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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1944
Page
8
Cheery Valley residents host and visit across towns with numerous dinners and visits. Oscar Meyer Baumgartner and Mred Hanson attend Elmer Baumgartner home near Communia while Clara Muehlenthaler travels to West Union for work with Martin Cooney.
Mrs Martha Chapman and De bert visited L W McKellar and Rosa Baum gartner at West Union hospital Sunday. Helen Rothlisberger joined Floyd Patterson family to Waterloo to see Lydia Kerr in hospital. Elizabeth Foxwell left for Des Moines to seek work. Arthur Yearous family and Barbara Lorraine hosted in St David Bartelma home Iowa City. Fred Schneider family attended funeral of Mrs Mary Wander in Oelwein with burial at Elgin cemetery. Elizabeth Foxwell stayed Thursday night with Fred Rothlisberger family. Alice O'Brien of Milwaukee visiting Ed Kohler. The Wm Moore and Chas Doty families hosted Sunday. Ed Wenger Harold Strong and Merchert Meyer hosted Roth-Asberger family Friday. Orvin Thompson hosted L O Reierson home Sunday. Jim Yearous and …
Kathleen and guests visited the Joe Dinan home Friday evening. Many households hosted relatives and friends including Mrs Forest Shaffer Ruby Harold Kimball Ruth Rothlisberger and others. Church and community events mention a rock party and upcoming Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid meeting. Names include the Yearous Shaffer Rothlisberger Medberry and Foxwell families with several weekend visits and dinners noted.
Mr and Mrs Richard Friederich and Shirley Reusser visited the Fred Kreuger home Sunday. Mrs Chas Doty and Mrs Martha Chapman spent Saturday evening in the J M Shaffer home. Mrs Wm Kohls Jr returned home Friday after a week with her mother Mrs Mary Matthys. Wanda Stanley and Dennis Shaffer stayed Saturday night at the J M Shaffer home. Reynold Strong and family were guests in the Oran Bane home Sunday. Mrs Herbert Dummermuth spent a few days with her daughter Mrs Harold Schneider who is bedbound.
Brainard notes list Mrs George Boyle and Mrs E RB Nutting as visitors to the Wm Nutting home on Monday. Joseph Peters, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Peters, had measles last week. Mrs Jim Bartlett visited the Dan Craft home Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Wm Nutting with sons and Mr and Mrs Frank Lyon were dinner guests at the George Boyle home Sunday. Willis Lyon was a supper guest at the Wm Nutting home Sunday. Robert Reeder was ill several days with the flu. Mr and Mrs Clive Helms and daughters with Mr and Mrs H W Helms spent Sunday afternoon at the Marshall Helms home.
A fragmentary note recalls a famed boxing figure from a local scene. The terse line hints at a dramatic altercation or showy display, with punchy cheerleading and bold railing. Readers are left with a stylized, vivid snapshot of a volatile moment.
A nationwide Farmer Speaks poll shows 56 percent of farmers favor a one year postwar military training plan, with Midwest support at 55 percent. A second question finds 87 percent favor raising taxes via income tax rather than a national sales tax, though regional splits exist.
The article notes very early onions can be grown from small onions in grocery stores. It reports red clover seed shortages near 16 million pounds below the year average and mentions waxy hybrid corn contracted at a 12 percent price premium. It also highlights anticipated lard production growth and cattle numbers reaching 5,584,000 head on January 1, 1944.
The 1943 report covers plum tree pruning and brown rot control, breed resistance differences in pul llorum, and white Leghorn versus Rhode Island Red and New Hampshire susceptibility. It warns woodlots cannot yield lumber and serve as pasture simultaneously, as grazing harms seedlings. Grinding hay with a hammer mill vs roughage cutter shows minor differences. finer grinding risks impaction. Government data project record cattle on feed will be marketed before April 1, signaling spring market trends.
For northern Iowa orchards choose hardy apples like Yellow Transparent Dutchess Wealthy and Whitney Crab. Central and southern Iowa benefit from similar varieties plus regionally suited options. Also notes that want ads work worldwide for results.
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