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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
2
The Purple and White Tattler reports spring mood at Elgin High School with seniors planning graduation and the class acts. Student notes cover classes, a senior day at Wartburg, a senior class play, and a lively sports start as baseball opens against Wadena on their field.
The piece records school life notes from Ione with mentions of love letters from Dick and Dorothy C. reading a letter from Bob. It notes children must play and school events like a party next week and a longing for a skating rink.
Reader asks for attention to a handwritten story titled Wolves or man's worst enemy. The piece contrasts four legged wolves once common with two legged wolves now prevalent. It notes danger from both, cites Webster on wolf as a wild beast allied to the dog, and ends with a sharp dig at the reader's knowledge.
A local column teases readers with hints about a sophomore girl including brown hair and greenish blue eyes. Her May 14 birthday marks her 18th year, and she lists favorites from solar to Pontiac and Tiny Hill, while keeping her exact weight and certain details private.
The passage highlights Elva Mac and Kiva Mae Lerch, mentioning Red Skelton and Lucille Ball in a playful, theatrical context. It notes hair styles and future ambitions, hinting at a pageant or talent segment and a wish to attend a beauty college.
Mrs H T Knudtson returns home after months with Mrs Boies Capper in Postville. Mr and Mrs Em Saider hosted dinner. Gunderson and Nydegger families were visited. Dr Hugh Wolf Burton and Howard traveled to Chicago for weekend with relatives. Fayette attorney Oliver W Stevenson, 65, dies. widow and sister survive. Ed McDonough, 72, dies in Rochester after operation. funeral at Holy Name church. Maynard Lantz moves to Berndt building to start barber shop. Charlotte Tebbe hosts truth or consequences party with group including Lauretta Gilson and others. Mrs Mike Adrian ill at home.
Farmers should extend grain feeding to four weeks as pastures green up, with high moisture grass 3 to 4 inches tall. Use root vegetables and poisoned bait to manage pocket goppers and Canada thistle, while promoting dairy cow feed. Poultry producers adopt all pullet flock plans to boost egg production, ensuring pullets are grown and healthy to avoid parasite transfer from older birds.
Instruction guidance on protecting bathtub surfaces during decorating. If the tub is under a window place cloth or newspaper inside it to shield the tub while painters work on window screens shades or related fixtures.
Milk emerged as the largest single source of farm cash income, delivering 2.93 billion dollars to farmers in 1942. The figure highlights dairy’s dominant role in agricultural revenue during the year.
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