Spring Fever Invades Elgin Students in Tattler
The Purple and White Tattler highlights spring fever’s grip on students at Elgin High School, detailing mood shifts during study, anatomy of longing for nature, and shifts in class activities across grades. It notes seniors’ push to finish the annual, the Junior Senior banquet coming up, and Campfire Girls fundraising while listing various school staff roles and student endeavors.
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E. H
Knights of Today
Cupper
P. T
West Union
Elgin
Cupid
Leland Capper
To Hasten Victory Second War Loan Appeal
Wartime appeal urging every American to support the Second War Loan to speed victory, save lives, and match the sacrifice of service members. Emphasizes that every investment fits every purse and that lending money aids troops.
Proper Seed Planting Depth For Victory Gardens
Early spring moisture and cool soil favor shallow seed placement while later in the season seeds go deeper to reach soil moisture. Plant depths vary with soil type and seed size, with recommendations to thin aggressively, space plants properly, and avoid crusted soils after heavy rain. Established asparagus should not be transplanted, and poor beds should be replaced with year-old nursery plants. manure should be worked into soil before set. Rhubarb crowns should be lifted and divided for renewal.
Garden Planting Tips and Notable Homecoming
Instructions emphasize strong root systems and firm stocky cabbage transplants. Tomatoes should be set deep with only the top few inches exposed. long spindly plants go in a trench. A mud bath helps keep roots moist, and each plant should be dug with ample soil. A Creston man, Pvt Syd ney L. Greenwalt, returns home on furlough with Lieut Emmett Greenwall after seven years apart. A small fire at Collings Clothing Store in Indianola caused $2225 in damages.
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Broteee Solimees
Sydney L. Greenwalt
Crestin
Emmett Greenwall
Sydney
Collings Clothing Store
Indianola
Wants to offset fireman fee and awning replacement costs
Classified note states efforts to recompense the $1.50 fee paid by each fireman and cover the expense of replacing the awning. Ad section urges readers to place want ads for results.
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