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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
1
A nostalgic Elgin column recounts town observations from 1941 including local mores on weddings dates and age quirks, praise for a willow tree, a Cedar Rapids PR visit, and reminders that small towns thrive with local commerce. It urges prudent spending, community effort, and forward progress despite quirks and road hazards.
A light exchange ends with the woman refusing the sale and leaving polite, while broader notes reflect on societal topics, fear, and personal restraint. The piece hints at public discussions of ailments and relationships, with a quoted sentiment about happiness versus half-happiness in close circles.
From Sept 21 files, Postville notes recall auto trips to Dubuque and Clermont, frost effects on vegetables, new car purchases and lessons for a Winton Six. Local bank construction, teacher registrations, clothing store moves, and social visits fill the week. A Swea City couple enjoy rare quiet in their home, while a Green Mountain-Conrad baseball game ends with Leo Connell delivering a late homer for Conrad.
Residents report a busy weekend with numerous gatherings at homes of Bert Lyngaas Arthur Olson Julia Lands gard and others. Many relatives and friends from Stanley Freeport Chatfield and nearby areas shared Sunday and Monday visits, reflecting tight local ties.
Philip Bartleson, ten, of Forest City, could not swim but saved his younger brother Larry from drowning in a Minnesota lake. He grabbed Larry with one hand and held the dock with the other until help arrived.
A historic state rivalry resumes Saturday at 2 p.m. as the University of Iowa hosts Drake University in the season opener at Towa stadium. Iowa leads the long series 10 to 3 since 1910, with Dr. Eddie Anderson in his third year guiding the Hawkeyes. General admission is 1.65 and many students will enter for 50 cents with Knothole club tickets signed by the principal.
Fayette county road workers haul crushed rock from Houg farm stockpile near West Union to Kern hill valley road near the new Luch singer bridge and Patterson home near Brainard. This clears up mud spots hindering travel in wet weather.
Local real estate transfers recorded within two weeks ending September 19 include Gottlieb Dennler and Rosa Dennler transferring to Mabel Schneider for $1.00 for lots six seven twenty eight and twenty nine in block ten of Conner's Add Elgin and Sarah Reed transferring to George Howard for $60 for lots five six seven eight in block L in Hackmann's Add Elgin. Leon R Layton as Referee transfers to Katherine Brabham for $1650 for lots one four five seven and north four feet of lot two in block BL Upright's Add West Union.
Grace Lack and family face a collapsing silo on their Orchard farm. They cannot remove ensilage for fear of more collapse, risking spoilage if not addressed. Charles Ted Moore of Eagle Grove won a car prize from a Labor Day celebration after buying two tickets and keeping one lucky number.
The coroner's jury, Glen Meyer, Theale Lind, and Ba McNeil, found Merlin Hellum blameless in the fatal accident that killed Joseph Johnson near Gunder last Wednesday morning. They reviewed the scene after dark and concluded visibility was the decisive factor, ruling the death accidental.
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