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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1942
Page
1
The notice outlines local and foreign display rates per inch, per line for classifieds, per word for per-word ads, and advance payment for first insertion. It lists standard charges for cards of thanks, in memoriam, and resolutions of respect, along with church, welfare, school notices and obituaries when a fee applies.
A miscellany of quips and jokes on marriage gifts hats and fashion. The mood blends wartime humor with social commentary about spending reliance on spouses and the home front. A brief jab at windshiel d farmers and a wartime verse closes the column.
A collage of witty anecdotes and comments from Sumner Gazette readers. bits on rationing penalties, speed evictions, rubber drives, postal rule changes, and a truck tire gag. scattered quips about Uncle Sam, news costs, and local dealers, all in a provincial, back-page voice.
Items taken from the Echo July 12 files recount marriages and deaths, with Fred Bauder of Cedar Rapids and Margaret Weed of Anamosa wed on May 12. Mrs. D. O. Forbes dies June 17 in Olympia, Washington of valvular heart trouble. Drafts loom for June 6 registrants. many plan travel, visits, or enlistment as war preparations continue.
A pamphlet from American Municipalities warns Iowa women about a scheme where men briefly employ them to claim unemployment benefits. It suggests using relationships to obtain short work stints then collect state unemployment compensation, effectively paying for vacations or needs with public funds.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz USN is pictured aboard a United States warship as he accepts the Distinguished Service Medal from the president. The ceremony recognizes his role as Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, during a West Coast port visit.
Grand Meadow Study Club met with Mrs. Gladys Halverson hosting on June 11. Roll call referenced daylight saving time issues. Discussions noted health habits, cancer notes, and home accident causes. July 19 at West Union was chosen for the summer picnic. Emma Gunderson and Mabel Amundson served as co hosts.
Dairy Herd Improvement Assn No 2 tests show 378 cows with 848 milking and 30 dry in 23 herds, average milk output and 27.9 pounds fat. Herman Pape West Union tops with 933 pounds milk and 50.8 fat from 8 cows. Next ranks include Karl Miller Walter Pilati Erwin Miller among others. In No 4 group 492 cows tested and 469 milking in 25 herds, Steffens Sons West Union lead with 1052 pounds milk and 43.7 fat from 18 cows. Other top herds include Irving Deering Jerry Spencer Arbe Schroeder Cline & Sons.
Farmers should arrange to have soybeans combined and use machinery cooperatively to ease labor and equipment shortages. Iowa State College studies warn that hay baled at 20 percent moisture stores safely, while 23 to 30 percent risks mold and 35 percent almost certainly molds. Hog-corn ration in mid June at 18.6 favors Iowa, eggs reach record mid June prices since 1920. Cracking or grinding wheat for hogs is advisable as it substitutes for corn and outperforms oats for dairy cattle.
The piece advises that success with others hinges on personal behavior, not on where people are. It states that trouble-seekers find trouble and emphasizes self‑control as the path to harmony. Patronize Echo advertisers and save money.
The Air Express operation reports monthly round-miles totaling about 00,000,000 across the United States. The figure, presented as a broad estimate, highlights scale without detailing routes or specific carriers.
Marcus W. Rippentrop a 20 year old Kossuth county Naval enlistee startled Des Moines officials by admitting relation to Joachim Von Ribbentrop Germany's foreign minister He explained his grandfather and the minister's father were first cousins and the family name was altered in the foreign minister's branch Young Rippentrop lives in Titonia Iowa Also notes on malted beef a brewery sale and an odd double hooked fish tale from Union Grove Lake near Gladbrook.
May state average at retail business fell ten percent versus May 1942, while April posted a year to year gait gain. Town University bureau of business research lists liquor stores and several other sectors with gains, including general stores and dry goods, with hardware and men’s furnishings showing declines.
A brief wartime public service line urges daily remembrance of Pearl Harbor and promotes U S defense savings bonds and stamps as a patriotic financial commitment. The note reinforces national unity and ongoing support for military preparedness through savings programs.
The 1941 meat animal industry recorded income exceeding 550 million dollars, a 46 percent rise from 1940. Hogs were the primary source, with prices driving cash income even as head marketed fell from the prior year.
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