This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1946
Page
4
Office Supplies echoes a list offering a Riteway milking machine with two single units and a 12 hp electric motor, pipeline and equipment for 20 cows. Used only, available through Nicholie Martie in Elgin Alabama. Prices claimed to be low and competitive with mall or traveling sales.
government raises dried eggs purchase to 45 million pounds while feed stocks dip to five-year lows. Iowa hatcheries report 10 percent more February chicks as corn borer spread remains limited but regional notes show Belt expansion. farmers urged to plant 11.3 million acres of corn and soybeans near wartime goals with new price supports and daily per-person food conservation to save lives overseas.
The first step in ridding kitchens and closets of cockroaches is to deny them any food. Sodium fluoride from drug stores is a top roach poison to apply sparingly along shelves drainboards door sills and other roach runways. Keep the poison away from children pets and food and store it in a clearly marked container.
A quirky local note reports sugar found in old rags, a high school play lit by lanterns after a blackout, and a left handed voter ribbing incident at New London. It also covers a baby shower for Labrador pups, an albino pocket gopher sighting, a semi truck crash near Leon, and Lt. Barnett's Indianola marriage plans. Refreshing beverage ideas close the column.
The Rural Argentina Livestock show held each August at Palermo Park in Buenos Aires draws the president, the diplomatic corps, and Argentina’s social elite to honor the meat industry that made the nation great. Grand Champion Shorthorns have fetched as much as $82,320 at auction.
A Washington and Dallas style column shows readers asking about pronunciation and vocabulary. Topics include the third syllable of infantile, the tile versus till rhyme, and archaic terms vasty and pusty linked to waste and musty. notes on pronouncing often advise silent t.
Extensive list of products includes Axle Grease Cup Grease and Pressure Gun Grease plus oils for cream separators, farm machines, tractors, autos, transmissions, windmills, and motors. Also offered are belt dressing, fly killer, stock dips and disinfectants, wood preserver, roof cement, red barn paint, asphalt paint, and more.
In eastern Pennsylvania, a 468 square mile region holds vast anthracite reserves. Despite a century of mining, the area remains rich in potential heat energy comparable to all oil produced or to be produced from known world reserves.
A brief note discusses ascorbic acid closely related to flavor and appearance in foods. It cites research indicating vitamin C retention affects flavor content and perception, highlighting how flavor retention remains a key factor in food quality.
Fremont Glark and Wadena leaders announce a new Democrat county chairmanship with a full ticket for the upcoming elections. The letter notes the chair has served since June 1944 and Clark will serve until the June regular meeting. R A Crider of Elgin is nominated for county colonel.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.