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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1945
Page
1
Publication notice records weekly issue by R P Strauch Entere dated September 1 1991. It lists mailing matter and post office at Fig in Fayette County Iowa under the 1852 act.
Advertising and subscription rate card lists year in advance two dollars, months in advance one dollar twenty five, three months in advance seventy eight cents, weekly copies five cents, advertising rates including foreign display five cents per inch, local display thirty cents per inch, readers per line ten cents, classified per word five, minimum in advance for each insertion, no agency commission, cards of thanks one dollar, in memoriam one dollar, resolutions of respect, church society notices, obituaries poetry and related items billed at regular rates.
A 1945 column blends humor and military life notes. It lampoons glamour, marriage, and Tojo, recalls a Des Moines ad seeking housing, and jokes about soldiers, flag etiquette, and a moon radio quirk. It closes with light anecdotes about readers and bromides.
A collection of humorous lines and definitions spans jokes about love, marriage, and sailors. It parodies prudish wisdom with witty misdirections and biting aphorisms. The tone mimics a punchy, old newspaper humor page.
Saturday forenoon at the bride’s parents home Helen Theodora Thorson married Ole Martin Blockhus Rev Hjortholm officiated guests limited to family and close friends. Dr and Mrs John Bower visited with her parents J D Shatifer then planned Colorado home. Leota Phillips Nelly Mattoon to Chicago for relatives. Rudy Pfister left for Oswego Tl for a new job. Muehlethaler healthy and at furniture store after illness. Oscar Baumgartner returned from Rock Valley. 1920 items note Lemuel Mosby vacation Cedar Rapids Chicago trip. A M Weibel Cedar Rapids for Masonic Consistory. Nurse Ella Lehman visiting mother. Muehlenthaler guests in Fairbank. Mary Skarshaug and Mrs Schori to Des Moines for O E S Iowa grand chapter. Mrs Lee Brubeck and son Francis visit DeSart home then Mason City and California. R P Strauch moves to Chadwick Ill for farm. family remains. H L Knudtson family moves into Galstenson store flats.
John Grimm and family have taken possession of the home purchased from Mr. Knudrig h. We welcome the Grimm family as residents of Elgin.
A child’s early arguing is described as a two year old’s limited words leading to tantrums. By ages four to five a broader vocabulary allows clearer explanations, reducing physical outbursts.
A simple poaching tip suggests adding a few drops of vinegar or lemon juice to the simmering water before sliding in the eggs. The acidic water helps the whites stay together, producing neater, more compact poached eggs.
In wartime the United States increasingly uses women as cow testers. These workers test milk for butterfat content and discard milk from cows that fail to meet standards, replacing some male labor in dairy farms.
Adrian Martin was hospitalized with pneumonia then returned home Sunday and will stay in bed for a few days. Various local residents including Mrs. Gladys ee, Sherrol, Mrs. Harry Stolle, Bertha Olson, Mollie Mark, Otto and Anne Mae, Julia Landsgaard, Alvin Halverson, Clarence Olson, Quinton Ming Olson, Arthur Olson, Lavanda, Gerldine, Ainea Olson, Karen, John Mark, Bert Lyngans, Hebver, Leona, Clifford Osflindson, John Holt, Louis Halverson, Ole Peterson, Selmer Holm, Betty, and Roger shared visits and meals at several homes this week.
Diet supplies fluorine chiefly through bone. Eating soft bone parts, including beef bone, yields fluorine up to four times more when pressure cooked and mashed. Finely ground bone may be mixed with meats like hamburger.
Household tips emphasize cleaning and polishing metal items. Remove dust with a soapy cloth, wash hats and fingerprints, apply metal polish for shine, rinse with clear water, and dry thoroughly with a clean dry cloth. Includes 3008 knobs, lamps, stands, light fixtures, and exposed pipes as examples.
A terse note from the body of the report references a peg and ace and mentions BI nev in fragmented form. The readable fragment suggests internal notation without clear context or identifiable entities.
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