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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
3
An item indicates it was entered in the Clermont post office, Fayette County, Iowa, as second class mail matter.
Farmers are urged to remain vigilant for barn fires as the community reflects on wartime issues. The piece notes public caution, patriotic sentiment, and upcoming dedications for Nile Clarke Kinnick, with references to education and national unity. New Legion commander Dr. Charles R. Logan of Keokuk faces a tough rehab task for returning veterans.
Des Moines reports applauded liquor rationing as Iowa plans stocks to last a three year war or until December 1945. Draft calls for September are expected to be heavier for Iowa than any month since March, with more than August’s numbers likely. A Des Moines suit involving $600 for lobbying fees may be dismissed on request. The Iowa tax commission introduces a short form income tax option for those earning under $3,000, echoing federal practice and offering simpler filing.
Grand Meadow residents and families share Sunday and Thursday social visits across multiple homes including the Vernon Trade, Buraas, Lyngaas, Landsgard, Vasby, Larson, Holm, and Kittleson households. Names include Olson, Halverson, Stevenson, Clark, Lyngaas, Erickson, Reinhart, and Holt among others.
The article lists multiple Friday and Sunday social visits across Decorah Ossian and Belle Plaine, noting gatherings at J O Halverson Gerhard Halverson homes and with Mrs Helen Groth Selmer, Mrs Julia Landsgard, and others. A large Sunday evening program moved to the church due to rain. Howard Snell, a Belle Plaine ship’s cook, returns home after two years at sea with ten Pacific battles and one wound. he reports back to his ship in August. Joe Dullsbolton of Marion praised for lifelong service to Marion with jokes about moving furniture and hauling items. Entomologist Carl Drake discusses grasshopper control in Africa and corn borer in Iowa. The piece also mentions Gold in Them Bell Plaine’s Victory Garden yielding gold along with vegetables and a note about National Newspaper Week.
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