03 Aug 1944
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
1
A Des Moines Register snippet mocks numerologists who compare current politics to 1632 and 1920 while noting a Colorado paper's playful numeric experiment. The writer hints at striking, odd results and plugs a recent Colorado publication for context.
The piece argues the 9-7-2 interpretation about the war ending is unreliable. It warns against banking on a fixed date and encourages purchasing extra War Bonds as a more effective path to conclude the war, urging readers to support funding efforts.
A jumble of quips on money, secrecy, work, etiquette, and daily life seen in a humorous Elgin column. Jokes range from personal letters to office boy duties, with a note on a proposed master mechanics club and the quirks of familial relationships.
The Marion Busy Bees met at Mrs. Mervin Reierson’s home on Thursday evening July 27 with eight members present, two leaders, and seven visitors. Talks covered country family service, compromise service, and buffet service. Ardis Groth j demonstrated correct table setting and refreshments followed. Next meeting to be hosted by Verna and Ardis Groth.
Notes from July 31 1919 Echo files report on local life including Banks protected by McClintock burglar alarm system plans for a motor tour by Al Schori and family to New Martinsville West Virginia. Local harvests show light yields due to extreme heat. Melchair Yenney returns from overseas will resume railroad work in Huron South Dakota. Rose Reusser visits Ames. Elgin beats Cheery Valley 16 to 6. Bowers family to Milwaukee visit. George and Mrs Smith welcome a son. the Allen couple welcome twins. Becker relatives visit from Columbus Junction.
A ten year old resists a party yet ends up enjoying ice cream and politeness. The piece argues good manners teach kindness and confidence, with future value as etiquette skills mature by sixteen. It urges viewing civility as sincere consideration for others.
The text emphasizes patience and example to teach a child the link between good manners and kindness. It argues that phrases like thank you and excuse me, along with a courteous greeting, bring happiness and reflect a broader habit of kindness.
Names of residents visiting relatives and hosting gatherings fill a Sunday to Friday sequence. Residents like the Lyngaas, Olson, Halverson, Wharram, Amundson and Anderson families attend home visits, picnics at McGregor, ice cream planning nights, birthday party hosting, threshers meetings, and joint Clermont park services. Notable out-of-town visits include Mrs. Gustafsen from Minneapolis.
Elmer Bear of Clermont and Clara Baldwin were dinner guests in Elkader for Clara's birthday. Several families hosted or visited over the weekend, including Mixers Union at Reuben Miller's, Reuben Miller’s family staying with father E. R. Crane, George Schupbach and Carol and Bobby visiting Ernest Bauder, and Herbert Blockhun with David and Carlyle visiting there. Other visits cited include George Anderson and Bradley of West Union at Gus Krueger, Lloyd Swartley of Duluth traveling via Chicago then with the Grethers, Mrs. Leon Shepard and Sandra with the Cheater home, Ed Oldag and Virginia of Postville with Mrs. Laurence Knudtson and Emma Knudtson, Victor Moody and his son at J. D. Moody’s, Lew Grover in Clermont, and Verla and Beverly Benson visiting Reuben Howard.
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