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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1946
Page
1
Elgin Iowa notices the Elgin Echo Dial issues with historic postal registration info. Found text shows the paper’s second class mail status dated September 1 1891 and location Elgin Fayette County Iowa.
Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session at the town hall with all members present. Minutes from the previous meeting were read and approved. Budgets and bills examined and allowed including Elgin Oil Co supplies 112.33 W P Kohls salaries 69.40 John Freitag labor 0. per tax 0 36h7 Sheldon Boyle tax 41.53 Tille Hanson cemetery tax 41.62 C J Harrington salaries 40.00 D O Dean salaries 12.50 Interstate Power Co street lights 53.55 Interstate Power Co hall electricity 638.56 Interstate Power Co power pumping 0 0 अध्यक्ष 7009. Torkelson Bros supplies 19.38 W P Kohls salaries 69.40 Elgin Echo printing Bas W E Baumgartner gravel 7.28 Max Thoma supplies 3.38. Motion to adjourn carried. C J Harrington Clerk. 2.09
An estimated 40 percent of U S farm operators will be over 55 by war’s end, compared with 25 percent in 1920, signaling a need for many new and younger operators in the postwar period.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a US Senate passage event with names and places unreadable due to garbled characters. The readable portion hints at a legislative action or confirmation involving dates and officials, but critical details are corrupted.
A concise note asserts that two thirds of the world’s population are engaged in agriculture yet contends that not all thirds face underfeeding, implying a distribution of food access amid farming labor.
Meet senior Dale Klingman age 17 with June birthday and four pet peeves, and senior girl Jane Kathryn Falk age 17 with Nov 29 birthday who enjoys scrapbooks diaries stamps and coins. Jane is editor of the paper this year and aims for medicine or science studies in college. Declamatory work details 23 students with dates for elimination contests in January and state series in February. Wodonka Campfire girls elect officers Bonita Gruger president and Janice Pinney new member with meetings every other week.
Robert Gehring attends a brief dairy study in Ames to gather information on dairying butter making and related topics before returning to Sioux City for a secured position with a large company. Anna Etter celebrates her 78th birthday at the Schweitzer home with relatives, born in Switzerland in 1843. Mrs. Fred Gehring travels to Oelwein with Hazel en route back to Cedar Rapids, visiting Wm. Deerhammer and the Holzer family. Herold Greenley works at Citizens’ State Bank learning banking. Jake Pfister returns for New Year’s visit after months away in western Iowa. Ern Schori and family depart for California, first to Los Angeles for the winter.
A quirky kitchen note advises adding one table spoon Water or vegetable juice per egg when scrambling. Milk is said to cause curdling and separation, though some cooks may disagree.
To keep scrim curtains straight, fold each edge to the center and baste along the folds before washing. This ensures even edges and reduces distortion during laundering.
Supt. Fred N. Cooper aims to outfit inmates at the Iowa Training School for Boys with three uniforms a work suit a school suit and a Sun best outfit to boost morale. After last year’s clothing shortages boys wore oversized or torn garments all week except Sundays. Continuous dress for dinner is seen as a move toward normalcy.
A family story follows Jim as he negotiates allowances and spending to learn financial discipline. He starts with fifteen cents, buys a worn pencil, spends it all, and earns more debt until responsible habits form. The tale weaves in a teacher’s demand, parental guidance, and the hard knocks of money management as Jim learns to value pencils and pennies.
Farmers are urged to buy or lay by seed during harvest and threshing season as the best wheat, oats, and barley varieties disappear first.
A precise measurement system uses one eighth the diameter of a human hair or 28 millionth of an inch to specify dimensions in hearings about highly precise components for nuclear devices, including the niifHicléh ball and roller.
The Japanese beetle, once confined to 18 states outside areas already under federal quarantine, faces broader containment as officials widen inspections and control measures to prevent spread. Federal and state agencies coordinate to slow the pest's movement across regions.
Our community fundraiser urges residents to donate clothing, shoes, and bedding for victims of Nazi and Japanese oppression overseas. Last spring about 25 million people benefited from American donations, but many remain in need. Contributions go to relief efforts abroad with free distribution and friendly notes attached to each item. Local depots include Elgin State Bank and various merchants listed.
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