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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1942
Page
1
A column blends partisan jabs after a Republican victory with war front observations in North Africa. It notes debates among GOP leaders amid Willkie and Dewey tensions and includes humorous vignettes about a Scotch conductor, a fur coat envy, rationing meat, and a husband listening to his sleeping child as his wife pursues a penny for his thoughts.
A collage of jokes and city life quips skeptical of war talk, etiquette, and social mishaps. It recalls jokes about crekbed building costs, a teacher miscue, golf quips, a wrong scale surprise, and a risqué store restroom anecdote all set in a mid century Adel community column.
Official notice to creditors of Cecil J. Buck proprietor of Jenning’s Flower Shop Oelwein Fayette County Iowa. Buck assigned all nonexempt property to B L Belt assignee for creditors filed November 2 1942. Claim must be sworn and filed within three months from first publication dated November 5 1942.
Mrs. C. W. Nicklaus received a telegram from her son Harry in Washington D C stating he enlisted as stenographer with the engineering corps and would leave Tuesday for Fort Devon near Boston and probably depart for France about December first. James Yack, once of Elgin, now in France with American forces. Red Cross starts a surgical dressings class taught by Nurse Elsa Lehman with twenty members. A. M. Weibel reports William, ill at Brookfield, improving and hope to bring him home soon. Soldiers monument at Elgin cemetery praised. many visitors and cars at the fence. Farewell meeting at Wadena Friday for llyria boys about to be called to colors.
An Iowa Falls bank spent an hour and a half counting pennies dropped in a milk pail by Virgil Litischwager of Buckeye. The coins total 96.53 dollars as a war effort record. A Paris fashion note mentions a German WWI helmet given as a Sioux City bond drive souvenir. WPB reports horseshoes to aid wartime production and removes restrictions on horse shoes and nails.
Allied columns drive on through North Africa as waves crest over fort ruins in Morocco and Tunisia. Forces press toward Axis positions while supplies and troops consolidate lines as the campaign narrows on final objectives.
Meta Masters leads twelve women at Mrs Wilder Mattocks home in a first training school of the year. They discuss home care of the sick, symptoms, isolation, and precautions amid doctor shortages and epidemics. Demonstrations cover taking vitals, room setup, patient comfort, bed baths, and quick home equipment. Fire and gas rationing limit to two sessions per township. Next session focuses on Wartime Meal Planning and School Lunches. Pub Chm
A cow belonging to Ralph N. Nielsen of Audubon County wandered more than ten miles before being recovered. An Audubon paper ran an advertisement to locate the owner. The item reflects publishers dedicating significant space to war bond drives and related civic efforts.
CFI photo project to Echo shows a new service roll for court house square signage. Concrete structure with sight panels bearing over 2,000 names on each column, each half inch deep. Four panels complete with over 1,000 names, each panel containing an alphabet to avoid blank spaces.
A fragment suggests a list of 260 names connected to laboratories and blank panels. The text is incomplete but indicates an itemized record or roster linked to labs.
C. O. Christ learned that Ben Waseca Minnesota resident died suddenly Friday November 20 from a heart attack. The funeral was held in that city on Monday. Mr Manthey's widow is former Julia Christ of Elgin. She survives alone as they had no children.
Gilbert L Loftsgard and Eling Houg undertake an independent road surfacing project from Center schoolhouse to Loftsgard's farm. They will cover all costs, estimated at around 800 dollars, for the work.
The Hamburg Reporter notes pictures of State Senator and Mrs. Carl Stalin in Life Magazine accompany a photos story and politics feature. Fame echoes earlier coverage in New York magazine two years prior, noting their nursery business.
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