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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1946
Page
1
A historical notice from Elgin Echo Dial records its second class mail status with the Fayette County Iowa filing details dated September 1, 1891 under the 1852 act, indicating legal post office classification.
Richs column shows Owen Nickels back from the Navy sharing camp jokes and jests. Town life stirs with fights, clubs, flags and social quips as readers react to rationing and community antics.
A birthday notice lists numerous individuals grouped by dates from February 15 to February 20. The writeup includes Marvin Lantz John Muncie Betty Light Richard Frieden Louie Olson Jerry Hyde Martha Kimpston Donna Hendren Janice Hanson Ralph Doeppke Robert A. Clothier Creighton J. Ash Mildred Feller Salome Thoman Mrs Gus Gilbertson Adolph Pagan John Q. Schiltz Betty Gilson Sharlene Gruver Lawrence Jaster J A Habeger Bertram Kurth Mrs Clifford Kittel aun Gerald Erickson Betty Gilbert Conner Dummermuth Andrew Yearous Lois Mae Larson Alfred Jenson Arlene Hanson.
Max Thoma visited Dubuque on a business mission Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Herbert Dummerth entertained guests Sunday for her brother Harold Conner's birthday. Mrs Sam Lehman will visit Cedar Rapids Friday to see her daughter Florence at business college. J D Shaffer now runs the Independence Produce Company station from a room near the Falk hotel. Mrs H T Knudtson visits Minneapolis. Ern Bauder attends the American Legion state gathering in Des Moines with Julius Scholen. Mr and Mrs Frane DeSart return from South Dakota after caring for a relative. Lucy and Celia Christen visit sister Mrs Fred Ubersax in Shulisburg. Hazel Gehring, home from Cedar Rapids business college, is taking a vacation with her parents. Ella Lehman visits Cedar Rapids tomorrow. Fred A House announces Republican bid for Fayette county sheriff.
Frances J. Johnson files for divorce from Carl Johnson citing cruel treatment. She seeks temporary and permanent alimony of 25 to 35 dollars weekly, attorney fees, costs, and custody of their minor child, plus remarriage rights under the law. Marriage licenses listed show couples wed in early February including Schroeder and Boie, Welsh and Jurgens, and Bachtell and Anderman.
The article recalls Puritan shoe rules, noting pilgrims faced strict quality over quantity. In Salem a man stood in court over excessive boot ribands and silver lace adornments while England banned shoes more than two inches longer than the foot.
Researchers studying canned vegetables found vitamin C loss depended on the headspace air in the can rather than the can material. The greater the unfilled space at the top, the more vitamin C deteriorated, with loss proportional to headspace quantity.
Reuse scraps of toilet soap by melting with water to create a simple shampoo solution. Store in a bottle or jar for easy use. Melt or grate laundry soap leftovers to make soap chips for use in ether machine or tub.
One of the nation’s leading electrical equipment makers plans to enter home heating as new equipment paired with cheaper power promises practical, affordable heating for consumers. The move reflects a shift in the market and anticipated cost advantages for households.
Jet planes quiet as flight crews offset the absence of vibration in new jet fighters by attaching small vibrators to instrument panels to provide the constant jiggle needed for accurate readings.
An American born Swiss immigrant named Harry Paul Keiser 28 arrives in Chicago to live with cousin Dr. Harry R. Keiser. He praises American comforts like baths and foamy soap while noting Swiss rationing. He plans to stay, has begun naturalization papers, and speaks five languages. The Keiser family traces back to 1500 in Switzerland.
An Iowa Poll shows 55 percent of Iowans support a 10 percent federal income tax cut. Among spring taxpayers, 58 percent approve, with 17 percent opposing, and 8 percent wanting a larger cut.
Don Shaw of Oelwein announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for State Representative from Fayette County to the Iowa legislature Des Moines. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J Hardy Shaw and a Harvard graduate with FBI and National Resources Planning Board experience. Shaw served in the Army from 1942 to 1945, rising to captain with 19 months overseas in WWII in India China Guam and Okinawa. He is currently enrolled in the University of Iowa Law School.
Tornado moves at speeds from a few mph up to nearly 180 mph, indicating wide variability in storm dynamics and potential for rapid changes in intensity and path.
A kindergarten class discusses thankfulness on the eve of Thanksgiving. Ray, despite a speech defect, shows depth as a young philosopher, noting that children sense fairness and may forgive parents who treat them with honesty. The piece urges self-examination before disciplining kids.
After the summer of 1848 rumors spread that western desert trails were easily followed by signs of the gold rush. Discarded animal bones and newly marked graves appeared along routes used by prospectors heading toward California.
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