20 Jul 1944
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
1
Rich recalls thirty years of listener mail and gripe letters from West Union and West Anton, including hayseed on their street, personal crises, and disputes at home. He invites readers to write, noting some complaints get printed to relieve the reader’s burden.
A collection of light humor and cartoon captions from Camp Taylor 1917 recounts a soldier’s misreadings and a joke about Casey Murphy. Panels include a wallet mix up spoof and a photographer’s quip about a skirt tied with clothesline. The tone is playful and period specific.
Sgt. Lewis Stoehr returns from Army service and gains discharge at Camp Dodge. Minerva Weibel and Edna Weibel visit Fairbank at their uncle E. A. Weibel’s home. D. H. Bakeman of Cut Bank Mont visits sister Mrs Ed Bauder after service. Alf Wenger’s daughter born. Harold Stoehr recalls Coblenz encounter with Walter Kiple. Dr S W Kuster family depart to Correctionville after month visit.
Transfers recorded within two weeks ending July 14 1944 list LaNora Halverson to Ralph Johnson Lots 3 4 B79 Clermont and 7 8 B1 Wadena for 1.00. Claude S Flower to W V Fennell Nellie Messerli L 8 and N 1 2 of Lots 7 8 B2 North Side Add. Wadena for 1.00. John Durscher Jr and wife to Aubrey C Guyer E 1 red SW SE 12 94 8 for 85. Frank H Poor to C C Corbin Lots 3 4 and Whittenbaughs Add Wadena for 1.00.
A Grinnell Herald-Register excerpt decries government paper waste, citing Office of War Information directives and 65 agencies planning 235000 tons of material in 1944. A Democratic senator proposes cutting reports to save newsprint, effort, and dollars amid wartime rationing.
Flood waters across Iowa and nearby towns bring a jumble of wildlife finds and oddities. Ed Harrison discovers a duckling in a Davenport basement while a wood duck is rescued in Dubuque. Other items recount a hunter dispatching 24 oppossums, a carp on a flooded golf course, and a pair of escaped hospital patients seeking work amid labor shortages. The column also notes historic firsts, place-name origins, a buffalo fly anecdote, and local agricultural price shifts as July 1 ends milk can rationing.
The article warns potato blight must be prevented not cured and cites a Bordeaux mix with specific components, while tomato leaf spots threaten yields. It also mentions local residents Mrs Hollis Finch and Billy visiting Allen and A J Hebeger homes, with a casual want ad suggestion.
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