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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1943
Page
1
Foreign Display per inch Local Display per inch Readers per line Classified per word paid in advance minimum charge for first insertion No commission Gains of Thanks $1.00 in Memoriam Cards $1.00 Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices with admission charged and obituary poetry at regular advertising rate 30¢ per line agency terms 10 percent.
A humorous column recalls New Year s resolutions from 1943 1948 and 1963 with tales of drinking limits saving money and avoiding comforts while noting public notices and newspaper support from state and county publishers urging 100 percent community backing for service notices and war bonds.
A collage of jokes and vignettes, holiday tales, and local notices. Highlights include a Army sweetheart appeal urging letters, New Year party reports for Miss Lillie Freiburghaus and Lucille Berndt, a New Year wedding at the Nydegger Cummings home in Nyria, Rev. Stuart Cleworth officiating, and Jimmie Thompson’s double setback from a broken arm to mumps.
Strauch at Jefferson Barracks is reported in the hospital there. Ben Baumgarten, also at Jefferson Barracks with pneumonia, is now better and able to sit up. The ice harvest is under way with Falk and Schori leading the effort to stock ice houses for next summer, producing good quality ice. Six Volga City men were summoned to Dubuque to answer for alleged sedition against the United States, with charity urged despite their foolish acts and possible press influence.
Office of Censorship in Washington urges restraint to protect troop strength data. Anonymized items from papers revealing unit locations and ship names could aid enemies. The guidance stresses cautious reporting of personal experiences to avoid giving actionable information.
The article notes that ship names are kept secret while detailing soldiers or sailors and their addresses. It emphasizes not disclosing their fighting units or specific naval assignments in public records or reports.
Journal note records transfers from W J Rogers abstract office for two weeks ending December 31 1942. Pauline DeSart Estate administrator 0 J Elsenbast sells to Fanny Frieden administrator D property in Lorgs Add Elgin for 410 dollars. Walter Dennler and wife Anna transfer to Walter and Anna Dennier WD part of the NW and SW quarters and road easement along the east 20 feet of the SW quarter of section 28 township 94 range 7.
A burglar entered the Franklin county courthouse and tried to rob the auditor’s office. He forced the cash drawer open but did not take the single penny inside. In other news, Father Leo Entringer of Grundy Center plans hemp cultivation, signing up 40 acres to refit land and plant hemp with his congregation.
Ed Simmone of near Marengo reports a first Christmas robin on his property. He saw the bird on December 22 near a cherry tree, noting the unusual sight for the season.
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