FOR SALE Items and notices from Elgin Echo
Classified items list small advertisements including furniture stove for sale at $25 and walnut lumber, plus photocopy services for official papers. Court notice in Fayette County Iowa describes probate hearing for Ben Schneider and another Iowa tax and public safety items. Iowa weather, liquor stamps, and driver insurance enforcement discussed. Local editorial notes reference state government salary merit system, health funds, and a door-to-door sales anecdote from Strawberry Point.
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Fayette County
Ben Schneider
District Court
West Union
Iowa
Health Department
Executive Council
Walter L. Bierring
Town State College Named HQ for North Central Forecast Center
Town State College has been designated as headquarters for 11 north central states in a new plant disease forecasting service. The nationwide service will be organized regionally and patterned after the late blight forecasting program initiated in 1943.
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Town State College
Little Ways Ads Big Business Producers
A reader near Castalia went to a jewelry shop after seeing a small ad for water and a watch. He purchased a watch and a diamond ring, later becoming a regular customer and promoting the shop among neighbors. The item shows how small beginnings can grow into big business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Baum
Gartner
Castalia
Bill
Elgin
Forest products in Iowa total 17.8 million in 1946
A state report shows Iowa harvested timber worth 17,831,358 dollars in 1946, about 3 million more than 1945. The year’s forest output surpassed earlier estimates and reflected gains in timber value across the state's timbered areas.
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Jowans
Iowa
Lavens
One Day Hunt Ends With No Birds and Odd Pets
A Spencer group hunting pheasants last week found no game and prepared to leave when George Elder heard rustling and grabbed a live cock pheasant. Nearby Gust Larsen family in Swea City rehabilitated a fawn with a broken leg, now thriving as a tame pet. In Anita a boy, Kent Thomas, 8, was killed when a rifle touched him during an attempted d.
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Oybur Door
Strawberry Point
Press
George Elder
Spencer Man
George
Gust Larsen
Swea City
Larsens
Kent Thomas
Anita
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Opportunity
Walter Telit
Clermont
Herb Anderson
John Learn
John Howard
St., Elgin
Avalon Theater
Alfred Johnson
Wadena
Echo Office
Joe Dinan
Norge
Winkler
John M. Tillotson
Jessie Loftsgard
Walt
Dummermuth
Dial
Maytag Electric
Junger
Poland
China
Mervin Hunsberger
W. C. Falk
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Echo Stationers
N. W. Evans
R. B. Strauch
Guttenberg Motor Sales Co
Guttenberg
Lotic
Lena Gehring
H. A. Lubke
Elgin Echo
Elgin. Itt
Will
W. Davidson
Herbert D. Klammer
Shirley Kamm
Northwood
Kansas
Public Safety
Alfred Kah
Towa Highway Patrol
State Safety Department
Kah
Bergeson
Rollo H.bergeson
George A. Wilain
Blue
Postville Rendering CO
Waukon
Sunderman
Monona
Mr. Zeigler
Os8sian
West Union—Farmers
Eleader
Jack Sinclair
Lansing
Butch At
Jerome H. Lensing
Festina, Iowa
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Boa Fay
Mun. Bean /Cahalan
National Farm Loan Association
Member
Federal Land Bank System
West Union National Farm Loan Association
Darrell R. Peasley
Y Treas
Schori
J T
Iulaglin
Owa
Aliintte
Westside
Towa
Arthur. Schoessler
Herr Hoover
Siealdeft
United States
Manly
Rock ‘Island
Pema
Jesse Morse
Heal Galil
Maryv
E Carrie
Maryville
Shenandosh
Engim N Amed
Sro Hala Ter
Lin Pottervilly
MAA
Mie
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Elgin Cooperative
MAX Medberry
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Elgin, Iowa
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