Eyes in the Night at the Avalon attracts guests
The Echo invites Orville Berg Al Elgin to see Eyes in the Night at the Avalon next Tuesday and Wednesday as a guest. Call the office for tickets. Also offered is a 7 by 10 Wool rug for sale priced at 4 dollars in Elgin. Inside help wanted at the county home in West Union with Balz Kamm as superintendent.
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West Union
Elgin City Hall
Salvage Depot
Jack Sprat
the Avalon
The
Echo
Myron Chapman
Orville Berg
al, Elgin
Elgin
Balz Kamm
Harry Becker
Clermont
ODT
Agriculture Notes and Livestock Trends 1942 Update
The report covers manure application rates, corn belt cattle movement totaling about 100000 head, cattle numbers at a new high of 78 million, milk cows up 2 percent, and ongoing corn feeding. It notes tractor radiator scale causing overheating, praises muriatic acid to dissolve scale, advises early planting of perennial vegetables, and cites USDA protein limits for hogs, sheep drenching with phenothiazine, and the scarcity of steamed bonemeal for swine minerals.
Planting Victory Gardens Teaches Good Citizenship for Kids
Parents can involve children in planting seeds and tending sprouts in backyards this spring. Start with easy crops like radish lettuce beans and tomatoes in pots. Kids learn by doing, pulling weeds, and sharing fresh vegetables at supper, building appetite and responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoy
Johnny Baker
Victory Gardens
Iowa Newspapers Lose 29 Papers Since War Began
The Iowa Publisher lists 29 suspensions and four mergers across communities as war pressures hit weekly papers. Many closures follow editor and staff enlistments. among the oldest suspensions are Pella Weekblad, 82 years, and Allertson News, 65 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Iowa
University of Iowa School of Journalism
Pella Weekblad
United States
Allertson News
Swimming School Bluefish Form Large Shows
Bluefish typically swim in large schools as they move through coastal waters. The gathering behavior helps protect individuals from predators and aids in efficient foraging during various tides and currents.
Augusta Travers Campaigns for War Bonds in Town Shop
A conservative Augusta Travers, owner of a Main Street hat shop, launches a gambling themed War Bonds drive. She posts photos of local enlisted men with flags, empties the center, and prints a placard urging bets on Americans buying bonds while Hitler and the Japs bet against it. Her husband notes the irony as a hats and a $25 bond come home.
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Augusta Travers
Main Street
Hammy
Augusta
America
Hitler
Treasury Department
U.S. Treasury Department
Julian the Apostate and the downy youth
The text notes Peach Fuzz Julian as a variant of Julius meaning downy bearded and youthfulness. It flags Julian, emperor of Rome from 831 to 63, called Julian the Apostate for renouncing Christianity. It mentions his fatal wounding at Ctesiphon and his reputed cry, Thou hast conquered, O Galilean.
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Julian
Julius
Rome
Ctesiphon
Galilean
National Farmers Income Tax Record Overview
Simple complete farm accounting book that doubles as an income tax record. At year end transfer totals to Form 1040F to finalize the return, with a built in profit and loss record of the farm’s operation.
Quirky Jokes and Home Fix Tips Roundup
A collection of humorous lines and light home repair notes. A rookie comments on many soldiers as a sergeant demands action. A tree climbing joke ends with a puzzled policeman and a tramp. A child contrasts concrete and abstract with a fashioning pants line. Snow and ice on roofs prompt a cheap repair tip using new asphalt products. A puzzled housewife and maid exchange grapefruit rind gag. A cheeky line about love ends with a playful sink image.
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Ewoiss
Want
D, O
Dean
O'Neill Drug Company
Torketson Bros
Farm Machinery
Harvey Farms
Sip
Paul Waters
Postville
Briggs & Stratton
R. P. Strauch
Echo Office
Elgin- West Union Road
Carl Hackmann
Bolson
C. M. Kneeland
M. V. Kiple
OPA
Kiple
Boone
Henry Gisleson
Luana
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
Jess Moody
Elgin Blacksmith Shop
McCormick- Deering
Torkelson Bros
Brick & Sand Hardware
Corn Belt
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Zowie
Christopher Morley
W. L. White
Understanding
IOMR
CLD Welfare Research Station
Weibel’s
Weibel Mill Co
Elgin, Iowa
Transcontinental and Western Air, Inc
76Th Bombardment Squadron
United States Army Corps Reserve
Pistia
Tika Seltzer
West Union Rendering Works
Echo Enterprise
Elgin State Bank
Farmers’ Savings Bank
di Welch
Dial
Schori & Kuster Lbr. CO
Felco
Elgin Farmers Coop
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