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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1943
Page
1
A columnist notes sales pitches that tempt with low prices prove nothing about quality and urges delivering real results. He recalls war chest solicitors at a lunch counter and jokes about toppers, fall weather, and locals touring NE Iowa, while urging restraint and fairness in giving.
A garbled clipping recounts a string of disparate items from an Argentina newspaper. It touches on veterinary humor, a Postville butcher ad declaring Sunday closures, prayers for returning boys, a hunting for a wife misread as pistol packing, and prices and wages in Argentina.
In October 1918 notes, Mr and Mrs Albert Schori drive to Mt Vernon to fetch daughters Georgia May and Frances Skarshaug from Cornell.Influenza declines alter plans as girls stay. Bill Miller finishes school at Kelly Field awaiting call to service. Ed Grimm returns from Camp Dodge with news of George sick with pneumonia after flu. Mrs Geo Vaughn returns from Mason City with husband, who stays for a brick project in Festina.
Cub Scout Pack No 53 met at the schoolhouse Monday night with Cub Master Dr H H Wolf in charge. Dens and den chiefs were named with Mrs H H Wolf and Mrs Donald Gilson as den mothers. Silver and gold awards went to Darwin Gilson Leo Schori Jr Bobby Helms and Burton Wolf. October project includes bird feeders and collecting waste paper, cartons and rags to fund uniforms.
Frieden of Charlotte was elected Saturday by the West Union Farmers Creamery Co board to fill the buttermaker vacancy caused by Donald Neumann's resignation. He previously spent seven years as a helper at the Elgin creamery and has served as Charlotte buttermaker in Clinton county for nearly two years. Frieden and his wife will move to West Union after he secures a release from his current post.
The Cheery Valley community reports a flurry of visits and hospitality. Orlin Mason and Howard Mason hosted and hosted guests from West Union Pocahontas and Dubuque. Families including the Meisners Christen and Schreiner shared meals and birthdays, while many others dropped by the Martin Hanson and Dennler homes for dinners and Sunday gatherings.
Mrs Herold Melaner assisted her mother Mrs Adeline Friederich with meal preparation for a group of wood choppers. Frida Severalen was present and helped, though details of the gathering and exact roles remain limited.
A wartime notice outlines class A through G ration timelines and coupon validity. It specifies third inspection periods for Class A through Oct 31 and through March 31 for Class A 1944, fourth period for Class C through Nov 30, and six monthly or 5000 mile rules for commercial tires. Gasoline coupons update with new issues valid through dates, sugar and blue stamps validity, and Book 3 usage with signing required before Book 4. It notes home canning limits and the need to endorse steel plate license numbers on coupons.
A raw fragment outlines eight decades of births in Corydon and nearby areas tied to fathers serving in wars. It recalls Judge Evans born during Civil War service, James Evans Cooney Jr during World War II, and other family milestones. Also mentions local moving patterns and a selfbuilt poultry house saving money, using lumber from home trees.
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