Desert Song at Avalon Sunday to Tuesday ad venture
The romance themed Desert Song is featured at the Avalon from Sunday to Tuesday with Mrs. Fanny Frieden of Elgin invited as a guest by The Echo. Tickets available at the office. Also listed is a DeLaval cream separator for sale at 80 dollars and gardening rotation tips for soil fertility and crop placement.
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Want
Palsh Rianalarpaciecc
Meliana
Avaton
Orvin Thompson
Elgin
Morgan's Creek
Avalon
the Echo
Fanny Frieden
Clermont Bricks & Sand Co. Hardware
Clermont
Anc
Louise Rainer
the Avalon
Ernnest Meyer
West Union
The
Echo
Army and Navy manpower needs and wartime farm jobs
The War Department outlines ongoing manpower needs to sustain peak military strength with monthly enlistment requirements for the Army and additional personnel for the Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The National Selective Service System ends the War Unit Plan for agricultural deferments while job summaries aid discharged veterans in 114 centers. Victory garden and farm organization drivers receive special gasoline allowances, and rural guidance covers crop nutrition soil improvement rust control barberry eradication and soil health. A note on Iowa agriculture reports hay quality and forage management plus rust protection from barberry removal.
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United States Army
Navy Dept
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
National Selective Service
United States Armed Services
U.S. Employment Service Office
Shortage spurs use of fuel dopes despite tests
Motorists turn to fuel dopes claimed to boost mileage as gasoline supplies tighten. The Bureau of Standards tested hundreds with no beneficial results. Maritime news notes 410 ships built in Q1 1944 totaling 4,115,951 dead weight tons, Liberty ships leading output amid rising fast-type vessels. 152 merchant ships were constructed in March.
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Bureau of Standards
Maritime Commission
Maritime Commission Shipyards
Farm Property Rules and Wartime Production Notes
Round-Up WPB defines a farm as land used mainly to raise crops livestock or other products for market. It allows up to 1000 dollars for construction including the farmhouse without approval amid pulpwood shortages. The note mentions 1 200 000 war alarm clocks to be produced in Q2 1944 and a 10 percent cut in civilian feather use for shoe repairs and 13 percent for new shoes in 1944.
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WPB
Two Men Wanted At Once For Permanent Sales Work
Advertisement seeks two men for good pay in local areas. Manager of a large feed company requires farm or sales experience, owns a car, for personal interview. Send name and address to Box X care this paper Elgin Iowa.
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Elgin
Iowa
Production of stainless steel cutlery promised soon
Production of stainless steel cutlery has been permitted and products should be available at retail counters in three to four months, for consumers awaiting new kitchenware.
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Iowa State College
Spring lawn care and weed control guidance from farm note
A field guide discusses light spring raking to remove sticks and litter, using a fine tooth comb to leave soil improving material, and soybeans as a smother crop against pernicious weeds. It also covers corn yields, planting rates, and safe fence line cleanup to prevent animal injuries.
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Boone Seed
Henry Mark
Jake
Cora
Independence Produce Station
Charlie
Tiny
Capper
Elgin Echo
Laurence Knudtson
Ray Canoe
Monona
F. T. Brockhus
Ford
Larson Roofing Co
Bath
O. K. Peterson
Postville
McCormick-Deering
OPA
Torkelson Bros
Dial
West Elgin
Christine Schori
R. P. Strauch
Employers’ Mutual Casualty Co
Des Moines
Farrow
Fred J. Schneider
Grether
Rock Island
W. F. Mittelstadt
Echo Office
O'Neill Drug Company
Oscar Baumgartner
Poland
China
Clareice Thoman
Gander Church
Martin Halverson
Ril
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
P. Strauch
U. S. Defense
Glen E. Yates
National Farm Loan Association
OL Beer
Maynard Lantz
Elgin, Iowa
Uae
United States
Victory
Russia
West Union Rendering Works
Fowler
Jumbo
Steel Giant
Minnesota
Weibel
MillCo
West Union Animal By-Products CO
Kitty
Kat
Mary
Jane
Park City
Utah
Martin-Senour Paints
Northrup King CO
Minneapolis
Lexauer Seeds
Vicland
Farmers
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