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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1958
Page
4
Classified listing with multiple items for sale and notices. Items include used pickers and elevators with prices, a gun sale, a political representation ad for Len Wolf, household appliances, a tractor and cultivator, and farm equipment. Also a birth announcements fragment and a small echo office order note.
FALB and Light of Elgin marry in Marshalltown then head to New York and Hollywood. Joanne MacDonald of Iowa State College places second in Miss America in Atlantic City, marking a peak for Iowa. Daily Editors Elect Howard Wilson as president. Notman reelected VP. Board members named. National awards honor three Iowa extension directors for distinguished service.
The report notes a state tax drive targeting unpaid taxes on diesel fuel sold to truck drivers, with State Gas Tax Director George Marchi calling evasion widespread. It also covers ADC payments totaling $1,042,919 to 8,162 families in August, and mentions prior awards and regional color tour attractions in Iowa for fall foliage.
Horse Eight stitches were taken to close a mouth wound of Ruth Eberhard of Kingsley. The horse involvement is noted as the cause of the injury, with medical treatment reported.
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