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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
3
Agnes Paulson serves as local editor for the Mont Clermont area, a Fayette County Iowa publication. She is a member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association.
The column urges oil furnace owners to contact ration boards for winter fuel and warns against last-minute rushes. It reviews guard expenditures since 1941, noting $731,527.87 total and promising future figures on headquarters costs. It also reports on political maneuvers, Vera Moss’s shift to a motor vehicle role, and Speaker Burma’s unsettled plans before the gubernatorial race.
A political note outlines three paths for a Republican: seek the congress seat in the third district in the primary, pursue the lieutenant governor nomination on the Republican ticket, or consider other options. The lieutenant governor route appears less unlikely but remains a possibility.
John L. Miller longtime president and general manager of the Cedar Rapids Gazette died after a weeks long hospital stay following an injury from a fall. The paper’s leadership relied on department heads with a strong reputation built by the publication. Spangler Wallace notes stir over use of term American fascists in Detroit address drawing GOP critique of isolationists and anti New Deal sentiment.
Twenty five years ago Edna Dunsmore visited Straw berry Point Monday to see her brother who leaves this week for Camp Gordon Georgia. Several local residents report minor injuries employment changes and military enlistments during harvest season.
Practical tips on icebox storage for cheeses vegetables and prepared dishes. Emphasizes cooling methods to prevent spoilage and preserve nutrients including vitamin A. notes on mould, room temperature storage, and common fridge mistakes. Also records local social visits and family outings with names and places in a brief community snapshot.
Darlene Olson returned home Saturday after a week at the Howard Kluss home in Mopena. Many neighbors and relatives visited and hosted gatherings at the Halverson, Olson, Landsgard, Larson, and Amundson homes across the week with several dinners and Sunday visits noted.
The notice lists ration deadlines across categories. Second inspection for Class A is Sept 30. Class B runs July to Oct 31. Class C or bulk coupons third inspection by Aug 31. Commercial vehicles require inspections every six months or 5000 miles. Gasoline A book No 7 valid through Sept 21. Fuel oil period 5 coupons expire Sept 30. Coffee restrictions removed July 29. Sugar Coupons No 13 through 16 have various end dates through Oct 31. home canning allowed with later coupons. Blue stamps N P Q valid July 1–Aug 7. R S T valid Aug 1–Sept 20. Meats Fats Cheese Canned Fish red stamps July 25–Aug 31 and Aug 8–Aug 31 and Aug 15–Aug 31. Shoes Coupon No 18 valid through Oct 31. stamps may be shared within a family.
Cherokee Indian wins first prize in The Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman with a stark essay on two pictures, depicting a dilapidated house and a washed-away field. The piece laments land loss, cultural disruption, and the vanishing homestead as white expansion encroaches on distant plains.
A fragmentary exchange mocks Native labor and relief policies. The speaker, invoking the Great Spirit, says Indians should not work or waste anything while contrasting attitudes of White settlers who are portrayed as crazy. The text reads as a harsh caricature from a historical page.
The piece notes Decorah expanding from a few long established offices to eighteen government agencies employing between sixty and sixty five staff. It also reports on a local priest’s death in China, a Denison custodian encountering a 92 inch badger, and various small town anecdotes including a ledger from 1857 and a Chariton fire caused by a hot iron.
Tradler and seven children faced a harrowing day as locals helped home the kids after work at Schroedermeir Place. Bruises and cuts marked their injuries. John Stevenson of Lime Springs previously claimed an eight dollar bounty for shooting an adult wolf near Lime Springs, the first such bounty in Howard County for years. The notice ends with a generic stockyard mention and an unrelated advertisement.
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