09 Mar 1944
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1944
Page
1
The page lists rates for foreign display per inch local display per inch and per word with advance payment and first insertion commission. Cards of Thanks and Memoriam Cards are priced at 1.00 each, with Resolutions of Respect and church notices with admission charged at 0.85 to 0.10 per line, along with obituary notices. The date shown is Thursday March 9 1944.
A collage of wartime humor and social notes notes on politics and gender roles. It riffs on obituaries and pop culture while quoting Time magazine and Newsweek ideas. The piece mentions a Washington publishing job for obscenity, a spy report on bombing Washington, and a joking view of a nation needing many women typists.
J C Davis of Oelwein announces candidacy for State Representative from Fayette County in Iowa. The notice requests Republican voters’ support in June primaries and appears with local commentary and miscellaneous clipped quotes from various sources.
Walter P. Kohls reports he is stationed at Differdinge Luxembourg after being wounded earlier. The Berg home hosted Prof. Moore the new school superintendent. Blanche Conner's prenuptial shower honors her upcoming marriage to Herbert Dummermuth. Glen Schori leaves Elgin Sayings Bank for Fred Burrow farm. Philip Moser quits his mail route to join his father's wood shop. Harry Gilson now on route 4 mail. Put a want ad in these columns.
Mrs Elizabeth Sollberger born in Bern Switzerland 1871 emigrated to America near Elgin about fifty years ago she married Fred Sollberger in 1894 and had two sons Frank and Fred Jr funeral held at Muehlethaler home with burial in Elgin cemetery survived by sisters Anna Brabham Mary Clark brother Ernest Dummermuth and five grandchildren including an Air Corps sergeant in England died Friday March 3 in her later years professed faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized in the Baptist church
Within the week ending March 3 transfers include Ira O Bennett to Harold Bennett and wife WD for $1.00 with multiple fractional parcels. Charles Anderson to Fremont Sullivan WD for $3,600. Ole C Peterson to Wm A Hemesath WD for $7,000. J A Erickson to Alfred B Evenson WD for $1,750.
A thrifty crop of wild white clover, alfalfa, or red clover fixes soil nitrogen, delivering as much as a farmer could add with 250 to 1,000 pounds of sulfate of ammonia fertilizer per acre.
Elgin Study Club met at Mrs Clara Baumgartner's home on March 7 with a program on Marshall strategy Rabaul and Solomon Island tongues. They voted $2 for the Red Cross and named a nominating committee for officers. next meeting at Mrs Georgia Strauch on March 21. The library meeting followed with new officers led by Verna Mosby as president Irene Kiple as vice president Marie Muehlethaler as secretary treasurer and Georgana Falk librarian. The book committee includes Gladys Schori Clare Kuster Velma Christian and Irene Kiple.
The Junior Society leads the Sunday evening worship with the theme The Bible a Book for Everyone. Marian Probert presides, Carol Miller assists at the piano, and eight members including Evelyn Durscher and Norman Miller participate. A Bible display features translations foreign languages and Braille samples.
Nationwide figures show female literacy at two percent, with limited progress across states. Analysts warn that gender gaps persist in education access and enrollment, affecting economic opportunities and social development nationwide.
A wartime appeal urges citizens not to burn any waste paper. It stresses every scrap is critical material and should be saved and delivered to salvage dealers or organizations for collection and delivery, with Echo offered for printing needs. The notice frames paper as scarce war material and urges action today.
Storm disrupts the Star Route as carriers miss trips on Tuesday. Postmaster Mosby drives to Postville to recover mail and to deliver what had accumulated. Regular service resumes Wednesday morning with trips back on schedule. Dig for Victory campaigns note vegetables valued at 40 to 60 million dollars last year.
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