Want Ads Rates and Notices from Elgin Iowa 1947
Classified fragments list rates for want ads with per word charges, mentions a loan program by a National Farm Loan Association, and notes multiple sale, sale of property, and service notices from Elgin Clermont and Monona areas. Contains movie notices, two free tickets offers, sale items, and employment queries with contact hints and dates around August 1947. The text preserves local business and public notices with multiple named individuals, farms, theaters, and addresses.
Channel Island farms feed England with produce and roads
Small Channel Island farms supply England with millions in potatoes tomatoes grapes and cut flowers. They also maintained a zone that paved the highways through the English countryside.
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England
Channel Islands
Predict Slight Chance For Special Session Continued From Page 1
National Republican Advisory Committee includes L. J. Dickinson Harrison E. Spangler and Ben F Jen sen. Mel Curtis recalls insistence on calling the liquor control commission, not liquor commission, as set in law. Prison populations rise postwar while women and boys’ institutions decline due to parole transfers and riots.
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National Republican Advisory Committee
United States
L. J. Dickinson
Des Moines
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Ben F. Jensen
Extra
Mel” Curtis
Statehouse
M. L
Knoxville
Liquor Commission
Mel
Liquor Control Commission
Iowa Braille Library Surpasses 300000 Volumes
The state traveling library in Iowa now holds over 300000 Braille books supplied by the Library of Congress. The collection ranges from religious texts to mystery stories and can be requested free of charge by any blind person in Iowa. Write to the State Traveling Library at the Historical Building in Des Moines for access.
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Iowa
Blanche Smith
Library of Congress
Des Moines
Iowa settles highway contest designates federal routes
Iowa ends the highway dispute designating Highway 8 from Davenport to Council Bluffs as part of a national network and paving the way for four-lane roads. The choice shifts from proposed Highway 30 to Highway 6 favored by other states, while the north-south route remains No. 69 through Des Moines.
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Iowa
Davenport
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Ames
Counsil Bluffs
Iawa Highway Commission
New Superintendent Named for Iowa Historical Society
Dr. William J. Peterson, a University of Iowa faculty member, appointed as the new superintendent of the Iowa Historical Society in Iowa City.
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Iowa Historical Society
Iowa City
William J. Peterson
University of Iowa
Vaccination for Brucellosis in Cattle Requires Judicious Use
In animal medicine and folk practices some push for broad vaccination, but experts warn that brucellosis vaccination should never be done without a thorough herd checkup and individual problem assessment. Calves benefit in problem herds, and adult vaccination may be used cautiously to soften losses or during abortion storms, while raw milk sales and test results can be affected.
What Makes the Difference Between Bill and Jack
The article contrasts two sixteen year olds, Bill and Jack. Bill finds work as soon as school ends, earns good wages mows lawns and saves for an interesting trip before school reopens. He is described as dependable, well behaved and headed for a useful life, suggesting delinquency unlikely. Jack has no job for the summer and his prospects are less favorable.
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Bill
Jack
Differences in parenting shape youths lives in early study
Leo Ling, 22, Worlington, student pilot, flew a friend Helen Paling to Lake Park. A climbing turn at low altitude caused their plane to crash. Ling broke a thigh and the girl suffered a skull fracture. Both are recovering. The piece contrasts two boys Bill and Jack, noting parental guidance influences work, behavior, and life direction.
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Leo Ling
Worthington
Lake Park
Helen Paling
Ling
Broadcasters and visitors riff on work and wit
A jumble of dialogue notes contrasts advice to work with builders versus wreckers. A visitor asks for water while a quip about hanging pictures and artists appears. The piece touches on knitting as a pastime and a golfer wife, with a pun about a leg broken in two places and staying out of those places.
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Want
R. Peassey
National Farm Loan Association
West Union
W. F. Kohler
Elgin
Calcutta
Avalon Theater
Echo
Ervin Metzger
Clarence Buroden
Dial
Clermont
Dave Erhardt
J. C. Halverson
Norge
John M. Tillotson
R. G. Schupanitz
Echo Office
Costa Rica
Elgin Echo
Elgin Produce
C. J. Mulford
Cesspool
Ray Canoe
Monona
LISTO
Echo Stationers
Allis-Chalmers
Lyle Krueger
Jacob Gehring
J. M. Gehring, Jr
R. P. Strauch
Tip
Bolson
Clermont Farmers’ Comm. Co. One
Town
Russell Jennings
Wadena
V. Boleyn
Ahen
Postville Rendering CO
Waukon
Sunderman
Mr. Zeigler
Ossian
West Union—Farmers
Eleader
Jack Sinclair
Lansing
Butch At the
Rockwell City
Iris
Mitchellville
Eldora
Fort Madison
Reformatory
Women’s Reformatory
Braille Books
Lasmith
Nebraska
The
Oscar ‘Ness
FELCO
Elgin Cooperative
Max Medberry
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