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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is published every Thursday by R P Strauch and entered in the Elgin post office in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
Advertising rates are listed for Foreign Display per inch Local Display per inch Readers per line and Classified per word with prepaid mini 25 for first insertion. Cards of Thanks In Memoriam and Resolutions of Respect church notices and obituary poetry charged at regular rates.
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes on social life, civic involvement, and small town manners. Bits include a grapefruit warning, fundraising pledges, long telephone delays, a farmer’s line mishap, a son’s university life, and a honeymoon salad misprint, plus reflections on public figures and the value of civic engagement.
A column notes failed price and consumer credit rules confuse retailers who seek clarity from federal explanations. It suggests lawmakers should deliver plain English to help ordinary people. The piece also comments on a sparse primary season and the war's distraction from politics, urging attention to local matters.
Boies Capper, a young progressive businessman, leaves Elgin for Cedar Rapids and then Jefferson Barracks Missouri to enlist. Clare Cunningham, formerly of Elgin now in Volga City, has enlisted. his father John Cunningham accompanies him to Cedar Rapids for the examination. Oscar Heuser has joined the aviation corps. Clif Christ will take a military examination in Minnesota. Mrs. W. H. Finke welcomes a daughter born May 7 to Clint Kinney and wife in Minneapolis.
In Miami the all Mexican crew of the S. S. Potrero Del Liano gathers in a hotel lobby reacting to news of their ship torpedoing off Florida. The loss, first Mexican vessel sunk in the war, heightens anti Axis sentiment in Mexico and spurs talk of possible reprisals or war with the Axis powers.
A. E. Del Smith declares his bid for the Fayette county board of supervisors for the 1943 term. He states the race is subject to Republican voters at the June 1, 1942 primaries.
Wilford Clark announces his candidacy for Fayette County attorney subject to Republican voters in the June 1 primary. Clark serves as editor of the Elgin Echo and seeks party nomination to hold the county attorney post.
A wartime civic appeal urges daily remembrance of Pearl Harbor and promotes purchasing U S Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps to support national defense efforts.
George L. Scott seeks renomination in the Republican primary in June for the state representative seat in the 7st district Fayette county. The filing letter appears in the Elgin Echo.
Upper Iowa University officials warn all friends of the college to beware of agents selling magazine subscriptions or other articles who claim college connections. It has occurred two or three times in past years that agents pray on goodwill and subscriptions paid for were not received. Report any solicited activity to college officials immediately.
Wright county sheriff Roy Wilson caused excitement when he accidentally hit the siren attachment, summoning Clarion volunteer firefighters within minutes. No fire was found on the scene.
The Plainfield Methodist church will ring the church bell silent since 1919 to mark its 75th anniversary. The bell, donated in 1886 to Plainfield Presbyterian, was stored in 1919 when the building closed. A grandson of the donor will supervise placing the bell in its new location.
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