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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1948
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for foreign and display ads per inch and readers per line. Classified rates per word, prepaid with a 25 cent minimum per insertion. Cards of Thanks and memorials priced at 1.00. resolutions and obits follow regular rates if admission is charged. obituary poetry included.
A jumble of anecdotes on education, humor, and daily life. The column laments school days as best years, suggests cooperative parenting with teachers, and mocks trends with quips about relatives, fashion, politics, and a government costs comparison since 1939.
Sunday the league leading Hawkeye team visited and edged our boys 5 to 3. Two Rock Island freight trains collided near Elgin Saturday night on the main line by the canning factory. both engines were light and stayed on track. The northbound engine suffered heavier damage and the engineer escaped by leaping from the cab. Elgin Canning plant workers prepared to begin packing next week. Gordon Mosby began as assistant at Elgin Savings Bank after finishing at UIA. A car driven by Enoch Mark overturned near Gunder after hitting a culvert Sunday evening.
Funeral services were held for Thomas J. Miller Sr who died August 17 at Hastings hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. Born September 8 1871 in Koshkonong Wisconsin he was 78. Surviving are his wife Leona Learn and six children. he lived in Elma since 1905 working as a carpenter and mason. Relatives from nearby towns attended the service at the Elma Methodist Church.
The 1948 timothy seed forecast is 638,900 bushels, only 40 percent of 1947 output, and well below the 1937-46 average. All producing states show reductions as a favorable spring shifted hay land to grain, low prices and poor stands from winter-fill cut acreage. Forecasts rely on grower and dealer reports up to August 10.
Ruth L Krueger daughter of Mr and Mrs Otto Krueger and Willis E Potratz son of Mr and Mrs Albert Potratz of Sumner were married at First Baptist church Elgin on Friday evening August 27 at 7:30 o'clock. The double ring ceremony was conducted by Rev P F Zoschke of Cleveland with Rev G P Schröder assisting.
The ceremony featured Verla Gunderson on Lohengrin procession and wedding music. The bride wore white satin with a lace veil and pearl tiara, carrying yellow and white roses. Attendants in pink and blue gowns wore matching bouquets. the church was decorated with gladioli. Guests numbered 275. couple left for a Wisconsin Dells trip.
A Sumner high school graduate and a ministerial student at Sioux Falls College are wed. After September, the couple will reside in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where both will attend college this fall. Out of town guests came from Sumner Hawkeye Fredericksburg Buffalo Center Jericho and Steam Boat Rock.
Town Department of Public Safety releases June accident statistics showing declines from May across fatalities injuries drivers and owners involved and property damage. June totals include 3,201 accidents, 7,026 drivers and owners involved, 38 fatalities, 1,231 injuries, and $2,038,725 in property damage across counties Allamakee Clayton Fayette Winneshiek with county figures listed.
A study on child discipline notes some parents use unbelievable threats to control behavior. Examples include warnings of paralysis for minor acts and other extreme admonitions. conclusions emphasize fear based approaches provoke anxiety and do not teach healthy limits.
A columnist discusses how fear driven threats teach bad motives and urges parents to use constructive methods first. When those fail, measured punishment may be needed. The piece argues threats are harmful and cites examples of dishonest compliance once adults are absent. Echo Want Ad invites reader response.
The article notes Earth’s aphelion in January at about 91,342,000 miles and a farther distance in July around 94,461,000 miles. It explains warmer July weather results from the sun’s higher angle and more direct rays in the northern hemisphere, not from a closer Sun.
Fragmentary text mentions hayfever, ordinary conditions, and a note about gold enrod. Unable to determine a coherent event, person, place, or action to summarize into a newspaper card.
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