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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
1
R P Strauch is registered as second class mail matter with the Elgin Iowa post office in Fayette County under the 1852 act.
Advertising rates show Foreign Display per inch Local Display per inch Readers per line and Classified per word with advance payment required. Special notices like Memorials Resolutions of Respect and obituary poetry are charged at regular rates with admission charges for church school and similar notices.
A collage of comic vignettes and jokes from Rich's page includes a professor misplacing lunch during a frog dissection demo, jokes about camouflage and a teasing wartime WAC scene, rural humor about hill farmers and pastures, a quip about saliva seeds, and a warm card of thanks from the Doan children following a bereavement.
A fragmentary tip of a local column recalls a golfer’s grumbling caddy exchange about links. The piece ends with an anecdote attributed to a biographer of Lewis Carroll describing a boy’s definition of average tied to hens laying eggs.
Thurlow W. Doan born Fayette county February 22 1869 died at daughter’s home in Elgin aged seventy five. Son of Mathew and Tryphena Doan he lived on Doan farm Marion township then moved to Elgin. Married Louise Schori February 15 1890 who died September 17 1942. Survived by five children Paul Doan Alma Tripp Gladys Grimes Donald O. Doan Mary Bailey eight grandchildren one great granddaughter and many relatives. Funeral was held at the Grimes home and Methodist church with Rev J C Warton officiating. Interment in Elgin cemetery.
Community notes recount the M and Sunday school annual picnic at the fair grounds in West Union. A new baby boy joins Mr and Mrs A M Weibel, forming a family of four. Several locals attended summer school in Fayette. Clara Lehman to wed Benjamin Baumgartner at their home on June 25, with Lehman formerly a post office assistant and Baumgartner a Citizens State Bank cashier. Clayton reports Earl Jacquette and wife welcomed a newborn boy weeks ago.
A recent test shows heavy breed pullet chicks cost 0.17 dollars more per pullet raised than light breeds. For straight-run chicks heavy breeds cost 0.06 dollars less per pullet raised than the light breeds, indicating varying feed or care costs between breed categories.
Guidance advises unbuttoning a coat fully when driving or seated to relieve strain on seams and buttons and prevent back stretching after wearing a coat.
Study indicates keeping feeder lambs about 20 days longer and feeding more hay with less grain yields the same meat output while saving roughly 40 pounds of grain per 100 pounds of live lamb weight.
The Office of Defense Transportation urges middle western households to fill coal bins during summer to secure winter supply. Shortage of motor trucks and drivers could reach a critical level by cold season, so place orders now. Many coal trucks are aged or need parts, risking delays if waited until cold weather.
A wartime appeal urges readers to invest boldly in the fifth War Loan Bond drive. Authorities call for widespread support and vigorous participation to bolster national finance and victory efforts.
Beulah Mitts of Washington DC visited her mother Mrs Bertha Mitts Friday. Malcolm Robb ins of McGregor visited H F Robb ins family. Verla and Beverly Benson stayed with Fleet Frieden in West Union last week. Carl Hackmann and Hugo went to Oelwein to visit Mrs Clarence Kohls in hospital. Martha Young left for Chicago after a week with sister Mrs Chas Feller. Friends and relatives held a picnic at West Union fair grounds. Mrs P J Anderson returned from West Union with son George Anderson and family for the weekend. Want to sell want to buy Just try a want ad in these columns.
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