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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
1
A local reader column quotes Lincoln and witty quips about prosperity thrift and reform. It notes mispunctuated lines jokes about corn signs weather and a new hired hand asking when to start work, all reflecting small town wit and calendar scraps.
A farmer and a soldier exchange terse lines in Louisiana reflecting racial tension. The farmer offers mornings and a late cutoff, while the soldier jokes about color blindness and a woman remarks on race.
Kathryn Wilson becomes the first Elgin woman known to apply for U S foreign clerical service aiming to go to France to serve her country. Other notes mention Dr S W Kuster visiting from Correctionville, Bass fishing plans, Sargeant Lester Conner visiting family and Army service, A M Weibel’s trip to St Paul for business, and R W Muehlenthaler with Adolph Lehman touring Winona and De Soto before returning home.
Charlotte Mary Boleyn born March 23 1870 Prairie du Chien Wisconsin died June 11 1943 Des Moines age 73. She married John Boleyn in 1892 Elgin moved to Oelwein 1913 then Des Moines 1917. Survived by three sons Clyde Lewis and Beryl and daughter Edna Dixon. two sisters Edna Craft and Clara Wise. nine grandchildren.
Oak Grove residents recount a series of Sunday dinners with extended relatives and neighbors including Dennler Bane Shaffer Gilson and Powell households. John Sutter returned home from care in Elgin. Victor Frederick visited the Gilson home. Pritchard dined with the King household as birthday observances for Leuchtenmacher and Cheeseman were noted. Lois O Dell visited Milwaukee guests Thursday and Friday.
Mr end Mrs Harry Gilson and other Sumner residents plus Volga guests shared dinner at the Wm Kohls jr home Sunday. Tena Buhr returned home to Sumner after two weeks with the Kohls families. Joe Dinan and family joined Silas Wilson’s gathering Friday. The Arthur Chapman and Louis Dennier households attended the Medberry and Dennier reunion at the West Union fairgrounds Sunday.
Community notes recount Saturday visits and Sunday gatherings at multiple homes including Ericksons Olsons Halvorsons Landsgards and others. The piece also covers a Children’s Day program and local travel, plus a report on Dr Norman Kunath building home dehydrators under government specs to preserve fruit and vegetables. A county court clerk reports a 88 inch eel and a feature on Myron Bartlett’s recovery after a mowing accident.
A long reader letter to a U.S. senator urges thoughtful peace terms after World War II, stressing the stakes for the nation and global future. The American public frames its views through letters, press, and radio, with moral references to Lincoln and wartime leaders.
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