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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1943
Page
3
A member of the Towa Press Association joins the National Editorial Association, signaling cooperation between regional and national press bodies. The move aims to strengthen journalistic standards, advocate press freedoms, and coordinate ethics guidance across outlets.
Supt. T. C. Ressler sets No 4 ration book registration for October 21 and 22 at the Clermont school building. On Thursday afternoon October 21 those with last names A to G report. Friday morning for H to O and afternoon for P to Z. Bring No 4 ration books at registration.
The column lists numerous residents visiting relatives and attending events across Grand Meadow. Names include Bertha Olson Joyce Amundson Ramona Olson Alvin Halverson Julia Landsgard Albert Olson and many Olson family members with gatherings at Olson school and various homes. A chicken house dirt Noor is noted as a likely disease source.
The library added a wide array of new adult fiction and juvenile titles. Notable adult works include The Valley of Decision by Davenport, The Human Comedy by Saroyan, and Burma Surgeon by Seagrave, among many others. Juvenile additions feature The Bobbsey Twins on Blueberry Island and Pinocchio along with Disney titles and early readers. One donation, My Memory by Edith Bolling Wilson, was also received.
Community notes report Mrs. J A Erickson underwent tonsil removal at Postville hospital twenty five years ago Tuesday. John O Larson returned from Camp Dodge where his son Joseph suffers pneumonia but is improving. Mrs L L Carr and Lavanda visited Clermont friends. Ruth Shipton came home from Waterloo College during influenza closures. Julia Brorby Dr G E Jorgenson and Chas Anderson recover from influenza. War Food Administration sets hog price limit to 240 pounds. Bomb the Japs With Scrap.
Clermont news reports Roy and and Mrs Swenson welcomed a 9 pound girl born Sunday morning October 17 at their home. Alma Anderson cared for the new mother and baby as relatives and friends visited.
An honorable discharge from the army brings a man back home on Wednesday to see his parents before heading to Chicago for new work. Charles returned to his duties at Waterloo on Friday afternoon.
Iowa farmers saw the September 16 index at 197 percent of the 1909-14 base, highest since 1920, with grains and hogs rising while lambs and chickens eased. Compared with last year, prices are up about 12 percent. oats, soybeans, beef cattle and milk cows hit the 38-year September peak. Purchasing power rose and the hog feed ratio slightly improved, though dairy feeding efficiency fell to 26.9 pounds of ration per pound of butterfat.
Remsen resident J C Day predicts a late arrival of winter based on animal behavior as swallows delayed their departure. The note cites swallows normally leaving in early September and suggests a long Indian summer ahead due to slowed seasonal transition.
The Kenneth Duryee family of Melntire suffers multiple misfortunes including two young sons killed in a barn fire where they were trapped in a oat pin. Earlier a fourth child broke an arm and Loren, 10, was taken to a doctor for bone treatment with GOOD TRIP. Sara L Hall visits Montezuma from near Chicago by bicycle, completing a 436.5 mile journey in 10 days with peaks of 60 miles in a day and 30 mph descent. Egg prices for 1943 are expected to rise 3 to 4 cents per dozen over last year.
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