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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1942
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for foreign and local display per inch and readers per line, with classified per word and advance payment. Cards of Thanks and In Memoriam Cards priced at 1.00, Resolutions of Respect and obituary poetry at regular rates, with various minimums and terms noted, including six to thirty cent discounts and miscellaneous charges.
A stream of humorous quips and political notes on sugar rationing and war bonds. The column blends jokes about dentists, defense savings bonds, and civic virtue with wry lines about masculinity, honesty, and public life. It ends with observations on a spring returning, a boat mishap, and a proposed student debate series.
A Rotary Club pig named Bondie is used to promote war savings bonds. He is auctioned with bids tied to his weight gain, currently up to a planned target, and proceeds support bond purchases and stamps. The campaign highlights community involvement and wartime fund raising.
Earl Greenley and wife left for their new home in Clayton. Fred Miller hauled an auto load of household goods for them. Mrs. Greenley will return next Monday for business. Luther Shaffer returns from Rochester where his wife undergoes specialist care with planned operation in six weeks. Mel Kohler and family go to Cedar Rapids to consult a specialist over their daughter Betty’s head trouble. Ed Boyle injured hand in a furnace fire incident after glass and gas play in basement. Weibel family and others visit Fairbank. Dr. Butler accompanies Mrs. Schori to Iowa City for surgery. she is recovering well. Dr. Roy Becker, attending funeral in hometown, has a cold. L W Reed and wife move into renovated Home on Main Street. Carl Huebner injured by horse. no serious injury expected.
Two week period ending April 17 lists multiple transfers in Clermont Whit Tenbaugh Add and Herriman Add. Transactions include Amon Erickson to Emma Erickson for Und. 12 Ls 13 14 15 B 13 and Mae Raftis to Marie and Mathew Dwyer with Qcd for Ls 16 W 10 ft of L 7. Sheriff transfer of Ls 197 202 Herriman Add and adjacent parcels for 3163.77. Guardians Mary Meyer and Mary Haas list transfers for NW quarter and NE quarters with various parcels. Andrew O Anderson and Minnie transfer WD deed for W 1-2 SW 14 95-7 for 3625.00. End note urges increasing food production to counter New York air alarms.
Washington D C President Roosevelt received season passes from Clark Griffith and Ford Frick as the baseball season opened in both leagues. Mrs Roosevelt also received a pass. The photo shows Clare Roosevelt Ford Frick and Clark Griffith.
Farmers receive guidance on tomato varieties for Iowa soils and climate, with recommendations such as Pritchard Rutgers Break-a-day Harris Early Stone and Indiana Baltimore. It notes early fruiting types, transplant methods, soil preparation, sowing times by region, spacing, thinning, and phosphorus needs plus a homemade cutworm bait method. It also mentions Mrs. Sam McCarty, a World War II gold star mother, purchasing War Savings Bonds with life insurance proceeds from her son William Allen killed at Pearl Harbor.
Dale Patterson of Elgin is among 30 Peacocks vying for outfield, as Coach Dorman lists a nine game slate starting April 25 with Gustavus Adolphus in a tentative double header. Upcoming dates include May 1 Illinois Normal, May 2 Luther, May 5 Wartburg, May 6 Simpson, May 8 Plattville Teachers, May 11 Buena Vista, May 16 Simpson, May 18 Luther, and May 20 Wartburg, with home and away games.
A Prairie du Chien based degree team will confer a third degree at a joint meeting of the Northeast Iowa Fellowship and Trowel associations in Strawberry Point this Thursday evening. Local Masons are urged to attend per Wisconsin ritual. A prior district meeting in Oelwein featured Dr Earl E Harper as speaker.
A dog named Scotty from Reinbeck returns after wandering from Mr. and Mrs. James Matheson's home fourteen months ago. Last week the little black dog found a door ajar, walked in cheerfully, ready to eat, but did not speak.
A. E. Del Smith declares candidacy for Fayette county board of supervisors for the 1943 term. The run begins with the June 1, 1942 Republican primary, contingent on the will of Republican voters.
Wilford Clark announces candidacy for county attorney of Fayette County subject to Republican voters decision in the June 1 primary election an anthem from Elgin Echo.
Representative Editor Elgin Echo reports George L. Scott seeks renomination in the Republican primary on June 1 for the state representative seat in Fayette County from the 71st district. Scott aims to return to the legislature, highlighting prior service and district interests.
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