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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
1
Advertising rates listed include Foreign Display per inch Local Display per inch Readers per line and Classified per word with advance payment and minimums. Card of Thanks one dollar In Memoriam and Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices with admission charged and obituary poetry fall under regular advertising rates.
A 1945 column reflects on relaxing wartime schedules after V J Day and Labor Day. It notes quiet Turkey conditions, a wish to resume sun time, and calls for new local businesses. It explains war prisoners in work camps earn wages that fund government needs as servicemen return home.
A breezy local page lists teen hit parade entries such as I Begged Her and If You Were But a Dream by Frankie, There I’ve Said It Again by Vaughn Monroe, Candy by Mercer and Stafford, and My Dreams Are Getting Better by Bing Crosby. It also playfully puns on Looming Q&A jokes about exams, waterlogged report cards, and dating misfires with punny lines and a lighthearted tone.
A county report from Ellis County Kansas credits advertising with returning a borrowed steel beam road plow and three more that had been missing for years. The note mentions job seekers among veterans and a canned factory rush needing new workers, with calls for unemployed over sixteen to apply at the factory office.
The Elgin Canning Co. began the 1920 packing schedule Monday as ideal weather brings in corn from farms. Workers log long hours while nightly supplies support morning starts. Ruth Kirkeberg Olga Gilbertson return from Cedar Falls summer school to teach this year. Eleanor Schneider enjoys a vacation from Elgin Savings Bank duties. Mabel Kirkeberg travels to Chicago for nurse training. Leslie Lehman visits Farmersburg with wife and Lois. Mrs. C L Young and Margaret leave Cedar Rapids after a two week stay with T J Capper family. Merritt Hemingway with niece Evelyn White and Ella Johnson of Waseca, Minn arrive by car to visit Hemingway's parents.
Elgin Iowa council met in regular session at town hall with Mayor Falk and councilors Muehlethaler Kohls O Neill Schori present. Minutes read and approved. Bills audited and allowed including Alb West cement work Max Hunsberger labor on culvert G Pfister cement work W P Kohls salary Interstate Power Co street lights and hall power pumping Harold Bennett gravel D O Dean salary J Harrington salary Sy W Bell Telephone Elgin Echo printing G Lehman supplies. Motion to adjourn carried. C J Harrington Clerk
The Office of Price Administration announces sugar stamp No. 38 valid Sept 1. Red rationing covers canned goods meats butter cheese oils under stamps V2 W2 X2 £2 22 Book 4 worth 10 points each good through Sept 30 1945. Additional red stamps Al Bi C1 Di £1 valid July 1 through Oct 31 1945. Red stamps Fl Gl Hl Ji Ki valid Aug 1 1945 through Nov 30 1845 Lta Q valid Sept 1 through Dec 31. Shoes Airplane Stamps Nos 1 2 3 4 Book 3 good for one pair shoes each. Valid indefinitely. Book must be presented when shoes are purchased. OPA non rationed low priced shoe released Aug 17 through Sept 20.
Leaking faucets and valves cause waste of water and fuel in reports from local facilities. Damaged fixtures affect usage and efficiency, prompting maintenance actions and potential conservation measures.
The piece follows Doris starting kindergarten and her mother clinging to her hand through mornings. By day four the mother stops staying, and Doris adjusts quickly. Virginia also begins school confidently with Miss B and a crossing patrol, feeling grown up.
The passage contrasts Doris and Virginie as children learning self-reliance before school. Doris is miserable while Virginie is happy, illustrating how different behaviors lead to contrasting outcomes. Doris cries as she is expected to act a certain way, while Virginia strives to maintain her good reputation.
North Carolina farmers harvested timber and related products from wooded lands, yielding roughly 25 million dollars annually. The article highlights the value of forests to farm economies and regional agriculture.
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