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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
1
The Elgin Echo notes its Thursday publication by Pra A P Strauch. Located in Elgin Iowa Fayette County it is circulated as second class mail matter in the local post office system.
A collage of wry witticisms on wartime rationing and everyday thrift. Jokes reference stray fats saving glycerin for shells, junkmen, and the OPA price shifts while lighthearted quips touch on gas, seasickness cures, and checks on wartime duties. Includes spoof slogans and a note on the Navy enlistment of Tom Powell.
A collage of short quips and satirical lines targets manners and morals during wartime life. Jokes reference clubs for women, movie restrictions, Shakespeare, mail, rationing, red meat, and a wry take on domestic life and public affairs. Notable humor includes lines about Rex Tugwell and a cannibal joke about horse meat.
Bert Enos and wife arrived from Batavia New York and will live with his father E Q Enos Elgin. Mrs Mel Kohler sprained ankle at home. Mrs Mae Bopp and Bernita camping at lakes Minnesota with Roy Bakeman family. Lieut E C Elkema of Tripoli visiting E G Stoem home en route to Wilbur Wright Field Ohio. Mrs Arthur Dibble Augusta and June visiting Samuel Mosby home. Ina Kohler visiting Frank Kohler family in West Union. George Smith family visiting from Gilmore City. Fred Gehring family visited George Holzer in Waukon. Gehring wife stayed longer.
The Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session at the town hall with all members present. Bills were audited and allowed including salaries, taxes, telephone service, street lights, and printing. A report shows Iowa farms raising a preliminary 69,926,000 chickens this year, 16 percent higher than last year’s 60,281,000, with Iowa leading national production.
Milwaukee railroad detectives probe a near derailment on the Marquette line at Luana Sunday afternoon. Rocks on the main track derailed the pony truck but the engine stayed on after hitting a switch. Detectives have several clues as they investigate the lucky break and potential causes. Also noted, two Clayton county relief agencies merge under one office to streamline social welfare and emergency relief efforts, praised as a step forward.
Henry Turner aged 65 committed suicide by hanging at a farm southeast of Fayette. His body was found by a local oil driver near a tree by the north side of the residence, with a ladder suggesting he used it to reach a rope noose. The Fayette Leader reports the discovery at about 9:30.
Pvt and Mrs Myron Anderson and other relatives visited Mr and Mrs Orgin Thompson and Shaffer families on Friday. Medberry and family joined Fox well and Holzer households for Sunday gatherings. Mrs Thos Ogle and children, Floyd Frieden and David celebrated Mrs Fleet Frieden of Charlotte wearing birthday honors.
The Roy Eiffert farm near Monona claims Clayton county's longest corn row at 14.6 miles with the row looping like a corkscrew around hills, and the line reportedly never ends for 148 miles. The Postville Herald notes rationing of stoves and describes the John Anderson family's luck in trading for a rare stove model from Estate Stove Co of Ohio. Nearby farmer J F Teal reports uneven corn growth, measuring two hills at 5 pm and finding one up ten inches and the other twelve inches by 6 pm the next day.
A wartime appeal urges citizens to donate more to war bonds to fund equipment and munitions. It emphasizes home front support for soldiers fighting in Europe Africa and the Pacific. The message asks readers to decide how much more they can give beyond essential needs. It likens bond purchases to backing family and friends in combat.
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