Nepotism in Iowa Politics Sparks Old Debate
The Town Press notes nepotism recurs in Iowa Republican ranks with relatives in state jobs amid calls for merit standards. It cites past cases, summarizes 1939 butterfat tax revenue shortfall, and outlines dairy promotion spending by the Iowa Dairy Industry Commission including ads and campaigns. The piece also notes the state treasurer’s office move improving access to Treasurer W. G. C. Bagley.
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Iowa
Burr Willits
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
National Dairy Commission
Holzer Improves in Dubuque Hospital Visit
Mr and Mrs Bert Allen visited Mabel Holzer at a Dubuque hospital last week and found her considerably improved in health. She asked for late Echo copies to catch up with happenings and inquired about friends here.
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Bert Allen
Mabel Holzer
Dubuque Hospital
The
Echo
Upper Iowa Shows Increased Enrollment
Upper Iowa reports enrollment up from 299 last year to 306 this year, with football prospects looking strong under Coach Dorman. Veterans Spatcher Buell Alderson lead a deep backfield and experienced linemen Chamberlain Grant Oldfather Harkins, as over fifty players report for duties. Schedule includes Sept 30 Penn, Oct 14 Buena Vista, Oct 21 Western Union, Oct 28 Loras, Homecoming.
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Upper Iowa
Friends of the College
Spatcher
Buell
Alderson
Dorman
Chamberlain
Grant
Oldfather
Harkins
Peacock
Penn
Buena Vista
Western Union
Loras
Russell Kohler Receives Transfer Within Rath Packing Co
Russell Kohler son of Mrs Ethel Kohler has a promotion in Rath Packing Co and is transferred from Rock Island Illinois to Cleveland Ohio He will leave today to start on October 2 He visited his mother Sunday and was accompanied home from Waterloo by the successor salesman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Kohler
Ethel Kohler
Rath Packing Co
Rock Island
Cleveland
Ohio
Waterloo
Fixing Up Around Town In Elgin Shop Block
Moser wood shop receives a fresh coat of aluminum paint to improve Elgin's shop block appearance using a paint sprayer. Wm. F. Miller begins tar roof work on the opera house, removing old tar before applying a new coat.
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Moser Wood Working
Elgin
Wm. F. Miller
Opera House
Youth Falls 100 Feet at Backbone Park
David Fulton a ten year old CCC member from Cedar Falls was seriously injured Sunday after slipping from a 100-foot precipice at Backbone State Park near Lamont. He fell into a creek breaking both legs and suffering internal and back injuries. This follows a prior cliff death at the same park about a month earlier.
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David Fulton
CCC
Backbone State Park
Lamont
Fulton
Cedar Falls
Men of St. Pauls to Serve Chicken Dinner
The men of St. Pauls M. C. church will sponsor a fried chicken dinner on Sunday noon October 1 to aid the Ladies Aid Society. Committees named for kitchen headwaiter ushers ticket sales and wait staff include R. V. Brandt C. B. Schor G. J. Mosby Wm. Larson and G. R. DeSart Albert Schori Chas Feller Samuel Mosby R. A. Crider Eddie Klingman Elmer Meyer Harold Conner Robert Kohler Laurence Knudtson Henry and John McMillan Leo Schori R. F. Hedemann Kenneth Schori Gene Schori Dale DeSart Keith Thomas Roy Steele and Max Thoma. Coffee provided by Max Thoma.
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St. Paul's M. C
Ladies’ Aid Society
Aid Society
R. V. Brandt
C. B. Schor
G. J. Mosby
Wm. Larson
G. R. DeSart
Albert Schori
Chas. Feller
Samuel Mosby
R. A. Crider
Eddie Klingman
Elmer Meyer
Harold Conner
Robert Kohler
Laurence Knudtson
Henry
John McMillan
Leo Schori
R. F. Hedemann
Kenneth Schori
Gene Schori
Dale DeSart
Keith Thoma
Roy Steele
Max Thoma
Ein
State Fair Attracts Record Attendance This Year
Secretary A R Corey of the Iowa State Fair association reports attendance at 400477, the second largest since 1929. The fair is about 61000 above the ten year average, with a projected profit over 30000 despite incomplete balancing.
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I State Fair
A. R. Corey
Towa
Extensive local painting at H H Gilbertson farms outside Elgin
H H Gilbertson completed a major painting job on twelve buildings with two coats and one with three using 85 gallons of paint 16 gallons of oil and turpentine. Barns and outbuildings were painted red improving the property including a brick residence barn needing three coats first time in 50 years.
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H. H. Gilbertson
Elgin
Gilbertson
Robinson Heads Athletic Committee for 1939 40
Supt. C F Robinson of Elgin schools was elected chairman of the Fayette County Schoolmasters Club athletic committee for 1939 40. Bob McLeese West Union coach is secretary and Chas Hughes Fayette coach is the third member. The panel oversees county basketball and baseball activities leading to the county championship and coordinates football activities.
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Supt. C. F. Robinson
Elgin
Fayette County
Hawkeye Man Suffered Severe Cuts After Auto Crash
Leo McCall Hawkeye sustained many facial cuts and bruises when his car swerved near Nelson's corner west of Elgin Saturday evening. He was thrown into the windshield, which broke, requiring 25 to 38 stitches. A companion escaped injury as the car was badly crushed but remained operable.
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Leo McCall
Hawkeye
Nelson’s Corner
Elgin
Mr. McCall
Jack Frost Beats Fall By Narrow Margin
Early frosts appeared last Thursday morning August 21 with light touch on vegetables. Autumn officially began Saturday morning September 23 at four o'clock, though many believed autumn started September 21.
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Jack Frost
Autumn
Corner post highlights guard rail relocation concerns
The remark notes that preserving the guard rail at this corner requires more than simply relocating the road, signaling deeper engineering or safety considerations.
Medical Society Sponsors Small Pox Immunization
The Fayette County Medical Society and the Towa Medical Society will sponsor a small pox immunization campaign around Oct. 30 with assistance from school officials, Red Cross personnel, and others. It notes three or four years since the last campaign and that many younger students have not been immunized amid Iowa reporting 1,100 small pox cases last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County Medical Society
Towa Medical Society
Red Cross
Iowa
Marion Choir to Present Cantata Praise and Thanksgiving
Marion church choir invites the public to a cantata titled Praise and Thanksgiving on Sunday evening. The program features a book of 14 songs including solos duets and choir numbers usable for future occasions. The choir hopes every family in the congregation attends and supports their services.
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Marion Church Choir
Indicted for Murder in Fayette County
Grand jury returns an indictment in District Court at West Union charging Matilda Vanselow a 78 year old with murder. She had been free on $3000 bond and is accused of striking her husband with a pipe, causing his death on August 8. She is the oldest person ever indicted for murder in Fayette county.
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West Union
Matilda Vanselow
Oelwein J
Fayette County
Oelwein Register
Progress Club Opens Year With Parliamentary Law Meeting
The Elgin Progress Club met Monday at Gladys Ash’s home for its first regular gathering of the year. Twenty two members attended with Lula Francisco leading the parliamentary law discussion. Officers present include President Delila Oldag Vice-President Donna Wenger and Secretary-Treasurer Gladys Yearous.
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Elgin
Pastoral Changes Announced in Upper Iowa Methodist Conference
The Upper Iowa Methodist conference released the yearly pastoral appointments at Clinton. About 20 percent of the 150 ministers serving 173 churches face transfers. Warton to remain at three charges. Snyder stays in Traer. other Elgin area pastors reassigned including Hillman at Eldora Butler at Geneseo and more assignments across Arlington Fayette Hawkeye Monona Oelwein Maynard Randalia and West Union.
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Upper Iowa
Farmers' Union Picnic in Echo Valley Sunday
The Fayette County Farm Union picnic will be held at Echo Valley park Sunday Oct 1. The event was delayed from Sept 17 due to a member's digress from North Dakota. Lemke co authored and sponsors the Frazier Lemke refinancing bill and collaborates with Rep Henry Hall on agricultural production costs.
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Farmers’ Union
Echo Valley
Fayette
Gress
North Dakota
New Hampton
Mr. Lemke
Henry 9
Hall
Elgin Study Club Met in Meeting at Myrtle Falb Home
The Elgin Study Club held its second meeting of the year on Tuesday evening at Myrtle Falb’s home. Ida Thoma reported on The Charm of Reading and Augusta Schori presented Mental Hygiene in the Community. Adelia Torkelson and Mildred Habeger named delegates to the Fourth district Federated Clubs convention in Cresco on Oct. 4. Bernice Falk and Augusta Schori named alternates. Mrs. E. M. Hoag of St Ansgar attended as a guest.
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Elgin
Myrtle Falb
Ida Thoma
Reading
Augusta Schori
Adelia Torkelson
Mildred Habeger
Cresco
Sand
Bernice Falk
Travels Many Miles On Daily Milk Route
Ern Holzer who has delivered milk to Elgin homes for sixteen years estimates at least 50 000 miles traveled. He keeps a two delivery daily routine and urges payment of the 1939 poll tax to avoid extra charges. A News item notes illness of Anna Falk and visits by F J McKeever family and others to the Kipte home where Linda Lucy, baby daughter of Mr and Mrs Kipte, is mentioned.
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Ern Holzer
Elgin
Holzer
Anna Falk
F. J. McKeever
Betty
Janet
Dorothy Shillinglaw
Clare Waff
Minneapolis
L. L. Kiple
Linda Lucy
Fellowship Meeting Friday Evening at Guttenberg
The first fall meeting of the N. E. Iowa Masonic Fellowship Association will be held Friday Sept 20 at Guttenberg. Bro Rideout of Dubuque will be the speaker. A fish dinner will be served at 4 30 p.m. at the Masonic hall. Reservations urged. Tell them you saw it in the Echo.
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N. E. Iowa Masonic Fellowship Association
Guttenberg
Bro
Rideout of
Dubuque
Masonic Hall
R E A high line work to finish in ninety days
Construction on the R E A high lines project in Allamakee and Clayton counties began last week. The line spans about 240 miles with crews clearing trees, setting poles, and stringing wires. Four to five miles are projected daily. 50 to 70 workers are employed. Headquarters are in West Union with later site at Postville. completion is within ninety days.
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Allamakee
Clayton Counties
Rundalia
Randalia
West Union
Nlyria
Pleasant Valley
Clayton County
Highland
Marion
Elgin
Postville
Wisconsin
Cream Chiseling Must Be Stopped by Officials
West Union dairy inspectors warned 200 buttermakers and cream haulers against chiseling tests. B W Patsey of the town dairy division said any creamery offering a better test figure is an offside act and will face stricter action if repeated. No creamery in town will be allowed unfair advantage, officials stated through the Argus-Crazette report.
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B. W. Patsey
Dairy and Food Division
Mr. Patsey
State Department
Too Many Solicitors In Small Towns
The town editor condemns frequent outside fundraising appeals as a racket. In three days, three different groups solicited for funds, prompting the suggestion that money be redirected to focal churches or channeled via a Community Chest plan.
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Elgin
Decorah Woman Heads Finley Hospital Appointment
Decorah resident Mrs Genevieve H Hilger was named superintendent of Finley hospital in Dubuque by the board of trustees after eight years as head of Decorah hospital She succeeds Frederic G Lattner who resigned to lead the Iowa Hospital Service Inc in Des Moines
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Genevieve H. Hilger
Decorah
Finley Hospital
Dulbuque
Hilger
Frederic G. Lattner
Iowa Hospital Service, Inc
Des Moines
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R. E. A. Lines
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