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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1943
Page
4
ODT reports that daily record books for local service haulers are available at the Echo office. Keeping daily logs is required to qualify for tires tubes recaps and the next quarter gasoline quota. Books cost 1.80 for a six month supply per truck.
Iowa agricultural guidance urges wartime production goals through proper phosphate use and fertilizer, vaccination against hog cholera, pasture improvement, lime and legume blends, pruning for Hoodruit, self feeding poultry, and cultipacking alfalfa seed. It notes high germination in hybrid seed corn tests, recommends pollination and beekeeping benefits, and gives price outlooks for live poultry and horses, while warning against overzealous lawn raking.
A new tenfold powerful electron microscope from General Electric will aid medical and industrial research, enabling visible study of invisible worlds. It uses electrons to create highly magnified images on a fluorescent screen, with examples showing mosquito stingers and the ability to measure particles as small as one millionth of an inch.
The article notes daily salt water soaks toughen skin and keep neck and shoulders clean. It emphasizes cleaning collars as a preventive measure, stating an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure in this case.
A fragment notes that the habits of many insects involve backward movements for reasons not yet understood. The terse line suggests curiosity about insect behavior with no clear explanation.
This document provides the year end totals to transfer to Form 1040F and serves as a complete profit and loss record of the farm’s operation. It encapsulates the financial performance and is used to finalize the tax return.
Delos W. Mott of Hampton plans a generous Thanksgiving by supplying 7500 turkey eggs set in a local hatchery incubator to ensure plenty of turkey for families.
A quirky exchange unfolds about care and presence as a cartoonish dialogue features a young sailor, a witty remark about past versus present, and a gardening metaphor about laying an egg on a hot stove. The scene shifts to a seller touting hardwood flooring at $14.40 for a 12 by 15 room.
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