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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1943
Page
3
Agnes Paulson serves as local editor for Clermont in Fayette County Iowa. She is a member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association. The post office lists the paper as second class mail matter.
Iowa Republicans discuss potential gubernatorial nominees as Lt. Gov. candidates and senate ambitions swirl. Hugh L. Lundy is named for lieutenant governor, with Hunt possibly entering the race. Democrats remain quiet, Capt. Frank Miles and R. Ep. Walters floated as possibilities while Guy M. Gillette signals no bid. Hickenlooper’s gubernatorial bid likely targets the Senate, with former Gov. Dan W. Turner as a potential challenger. Senatorial seats post-1948 horizon could draw entrants seeking faster outcomes. Military vote specifics remain unclear at this stage.
Secretary of State Wayne M. Ropes reports about 1,200 inquiries for absentee ballots as Iowa braces for a forthcoming election. Governors praise war bond drives with Blockton-led quota exceedance, while coal supply and transport pose winter pressures amid oil-to-coal conversions.
Twenty five years ago Nora Simerson and George Hanson were married at Marion Lutheran Church on a Tuesday morning. Attendants included Gena, Della Hexom, with Harry Gunderson and Gerhard Halverson as best men. A Clermont boy wounded in battle was reported by a letter to Lars Bilden family stating he is in London. Margaret Sullivan left for Washington to begin duties with the war department, with her mother and sister accompanying to Chicago to visit sons Harvey and Walter Sullivan.
Mrs. Sidney Nutting attended the Northeastern Baptist association meeting at the Waukon Baptist church last week with speakers including Rev. L. D. Eaton Rev. A. E. Burroughs Rev. Frank Anderson and missionary Geraldine Yatty. Visitors include Mrs. Clarence Ulstad from Everett Wash arriving for two weeks and Mrs. Clifton Pringle with Mrs. Allen Habeger visiting Bert Grover Jr. in Rockford on furlough from Norfolk Va. Doris Hanson visited Verni Brandt and Gilbert Hanson homes while Len and Mrs. Simek went to Minnesota with R. G. Wilson and plan to return later in the week.
The article discusses heavy hog prices versus light hogs for fall and winter, the conversion of over 20 million pounds of ard to soap for glycerine in explosives, and explanations for popcorn popping due to steam pressure. It covers corn product factories running full time for war needs, soybean timing and moisture, milk and butterfat variation, fire safety with salt-added water, Iowa’s record corn and forage, and pasture renovation to meet increased feed. It also advises how to handle soft corn for hogs and gradual feeding to prevent scours.
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