicates ownership change and filing with local authorities.
Miss Arlene Hanson daughter of Mr and Mrs Otto Hanson St Olaf and Loras J Heck son of Mr and Mrs George Heck Garnaville were married August 9 in St Marks Rectory St Louis Mo Rev J Sesnon officiated. Attendants were Melvin McKinley and wife. Reception for thirty at the McKinley home. Bridal party at a three tiered cake centerpiece. Arlene a Elkader graduate taught in Clayton county rural schools and a Fayette consolidation school. Loras a Garnaville graduate attends Logan College of Chiropractic. A later shower Aug 28 at the Otto Hanson home featured music readings and gifts for the couple.
Thelma Mork and Lloyd J Palmer wed in a candle light service August 27 at Marion Lutheran Church Gunder Iowa The bride wore ivory slipper satin with a junior train and a pearl necklace Thelmas sister Mrs Eugene Galloway served as matron of honor with bridesmaids and a flower girl The couple plans a ten day honeymoon and will reside in Iowa City where Palmer attends the University of Iowa
Otto Fuelling, 68, mayor of Farmersburg for 23 years and former state representative, died Thursday night of a heart attack at his home. He previously served on the council, school board, and as director of Farmersburg Savings Bank, with a long history in the lumber business including partnerships since 1908 and a Montana lumber yard since 1987.
The Cedar Rapids area resident, a 82nd degree Mason and Shriner, is survived by his widow, a son, a daughter and several grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Farmerville Opera House.
Mrs Virgil Carley and infant Jimmy left Jefferson Iowa for Tokyo to join Lt Virgil Carley. In Seattle she learned his B 17 crashed near Honolulu and he was listed missing.
An advertisement argues that using Cargill Egg Mash, with higher quality ingredients, yields more eggs per hen and more income. It claims one extra egg per month per hen can be worth about 15 dollars per ton, based on 40 pounds per year and eggs at 30 cents per dozen. It urges farmers to pay for quality rather than cut costs.
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