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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1943
Page
1
The Elgin Echo in Fayette County Iowa lists R P Strauch as publisher and notes it is entered in the Elgin post office as second class mail matter.
Cards of Thanks and in Memoriam listings advertise memorial items at regular advertising rates. Resolutions of Respect from church societies and schools are included alongside obituary poetry offerings listed with standard rates for notices.
A collage of quirky quips and wartime vignettes from a West Union paper notes witty exchanges about manners and vodka, a mailroom exchange on passes, a defense worker letter home, small misadventures with guaranteed boots, Rommel’s winter return, a moron joke, and a door bell sign, ending with an unnamed journalist’s remark.
A newspaper quip recalls a red faced official inspecting livestock strewn along a road after a truck from a rendering company overturned. He notes a cow is cold, finding the animal had been dead about a week, revealing he mistook the time since the crash for current.
May 9 Echo items recall 1918 events including Cedar Rapids visitors Mrs C L Young and Margaret visiting Capper parents in Fayette County. Brown Brabham and Beulah Bartholomew wed after a license in West Union and plan farming on the groom’s farm. Julius Schollen to join Fayette county soldiers bound for Jefferson Barracks. Local residents host Clarksville guests, a boy’s foot injury improves, and Camp Dodge and Scoffield Hawaiiga Island service notes.
The article discusses wartime life insurance options for service members offering coverage up to ten thousand dollars. It notes continuation from page one and includes figures on insurance pricing and scope.
The February 1941 ceiling on sausage, including Prantcfurters, Bologna, fresh and smoked varieties that account for about 60 percent of sales, is now fixed by the OPA. War work for women expands with hundreds of routine roles in stores, restaurants, laundries, offices, schools, hospitals, public utilities, and other essential services. Butter and cheese are government-held shares, with 50 percent of butter and 70 percent of cheddar cheese slated for government use in May to July, and 30 percent of butter and 50 percent of cheese already allocated since February. Truck tires have no quota for used tires, allowing eligible operators to obtain used-tire certificates when new-tire certificates are exhausted.
Mrs Paul Waters and Tommy were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Keith Waters in Postville while Mr and Mrs Harry Johnson and Marjorie Lou visited the Krueger home in Clermont. Ethel Kohler Geraldine and others visited in Waterloo and Clermont with severalNelson and Mark families hosting.
Hugh McGee of Oelwein was fined five dollars and costs by Judge John E. Goodenow for dumping potato peels and garbage on Highway 150 two miles north. A catalog carton addressed to him aided the clue. The Echo Enterprise notes the board of supervisors will pay rewards for information leading to arrest in these misdemeanor cases.
Lauretta Gilson celebrated her birthday with friends on Thursday afternoon at her home. Clarence Hogenson and son from Ossian visited the Donald Gilson home. Sonya from Van Cleve stayed with her mother Mrs. K. EB. Mark from Wednesday to Sunday. Several families shared meals and conversations at various local homes, including Clermont, Hawkeye, Fayette, and Sumner, with many relatives dropping by for dinners and friendly calls.
The document serves as a complete farm profit ledger and tax record. It explains transferring yearly totals from the book to Form 1040F to finish the return and notes the record also documents farm operation income and expenses.
The Echo-Enterprise advertises a product priced at $1.00 with availability through Elgin State Bank and Farmers' Savings Bank, indicating a concurrent sale channel.
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