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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1948
Page
1
Rates listed for foreign display per inch at 42 cents, local display per inch at 35 to 40 cents, readers per line at one cent, and classified per word at two cents. Classified payments due in advance with a 25 cent minimum per insertion. No agency commission. Cards of thanks and memorials priced at one dollar, with limits on obituary poetry and notices where admission is charged.
Mrs Jud Conner traveled to La Harpe Kansas for her sister Mrs Elmer Davis illness. A telegram announced Davis death and burial set for Illyria cemetery Elgin. Elmer Frieden and Lena Medberry wed at G E Medberry home in Highland township. Mrs Wm Kohls died at her son Wm Kohls home. Our ball team won 10 innings against Arlington 4 0 and lost to Volga 4 0. Mrs Will Schupbach cut hand. artery tied at hospital. One week specials at J A Boleyns store. Little George Anderson in splints from prior arm fracture.
The injured man, who previously had his arm nearly as good as before, fell on Sunday and broke the arm a second time, delaying recovery and plans.
Beverly Larson daughter of Mr and Mrs Phil man Larson married Orlan Reimer son of Mr and Mrs Henry Reimer of Elkader Saturday afternoon in the Little Brown Church Nashua. They planned a honeymoon in northern Minnesota and Canada and will live in Elkader. The bride a Elgin graduate and N W Bell employee was attended by cousin Amy Lou Torkelson as maid of honor and Russell Larsen as best man.
The 1948 edition of Accident Facts shows motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of fatal accidents in 1947, with falls second and railroad accidents far lower. The report also lists other major fatal dangers in 1913 and 1947, including drowning burns and scalds and poison gases, and notes a local boat mishap involving Jim Crittenden and his family.
Miss Evelyn Hoefer daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Hoefer Williams and John McMillan son of Mrs Rose McMillan Elgin were married by Rev Wallace L Mikkelson at 5 PM Saturday Aug 28 at Asbury Methodist church Minneapolis The bride wore a powder blue suit with pink and white rose corsage maid of honor Lucille Winger wore royal blue The groom and attendant wore brown and tan with white carnation boutonnieres After the ceremony the couple planned to live on the groom's farm west of Elgin They both attended Williams high school Americana University of Beauty in Des Moines and Postville Dotlyn Beauty Salon co owner The bride is farming in this vicinity
Bertha Jane Casper and Wayne A. Seidler wed at 5 30 p m Saturday Sept 4 at the Leath home 313 Fourth Ave Charles City in a double ring ceremony officiated by Rev James K Delahooke only immediate family present Afterward guests dined at Lucifes Tea Room They plan to reside in Waterloo after January 1 with Seidler a General Foods district representative Elgin and Waterloo connections noted among out of town guests The groom’s background and future home are described plus a Labor Day holiday in Clear Lake
Willard Martin, resident two miles southeast of West Union, brought a giant white egg to the Union office. It opened at one end to reveal another perfectly formed white shelled egg inside. Martin said the egg came from a White Leghorn hen. Meanwhile at Iowa Falls a flag lowering ceremony was cut short by strong wind that snapped the rope from the ground crew, forcing a restart after the wind died.
Farmers expect 21,710,000 turkeys this year, about 16 percent fewer than last year, the smallest crop since 1938. Growers avoided new poults due to a harsh 1947 season with prices below 1946 after rising feed costs.
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