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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
4
Teene V1Y5 Read Little. For sale Zenith electric washing machine used 4 years and a 30 gal automatic oil burning water heater used 2 years. Contact Dr D E Tinker Elgin. ap 1.
The article surveys politics and labor in Iowa with pension payments figures from the public employee retirement act, wage and hours data, and employment changes. It notes GOP headquarters moving to the Kirkwood Hotel, political bids for U S Marshal, and a rural anecdote from India alongside advice on soil sampling.
Alden and Mrs Pinney returned from Elgin Town where a centennial and triennial homecoming drew residents of a 650 person village revived memories of Aug 1849. The homemade program included band music Swiss acts, a mile long parade with a 90 year old queen and rattle bones. Nearby notes mention dairy herd advice and hog market guidance for fall.
Ernest L Bauder purchaser of S T Underwood farm in Scotland community seeks AAA enrollment to use minimum farm allowance for soil building. He plans terraces phosphate limestone a pond and permanent and temporary pastures to support cattle with water conservation. Bauder cites prior AAA service as community committeeman and notes farmer administered program. Previously a 30 year farmer in Clayton County Iowa.
The report notes a man who recently served as an AAA community committee member in Arkansas and was active in the county Farm Bureau plans to participate in programs in Van Buren County. The remarks appear in the Van Buren Co. Democrat of Clinton, Arkansas.
Brainard News notes social calls Sunday afternoon with the Wm Nutting and Kjosa families visiting Mrs Chloa Lyon in West Union. Gilbert Haroden’s guests included Mr and Mrs Pat Woodson and family. John Williams and Mr. Craft hosted meals in Waterloo and Dan Craft homes. Clive Helms visited in the afternoon and Roger Reeder returned from vacation with family.
Wallis Mohrman won a gum chewing contest at Monona on a dollar bet by chewing 80 sticks in 30 minutes. After buying the gum, he earned 20 cents in profit.
A playful exchange unfolds between a couple as they joke about marriage, theft, and affection. The girl and boy trade light banter while noting mutual thoughts and a cheeky race to the ice box amid a quiet damp room.
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