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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1942
Page
1
The notice lists per inch and per word rates for foreign and local display advertising, readers, and classified words. It includes advance payment terms, commissions, and special card notices with set prices for Card of Thanks memorials and Resolutions of Respect, noting church and school notices may have different timission charges.
A July 2 1942 column blends small town life notes from Elgin with reflections on past Sundays and changing times. It recalls tire rationing, neighborhood picnics, and memories of circle gatherings, with social quips about USO clubs and local highway etiquette. The piece also shares jokes and bits about the old Turkey River Giants, past travel by road, and a Wareham Massachusetts anecdote.
First prize winner for this week's slogan proclaims don’t worship your money worship it. The page riffs on work hours, war bonds, speed limits, tires, and quirky quips about inventors and clergy in a mosaic of lighthearted vignettes. Named items include a 988 government crop payment, an 18.75 bond, and a pair of church titled anecdotes.
Items from the June 28 Echo Word reflect events in 1917: marriage notices at Fourth Presbyterian Church Chicago for C. C. Cooley and Betty Collins officiated by N. Ware. obituaries for Mrs W. H. Fink in Springfield Missouri. news of American troops arriving at a French seaport. local visits by T. W. Doan and others. preparations for Pleasant Valley Red Cross organization. Army battery members like Ern White due home before service. births in Harley Steele’s family. trips to Chicago for Buick cars. visits of John Lehman to LaPorte City. Winifred Schmid’s return from Deer Lodge Montana. and Edgar Kimball’s post appendectomy status at Postville hospital.
Frank McCoy 86 the first white child born in Calhoun County died June 12 near Lanesboro. He was the son of John and Catherine McCoy pioneer settlers. Nine Bremer County churches of Methodist Baptist and Evangelical denominations were named beneficiaries in the will of the late Mrs. Fannie Ingersoll to be filed for probate July 7. One church of each denomination in Waverly was left 1000 and other county churches 500 each.
The piece details a 1940 campaign finance summary with balances and contributions, notes praise for Miller, and lists convention delegates for state and district positions. It records endorsements for Judge M. M. Cooney and the re-election of county officials R. F. Estey as chair, Dr. Smith Kennedy as vice-chair, Miller as treasurer, and Grace King as secretary.
The June 1942 livestock survey shows Iowa farmers achieved a 21 percent rise in the spring pig crop, the largest on record, and plan to lift fall farrowings 22 percent from the 1941 peak. Farmers aimed for 28 percent gains but fell short, with Rural Mail Carriers aiding the survey.
Alma Mae Martens became the bride of Don Amos Yates in a Monday 2:30 ceremony at her parents home in Smithfield. Rev. Ronald Braylick officiated. Afterward, more than sixty relatives and guests shared refreshments. The couple will reside with the groom’s parents on their Fayette farm.
Mineral wool insulation is produced by forcing molten rock through a jet of steam to create silk like fireproof fibers. The Butler County fair board ordered a supply of fireworks for the season on June 18, ensuring the county will have a fair this year.
Dr. H. H. Wolf announced that certificates for all who completed the May first aid course have arrived. The documents are at his office and will be delivered upon request. All participants achieved a satisfactory passing grade and are authorized to provide first aid.
New officers of the Fayette county association of Legion Posts were elected recently. Allen Robinson and Wade Na lead as commander and vice commander, with Walter Lenz as adjutant, Dawson Clark as finance officer, Earl Foss as sergeant at arms, and Gerhard Johnson serving as secretary/sergeant at arms in West Union and Maynard.
Henry Anderson, a farmer south of Osage, sustained a crushed chest and ribs, a broken collarbone, and other injuries when a team he was hitching to a corn cultivator ran away. He was hospitalized for treatment.
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