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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
1
A column recalls last Friday night’s mischief by the push em over gang after the rain, the subdued outdoor plumbing, and a Halloween of mixed fortunes at the Iowa game. Personal reflections touch flattery, Christmas countdowns, Armistice dates, and a country doctor’s nose specialization joke.
A wife jokes about a high dental bill while a husband notes his car’s wear. A sharper reply says when his car is worn down he will get another, and an older taunt recalls a mother’s skirt with a boy’s quick joke. The text ends with a quip about the busiest man in town.
Taken from Nov 5 Echo files Ern Holzer now owns the Thos Knudtson place near the creamery and plans to move soon. W J Kohler became owner of the old hardware stock and building in the west part of town. Kohler works with brother Lew in a West Bend hardware store. Otto Stoesler left for Des Moines to attend the Babcock Institute of Pharmacy. A E Pinney will leave Nov 8 for Kentucky and Kansas for the winter with relatives. Forest Welch is now Gem Theatre manager. Elgin Land Co closed a large land deal Oct 28 with Fred Schneider farm sold to C S Halstenson. Mr and Mrs Harvey Howard of west of town become parents of an 8 pound boy born Sunday night. Bess Halstenson went to Iowa City to enter university hospital for nurse training.
A sharp drop in grain and meat animal prices in the month to Oct 15 lowered Iowa farmers price index to 140 percent of the 1908-14 average. Prices paid for living and production goods rose to 138 percent of the prewar base, leaving the received to paid ratio at 101 percent. Corn and hog prices fell about 10 percent, barley unchanged, eggs and milk rose, butterfat and wool steady, and chicken prices declined about 5 percent. Feeding ratios showed no major changes.
Two week period ending Oct 31 reports transfers from W J Rogers abstract office. Celia Helms to Nellie Christ Qed Ls 26 27 B 10 Conners Add Elgin. F D Welch and Leota O to Charles L Capper WD Ls 16 17 B 10 Conner's Add Elgin. A H Mitchel to Logan Wilson and Millie WD Ls 66 67 68 69 Herrimans Add Wadena. Nora Wenger to Harry Wenger WD Und 2-15 E 3-3 NW NW 35 E 1-2 NE-23 SE SE 14-74-7 and S 4 acres and E 1 SW SE 1 NE 12-93-7.
Twelve hydrogen balloons released by Spencer Shore and Keith Merryman of Algona on October 10 were found the next day by Loren Burton of Barnum Wisconsin twenty miles northeast of Prairie du Chien. The old house at Reinbeck now belongs to Fritz Linder an 85 year old resident who says it has housed three families since it was built sixty years ago and no child was born there.
A windmill for generating electricity has been built in St Margarets bay England but the wind has been too fickle for regular service.
The Elgin Iowa town council met at the town hall in regular session with Mayor Falk and councilmen present. Minutes approved. Mrs Anna Schupbach's tax remission approved. Bills audited include Chandler Co Geo Boyle John Sutter Central States Power & Light Corp Elgin State Bank N W Bell Telephone Co O'Neill Drug Kiple's Service and library fund contributions. Adjournment motion carried.
Miss Masters leads the first Illyria training school as nutrition and proper meals are stressed. A Westfield home project meeting at Mrs. Teutsch’s near Fayette discusses iodine iron calcium and vitamins. The lesson covers food guides, iodized salt, seafood, and vitamin A for eyesight and nerve health, with lunch prepared by participating women.
A guide notes size 10 stockings fit with 6 to 7 percent shoes unless feet are unusually wide or narrow. It also states the original United States after the Revolutionary War encompassed land from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, excluding Florida.
Twenty six year old Hen Shere Shaw of Newark New Jersey designs 21 successful model airplane engines. The latest weighs two and a half ounces and Shereshaw designs his engines to play like a symphony. He says he concentrates better that way.
Souvenirs from Scotland include a real wool tartan blanket called a traveling rug by Britons and a Shetland shawl whose wool is so fine it can be pulled through a wedding ring, showcasing craft and tradition.
Duane Munter, 18, of Coleridge Nebraska, starred as an all around farmer after his Grandmaster's Pride Duroc sow set a national production record. At the 14th National FFA Convention in Kansas City Missouri he was named Star Farmer of America. He began hog work at 13 with a borrowed loan project, growing to 20 pure bred Duroc sows and litters in four years.
Floyd Wise, 31, of Prairie Center, Illinois, set all records in muddy conditions at Theodore Schafer farm near Tonica by husking 50.967 bushels in 80 minutes to win the Illinois championship. Leland Klein of Metamora finished second with 47.92 bushels, both representing Illinois in the national contest where Wise won, Klein was second, and Carlson of Iowa placed third.
Nine caribou with their offspring have been brought from Newfoundland and released into a Nova Scotia game preserve as part of a provincial experiment to restore roaming herds through the forests.
Pennsylvania features a rich mix of dishes reflecting English Quaker Swedish German Dutch Swiss French and Russian influences. The state's diverse culinary traditions arose from settlers and immigrants shaping local fare across generations.
A note explains old English law requiring bookbinders to rebind a book if it comes apart and to pay a fine of 30 guineas, reflecting mid eighteenth century regulatory practice. The source highlights compliance obligations and penalties for damaged volumes.
The first book to note snow travel is Xenophon Anabasis which describes Armenians using enlarged shoes on their horses during mountain pass journeys.
Estonians prize baths highly with every home featuring a bath house. Maide seeks work and asks to view the bath before accepting a position. The bath stands as a top tourist attraction and a symbol of national culture.
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