Want Ad Rates and Free Tickets at Avalon Theater
Classified page lists ad rates at 10 cents per line with a weekly minimum, notes exceptions for blind ads, and mentions free tickets to Frenchie and Montezuma shows. Includes opportunities to learn linotype, insurance ads, rental and sale offers in Elgin, Decorah, and nearby areas with several local names and phone numbers.
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Montezuma
Avalon Theater
Fritz Blockhus
Echo Office
Ole Amundson
School Financing Bill Being Studied Continued
Sen Weldon E Walter of Beaman chairs the joint committee on school financing as critics attack inactivity. Rep Poston of Corydon says the interim panel only scratched the surface on liquor issues. Charles R Fischer of Onawa is Iowa insurance commissioner after a term as Little Hoover executive secretary and prior campaign roles. Beardsley appointees confirmed include M L Gilbert as labor commissioner and J C Blodgett on the state employment security commission.
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Weldon E
Walter
Beaman
Joint Committee
Gene) Poston
Corydon
Poston
Fischer
Charles R, Fischer
Onawa
Town Senate
Iowa
Legislative
Little Hoover Committee
William S. Beardsley
George Wilson
Senate
Veto Power Moves Through Iowa Senate
The Iowa senate passed a measure to give the attorney general veto power over new rules and regulations by state departments. It would require publication and allow public hearings, with existing rules by boards exempt. The bill becomes law upon governor’s signature after minor amendments approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Senate
House
Tax commission chairman cites $2109 shortage covered by bond
Gev George H Robb chairman of the Iowa tax commission reports a shortage of about $2109 in the accounts of a former auditor for the commission has been made good by a bonding company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Robb
Iowa Tax Commission
Commission
Elgin News notes social visits and moving trends in area
The Elgin Local News lists guests and gatherings across families in Oelwein West Union and Clermont. It mentions uncashed old taxpayers checks found at a desk, and several residents moving to Clermont. Local figures including Hallversons, Cashmans, Kohlers, and Wolf households are cited along with weekend visits among neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schroyer
Oelwein
Albert Halverson
Robert Bemiss
West Union
Harold and
DeVere Halverson
H. D. Yack
Wauken
Emma Nelson
Clinton
Elmer Weis
Mfr
C. D. Chapman
Ray Chapman
Clermont
Clara Gress
Bertha Lehman
Harriet Jordan
Anna Schupbach
Fanny Frieden
Jaco Friederich
Oscar Frieden
Harringti
Mira
Alica
Winker
Lawrence Cannon
Ethel Kohler
Y Keith Kohler
St. Paul
Haneson
Nelle Neuen-achwander
Vir
Robert Falk
Maurice
Mish
Bonnie and
Karen
Chicago
H.H. Wolf
Guy, Whitford
Farmers see March price trends steady overall
Prices received by Iowa farmers for mid March products remained near February levels. The index stood at 95.5 with most staples showing small declines in wheat rye and hay. Hog prices fell while sheep lambs wool and wax showed significant gains amid higher living and production costs, with the price ratio to expenses at 11.1 down one point from February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Alegal
Warn
Pais
Farmers Report DDT Spray Results Across 13 Fields
The record notes 1950 spray trials on borers with mixed outcomes. Some fields showed yield gains around 30 bushels per acre, while others reported no benefit.
Quotable Lines from Daily Life and Humor
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips from an era featuring a flapper and a grandfather, a railroad supervisor, farmers, merchants, and an overworked doctor. The snippets poke light at social roles, work, and aging, with pithy exchanges about debts, attendance, qualifications, and everyday mishaps.
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Town City
Employers Mutual Casualty Co. BR. P
Eigin
Earl Headington
Decorah
Selma Schneider
Elgin
O'Neill Drug
Elgin Echo
Echo
Waukon Newspapers
Waukon
Yowa
New Hampton
Mutual Casualty Co
BR. PL
Strauch
Dial 3711
Cargill
Elgin Produce
C. J. Mulford & Gon
Moore's
Noel
McDonald
Spain
Edna Hunshberger
Avalon
Abe Habeger
Cargill Miracle Green
Dial
Bae
Louis Lehman
Richland
Ben Young
Mexico
Wadena
G. W. Alderson
Orvin Thompson
Kenneth Baldwin
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Harry Wenchman
Newhall
Leo Elthan
Plainfield
Earl Fishbaugh
Shenandoah
E. M. Wright
State Board of Control
Soil Conservation Service
Pany
Robb Sale
Checka
Bey Ot
Falb & Light Elgin
Lowe Brothers Plax
PLAX
Plaxwand
Essen
Gee Plaxwand
O’neill
Ver Larson, Marilyn Olson and
LaVerne’ Larson
Flapper
Western
Casey
Merchant
Henry ‘Ford
Sre
Schori& Kuster Elgin
Elgin Cooperative
MAX Medberry
Mar
Elgin, Iowa
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