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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1941
Page
3
Marjorie Scheel, Clermont Enterprise local editor and member of the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association, is noted in the Clermont, Iowa publication. The notice lists her roles and professional affiliations, highlighting her standing in the local press community.
Democratic State Chairman E. H. Birmingham filed his bond to become internal revenue collector for Iowa as the party readies for a free for all to choose his successor. Names floated include G. G. Jeck Jake More J. R. Bahne Edward Breen and others as eastern and western factions vie for influence.
Farmers showcase milk and beef herds at the Fifteen States event with prize classes for cattle. Exhibitors emphasize profitability through breeding, feed efficiency, and quality grades as judges evaluate herd displays.
The board of control reports 973 cows produced 12,412,991 pounds of milk valued at 248,259 with feed costs of 88,180 and a total profit around 165 per cow. Top milker was cow No 543 at Independence state hospital with 25,484 pounds and 420.23 profit over feed. Glenwood state school herd of 125 produced 1,634,343 pounds milk and 20,699 profit. Safety mailing of new drivers licenses to begin soon with a remember always courtesy message from the governor on envelopes. Aluminum utensil drive shows molten aluminum poured into ingot moulds with pigs in background.
A V flag flies atop a midtown hotel signaling the V campaign that the English inspired in Europe to boost morale against Hitler. The item notes want ads “click” for sales when high pressure talk fails.
J. D. Shepler of San Antonio has made a hobby of growing tall roses. He planted a red radiant from an ordinary bush and fed it regularly. The first summer it reached B feet, and the following year it needed wire bracing to support the tall stem. It finally topped out at 13 feet with the red bloom high above.
A group of 28 native Hawaiians on a U S tour stopped at Lenox seeking a typical Iowa meal. The menu highlight was corn on the cob. In Belle Plaine a new $1.00 store installed a bicycle rack for about 12 bikes to attract younger shoppers and aid older traders.
Patchwork of small town items notes a security concern as town clerk Misses a safe opening, while diverse reports tell of a horse kick injuries, a Hollyhock bloom display, youths lost in a field, a toddler hospital visits, a town clock gift, an egg letter reply, a badger capture, and a petrified turtle find, all from Iowa communities.
The Leurator of the University of South Dakota verified the Peterson specimen. It is now housed in the university museum.
Napoléon at age 26 drafted thirteen pages of an unfinished novel. The fragment was printed publicly for the first time in Revue des Deux Mondes. It had previously appeared privately ten years ago in Warsaw, published by a Polish collector who owns the manuscripts.
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