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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
1
Foreign Display per inch Local Display per inch Readers per line Classified per word Payable in advance mini 35e for 1st insertion No commission Cards of Thanks $1.00 In Memoriam Cards $1.00 Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices with admission charged obituary poetry at regular rates agency Hur sday October 15 1942
A column blends humor with wartime sentiment as readers comment on hog ads, aMilking Shorthorn sale, a found Swastika, and makeshift charity. It recalls junking a Cincinnati press, praises scrap drives, notes Elmer Davis halting releases, and salutes kids collecting junk for the war effort while pondering fashion and prayer across 1944.
A collage of quips and cartoons lampoons daily life amid shortages. Jokes hinge on faith, bicycles, sugar rationing, sales banter, public manners, and military misfits. The tone is light, satirical, and aimed at broad readers.
Mrs Ed Bucher and Josephine left for Mandeville Wis to visit relatives before returning to Carthage Mo Will Wenger departed for Chicago to attend veterinary school after a vacation with kin Miss Clara Strauch reports Boies Capper has been promoted to corporal guarding a bridge on the Mexican border Frank Bakeman former Elgin boy now in Huron S Dak enlisted as conductor in engineer corps due in France early November Mr and Mrs C P Turnbull host Clarence Doty and bride of Watervliet Mich Daniel Doty son of Chas Doty former Highland store operator Will Christ family auto trip to Waseca Minn en route home Charles Christianson survived an enraged bull attack on his farm east of Gander his son and a Shepherd dog aided him after a second strike leaving him bruised and cut but alive
Local petit jurors for the November term of the District Court at West Union include Harold Fisher Pl. Valley O D Hunsberger Illyria Robert Klingman Illyria Philman Larson Illyria Herbert Martin Clermont Lucad Olson Clermont Bess Stohr Pl. Valley Reynold Strong Siyria.
Arch Johnson reports from Camp in Washington DC on October 3 1942. He tells Dear Folks he is well and enjoying the move to barracks with fewer men. He describes driving a Jeep for the first time and anticipates driving trucks next. He mentions sending photos and receiving several letters from Buddy Norman Gilbert and others. He notes noisy surroundings hindering his writing.
The October 1 crop estimates put Iowa corn at 575,368,000 bushels, the highest for any season and up 24 percent from 1941. Average yield of 59 bushels per acre is the best on 9,752,000 acres. Frosts late September hurt soybeans, especially in the north, with uncertain losses and decisions pending on late acreage. October 1 forecast for soybeans stands at 36,306,600 bushels.
Benefits to aged and blind residents paid out 1 221 199 50 dollars in September for old age pensions and 42 738 82 dollars in blind aid. Fayette county quota for aged pensions reached 14 945 00 dollars and Clayton's 9 445 60. Iowa average per person payments stood at 21 74 dollars. Guttenberg canning factory packed two million cans of corn this year and, at Manchester, one million cans of tomatoes.
The U S government urges citizens to deliver scrap metal now to prevent steel mills from closing before spring. Farmers with limited transport should bring their junk to dump sites or donate it to the government, with proceeds aiding USC and other war relief agencies.
Statement of Ownership for the Elgin Echo weekly at Elgin Iowa for October 1 1941. Editor managing editor business manager publisher owner R P Strauch Elgin Iowa. Bondholders mortgagees and security holders with 1 percent or more none. Sworn before me October 2 1942 Notary Public Edna Hunsberger.
D H I A No 4 reports 393 cows tested with 277 milking and 116 dry across 21 herds. Average milk production was 423 pounds and fat 15.4 pounds. H E Pape of West Union led the association with 472 pounds of milk and 34.8 pounds of fat from 8 cows. Other top herds include J N Spencer Clermont 708 pounds milk 33.1 fat, Tom Hanson Son Elgin 409 milk 23.2 fat, Irving Deering Clermont 627 milk 22.0 fat, Olson Estey Clermont 498 pounds milk 19.1 fat. Fifteen cows produced over 40 pounds fat, eight over 50 pounds, three over 60 pounds.
Henry I. Kansa of Joice sold a 920 pound four year old hog for 120 dollars 98 cents at the stockyards equaling 13 dollars 15 cents per cwt. He could have earned six to seven dollars more if he had waited a few days.
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