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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1946
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is listed as a second class mail matter registered in Elgin Fayette County Iowa. The note cites the postal act dates March 3 1852 and September 1 1851.
A collection of light humor and dialogue including a suitor pondering courtship after a show and supper, a moon cheese quip, a radio comedian jab about egg laying, remarks on intoxication and mornings, a harvest time joke about a hired man, a money loss quip in romance, political humor about right and left, and a note that pedestrians have the right of way over autos.
A column riffs on rights at crosswalks and noisy drivers, urges curbside etiquette, and laments bottle smashers. It warns that careless gun use by youths damages property and endangers others, then shifts to a parade of light jokes and quips about educators, Uncle Sam duties, and a Boris Karloff style comic-serum fantasy.
Two taciturn Maine farmers who met daily in a village post office for 20 years suddenly exchange a sharp stare when one turns left instead of right. The neighbor confronts him, but Billings replies it is none of his business, remarking they are old friends.
Mrs Tom Howard celebrated a birthday with a Saturday surprise party attended by thirty to forty relatives and friends who brought filled baskets for a festive supper. Local visitors returned home, and several residents were noted in recent travels including trips to Bern Kansas and Decorah.
Happy Birthday to You features a roster of individuals with birth dates from April 18 to April 24. The list includes L Harold Strong Donald F Gilson Lavanda Olson Mrs Marjorie Patten Mrs Sel mer Holm and others such as Janice Pinney Robert Benson Lolita Steele Luella Browne Stanley Sheffer W A Sheely Flossie C Potter Eleanor B Loftsgard Leon Loftsgard Doyle Baker Beverly Sieleman Mike Miller Louisa Bucher Ban D Meisner Judy Swenson Don Tieden Charles A Benson Mary Bell Habeger Lizzie Gunderson Alan Longmuir Nels Knudtson Leota Welch Ed Butikofer Helen Anderson Fern Sherp Paul Smith Marcia Wolf and Mrs Frank Christen.
The English wife of Donald Howe from Waucoma arrives to learn Howe married Kathleen Doerr of the same town. Howe, a former soldier, was paroled to the Iowa Board of Parole after a bigamy trial. Doerr received a three year sentence in Rockwell City. The English wife plans to stay with Howe’s parents as he awaits a new trial.
Iowa businesses show gains in the first two months of 1948 versus a similar period in 1945. Most lines rise while building contracts and industrial payrolls hold steady. Increases include residential building permits 281 and life insurance sales 38. Farm products prices rise 3 and bank debits up 15. Tell 'em you saw it in the Echo.
Bernice Bailey petitions the clerk for divorce from Joseph Elmer Bailey citing cruel and inhuman treatment and habitual drunkenness. They wed January 3 1914 and are parents to a daughter now married. Plaintiff seeks ownership of real estate in West Union, household goods, and personal belongings.
Iowa farm grain stocks on April 1 1946 show corn at 201,010,000 bushels the season low since 1997 and 28 percent below April 1 1945. Oats on farms total 92,209,000 bushels the highest April 1 1946 since 1939.
April first cattle on feed for market in Iowa were 25 percent below 1945 levels, with the 11 Corn Belt states down 17 percent. The decline, second only to drought years, reflects corn shortages, high feeder cattle costs, and policy uncertainty on price ceilings and subsidies.
An account of Kodiak brown bears noting that they reach up to 13 feet when standing on hind legs and about 50 inches tall at the shoulder when on all fours. The largest bears reportedly weigh 1,500 pounds or more.
Blanche Dummermuth and husband Herbert transfer to John A Anderson and wife for one dollar Lots 16 16 and south 70 Lots 6 and 6 Block 9 Conner's Add Elgin. Gunder Nygaard transfers to John M Bakewell and Joycelyn Bakewell for twelve hundred dollars Lots 20 21 and 22 Block 17 Clermont. Mary E Pritchard transfers to John Nydegger for one dollar west 50 and SW 593 7. Tha Olson transfers to Herbert Dummermuth for four thousand six hundred dollars Lots 8 10 11 and 12 Block 19 Clermont.
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