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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is published every Thursday by R. P. Strauch and is entered in the Elgin Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
Local display and classified rates listed for newspapers including foreign and local display per inch per line per word. Payment in advance with minimums. cards of thanks memoriam and resolutions of respect priced at regular rates. obituary poetry included in display pricing.
A 1942 column notes April 30 events about Selective Service age spans 44 to 65 and Uncle Sam, sugar rationing, and sugar bowls at Des Moines restaurants. It jokes about wool from milk, rubber and sugar limits, and war mobilization, with quips on handwriting, advertising, and a political meeting anecdote.
A reader laments clerks huddling for caucuses while customers wait and urges better service. The piece notes shopkeepers face harsh criticism yet strive to satisfy all, and suggests expanding evening hours during farming season while hinting at local gossip and changing times.
Wiley recounts a Sum ner woman who surprised friends by proudly showing rayon hose purchases. The piece notes how she would not have worn rayon hose months ago, contrasting wartime pressures with alterable norms, and ends with the remark that war causes strange changes in behavior.
Sgt Fridjof Blockhus writes from Fort Lewis that he was chosen as one of two to attend a three month motor mechanics course at Fort Benning Infantry School. He asks to change his mailing address to Fort Benning.
After three dynamite caps were found in government stored corn in Waverly, searchers combed a 500 bushel lot for more caps. Authorities could not determine how the dynamite ended up in the corn.
A. E. Del Smith announces he will be a candidate for Fayette county board of supervisors for the 1943 term. The election is subject to Republican voters at the primary on June 1, 1942.
Wilford Clark declares his bid for Fayette County attorney in a primary race, stating the nomination hinges on Republican voters at the June 1 election. He files as a candidate with the county inscriber and emphasizes commitment to public service.
Republican primary action in Fayette County features incumbent George L. Scott seeking renomination for the state representative seat in the 71st district on June 1. Voters weigh continuity against challengers as the district undergoes local political activity.
Mrs. Fred B. Wolf of Primgar is appointed state agent for the Iowa board of control succeeding Mrs. Mat Banks of Montour. Banks becomes social service representative to Governor Wilson.
A white breasted robin is reported to be nesting on the A. B. Pollard property in Montezuma. The bird shows only a small red patch at the throat.
The company explains why a surcharge is needed to sustain reliable service and notes prior and ongoing rate actions in Nebraska South Dakota and North Dakota. It cites specific filings and proposals affecting local, intrastate, and toll rates, and provides 1940 1942 financial figures for revenues investments and operating income.
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