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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
2
Local residents shared dinners visits and family gatherings across Grand Meadow. Numerous households hosted kin and neighbors including Lyngaas Erickson and Lundy families, with Andersons, Holm, Ulrickson, and Beckwith relations dropping by. Community life centered on Sunday and midweek calls, picnics, and church programs, highlighting a web of kinship and neighborly exchange.
Mrs Orlin Mason spent Monday with Mrs Fannie Frieden and others in Lawrence Butikofer home. Battle Creek guest stayed weekend with Christen Bros. various families visited in the community, noting multiple homes and guests across Friday to Sunday.
Farmers are urged to contact their local farm representative for farm help needs. Plan ahead and place requests with the representative. Leif Schreiner of the Waterloo US Employment Service supervises this county. Local reps may find help locally or bring workers from elsewhere if demand is high. Volunteers C. O. Christ Elgin C. S. Flower Wadena Fred Peeper Arlington Len T Simek Clermont Wm Tisdale West Union serve without pay. Farmers and workers should consult these centers early and often.
Mrs. Hulda Stoehr has greatly improved her residence on Center Street by adding white asbestos shingles for better fire protection and insulation. Other alterations enhance the home’s appearance.
No Bank or Hotel British Somaliland a protectorate since 1884 with an area of 68000 square miles and a population of 350000 still lacks a railway hospital or European hospital and several key amenities exist.
A short essay arguing that children learn to be thoughtful only when parents set clear standards and model good behavior. It emphasizes teaching manners like saying please and thank you, and notes that children imitate adults who are gracious and considerate.
Two week period ending August 15 1942 records real estate transfers from W J Rogers abstract office. Henry Adson to Irene B Kittleson and Addie Burnside to Elgin State Bank involve WD deeds for small sums. Other transfers include Albert Dummermuth to Harry L Johnson and Rachel Frieden to William Sutter with nominal payments. Locations include Clermont Elgin West Union Rickels Add Diamond Conner Armstrongs Add and related tracts with detailed lot and block designations.
In Spencer and other locations the season's wool clip sits in storage as government requisition looms. Mills would buy the wool if they can obtain it, while officials urge increasing food production on Iowa farms to meet demand.
Special CFT release from C. C. Campbell in Jer sey County shows Game Warden Carl J. Feyerbend with a timber rattlesnake measured at five feet two inches long and six inches in girth. He stepped on the reptile while on duty and killed it with a head shot. The snake is among the largest seen in the vicinity with 11 rattlers and a button.
In Bayonne New Jersey an Army of Occupation unit led by Brigadier General B R K Robertson blocks a man from entering the General Cable Co plant after Navy took over the factory last weekend. Rear Admiral H G Bowen represents the Navy and strikers say they would be glad to work under Navy supervision.
Ray Jodway of Des Moines and Dan Rice of Clarinda were elected president and treasurer of the Sourdough Club of Alaska, an org of 107 Iowans who traveled to Alaska to aid in building the new government highway, with a Valdez office.
A remarkable story follows a newlywed couple who, after separation, find creative ways to live on less than their favorite burger budget. They adapt routines, seek affordable meals, and share resilience in a compact, hopeful profile.
John Crockett formerly of Alden Jows now serves as reading clerk of the United States Senate. The Iowa official, once clerk of Hardin county court and clerk of the Iowa supreme court, spent his annual visit back home last week. A Firstridge Corp historian in Minneapolis plans a local history book with A Dean Hickok as editor, noted Ida Grove connections.
New York City report notes Elsie the glamour cow and her son Victory visiting the American Jersey Cattle Club. They are questioned by Margaret Baan before registration and sent to 1,000 Victory bulls to select dairy farms. These are the first animals to cross the club’s threshold in its 74 year history, among nearly two million Jerseys registered there.
Allied medium bombers struck an enemy-occupied town on Timor's southwest coast. Bombs hit the target area starting eight large fires as anti aircraft fire engaged. Planes then returned to base in the ongoing southwest Pacific offensive.
Neenah Wisconsin Gloria Callen, a Nyack New York swimmer with thirty one national records, wins the 100 meter backstroke at the National ASA U swimming meet in a photo finish over Susan Zimmerman of Portland Oregon. Time 1 18.8.
Wreckage of a Navy patrol blimp is shown after a forced landing in Daly City, a residential area near San Francisco. Photo captions note the ship was abandoned by its crew though two naval officers and two life belts were missing from the wreckage. Parachutes and other equipment remained, and searchers hunted the men alive.
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