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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1945
Page
5
A garbled reference mentions Reto and Karafuto on Sakhalin Island with a noted area of 175/76 square miles. The text is unclear but cites geographic names and a numeric measure. Further context is unavailable from the fragment.
A compact plan outlines nineteen distinct rent types for a family residence, detailing allocations for wraps, vehicles, indoor and outdoor activities, and mending. It covers addition of equipment, materials, reserves, foods, weatherproofing, and storage. It also includes heating, cleaning, tools, lawn care, and waste disposal needs.
Proper care keeps woolens looking better with wear and extends their life. Avoid tossing them in cupboards. brush in the grain, inside and out, including pockets and cuffs. Air outdoors when possible, hangers chosen to suit garments, and regular cleanings prevent wear. Remove spots before home pressing and use a moderately hot steam iron.
Readable tips on repurposing scallops of vegetables with white or tomato sauces, plus ideas for hard cheese ends and leftover egg yolks. Suggestions include soups, sandwiches, casseroles, garnishes, and gravy or barbecue sauces to boost flavor and nutrition.
The southern coast of Japan offers many sheltered anchorages while Honshu and Hokkaido coasts are rugged with scarce harbors. Japan hosts about 200 volcanoes, fifty active, led by Fuji San and others. Fuji San, the tallest at 12,370 feet, resembles Mount Etna and has been dormant since 1707.
Elgin sees multiple construction and improvement efforts as Locker Machinery expands with a new heating plant and plans for a slaughterhouse and stock pens at the Carl Torkelson farm on town outskirts. R P Straudh renovates the former Berndt building into a five room apartment, hoping for occupancy after year start. Town works include a new well by the Torkelsons and city water hookups, plus Center street gains 160 feet of sidewalk.
Since 1869 explorers and travelers have visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona to marvel at its grandeur and enjoy burro trips into the gorge. Plane trips have boosted its popularity as a national exhibit of wealth behind Victory Bonds and Treasury Department efforts.
The document lists when to display the flag at full staff or half mast, noting key dates such as Inauguration Day, Lincoln and Washington’s birthdays, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Navy Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving, and election years. It specifies display sunrise to sunset, weather permitting, with half mast only on Memorial Day until noon.
Chas. Wenger buys the former Ostlie farm north of Clermont totaling 120 acres located west of the paving with buildings off the road. Glen Nygaard rents it now. Wayne Gilson family will farm the property and move soon after December 1. They sold their Elgin home recently and have taken residence in the Becker house while adjusting.
Elgin and Pleasant Valley missed their quota in the Recent War Chest drive as subscriptions reached 912.78 dollars by Tuesday October 30. The two towns needed 1250 dollars, placing progress at about 75 percent. Various local residents and visitors appeared across the weekend in regional households and gatherings.
Respect the wearer of this button. Veterans addressed with new posts include Pvt Viola Foxwell WAC Det. 1974 SCU and Sgt Henry McMillan at Indiantown Gap. Carol L. Wilson, son of Elgin residents, discharged from Navy after 47 months overseas. Cpl Alvin B. Erickson discharged after 43 months. served in 27th Infantry Division and Okinawa with multiple ribbons. Sgt LeRoy Steele discharged from Army Air Corps after three years overseas in England and France. Clarence Brandt returns to civilian life from Camp Carson. Gerald Olson, M D M M I/c, concludes leave and heads to Boston. Elmer Meyer discharged from Fort Sheridan. multiple theater ribbons. Eugene Habeger on 30 day leave after Shangri La cruise and Okinawa. Lt Harold Albrecht released after 3 12 years Navy service.
Price Administrator Bowles announces the five cent per pound butter subsidy will end in October and November. He warns a retail price rise of five to six cents per pound but says it will not lift overall living costs, though some shoppers may object.
Mr and Mrs Louis Lehman Elgin and Mr and Mrs Fleet Frieden West Union attended the annual Cedar Rapids convention of the Iowa Buttermakers Association. Northeast Iowa won prizes with Barnes Alpha first Frieden West Union second Goltz Monona third Higin butter 94 Lehman placed third in the ladies butter scoring. The theme was What’s Ahead for the Dairy Industry in the Postwar Era. Goepkers urged promotion to popularize butter and regain wartime demand.
The trapping season begins at noon on November 10 and runs until January 10, with mink and muskrat limited to 30 days ending December 10. The entire state is open except musk rat and mink may not be trapped along the Mississippi River east of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line from north of Muscatine to the state line.
Mrs Alta Klingman recently bought the Wayne Gil son residence in Elgin and is moving her household goods. She plans to be settled by week’s end with her former farm home to be occupied by the Carroll Klingman family and her daughter Libbie Larson to live with her. Libbie has been staying in the east section of the Elgin Cooperative building.
The Pleasant Point Study club met at Mrs. Clyde King's home with twelve members answering roll call on winter vegetable storage methods. Zella Strong read a magazine serial chapter and Hilda Little read a poem. An exchange of apron patterns occurred and lunch was served by the hostess.
A hunter wading to retrieve a duck in North Dakota found sodium sulfate in a lake bed. A FERA survey reports vast quantities of the mineral used in cattle feed, paper making, and medicine. At $20 a ton new, it could bring wealth to the nation and support Victory Bonds.
Iowa City meeting eyed centralized hospital leadership under board of control or a new mental health board. Proposals include trained psychiatrists at higher pay, new county physician panels for admission observations, and a criminologist led penology director for six state correctional institutions. Governor Binedor’s nine points framed the reform discussion.
The 1939 law allowing governors to appoint business managers at mental hospitals has created divided authority. Four managers have been named, two institutions lack them, and the committee is considering abolishing the law to unify control. Continued on page 6.
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