Town Classifieds and Local Notices Highlights
Public notices and ads from Elgin Clermont and West Union areas include a free ticket offer to James Taylor at Echo Enterprise, a Poland China sow lost near Glen Little, and a request for hatching eggs with various poultry breeds. Also listed are real estate, loans, livestock conditioning products, insulation services, and a free Avalon show ticket for local residents with call-in eligibility.
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the Avalon
James Taylor
Clermont
Echo Enterprise Office
John Wayne
Ella Raines
Melvin Martin
Elgin
Echo Enterprise
For Sale Dining Room Set and Farm Auction Notice
Classified items include a dining room table with five chairs and buffet, and a closing out farm sale featuring gravity stock and various farm machinery. Auctioneers Alonzo Harvey and Fred Rowan list events near Ossian with dates and locations. plus office supplies and staples advertised by Echo Elgin.
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Clermont
Alonzo Harvey
Ossian
Fred Rowan
Decorah
3000 Cars in Month's Quota Matches November
National quota sets 3,000 new motor cars for sale this month, the same as in November. December passenger car tire quotas rise by 150,000 units to 2,000,000 tires.
Pace of War Tells Consumer Story
Intensified fighting across fronts drives the home front supply story. Shortages endure as munitions production strains labor and raw materials. The civilian outlook centers on patching, mending, conserving, and making do.
Special War Bond For Older Folk Offer
The Treasury promotes a bond for older people with a 24 percent annual rate paid semiannually. It matures in 32 years and is part of the income series G Bond aimed at senior investors.
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Treasury
Real Estate Transfers in Arlington and Clermont Area
Local transfers report within two weeks ending Dec 1 shows Effie D Flower selling part of Lot 37 Park Add Arlington land in SE 28 92 7 to Tom J Gleim for $1.00. Fred Reichert and wife to Alma Colegrove et al for $1.00, 41 1 2 acres in NE 1 93 17. Peters to Lyon for $1.00, land in NE 30 94 7. Kittelson to C Clifford Kittelson for $1.00, Lots 1 2 B 4 Clermont. Emma Lewis Becker to St. Peter's Church for $2,500, many Clermont lots. Suckow to Griehenow for $2,500, land in NE 34 95 7. Want ads note.
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W. J. Rogers Abstract
Effie D. Flower
Tom J. Gleim
Park Add
Arlington
Fred Reichert
Alma Colegrove
Joseph Lewis Peters
Frank W. Lyon
C. K. Kittelson
C. Clifford Kittelson
Clermont
Emma Lewis Becker
St. Peter’s Church of
Iowa
Fred F. Suckow
Herman F. Griehenow
Sailfish and Marlin Described by Sir Stamford Raffles
An 19th century note by Sir Stamford Raffles explains sailfish as fast, two foot tall fin rises above the back when surfaced, sails and glides like a native boat. It compares sailfish to marlin, noting marlin has a spear like snout and similar shape but smaller sail compared with a sleek body.
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Sir Stamford Raffles
Stamford
Echoes of Courage From Bancroft Speech
A Century Earlier Vision. George Bancroft, noted historian statesman and orator, helped found the Naval Academy and served as minister to Britain and Germany. His 1835 Adelphi address declares that truth cannot be suppressed and human progress moves upward despite despots and epochs.
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George Bancroft
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Great Britain
Germany
Washington, D. C
Adelphi Society
Williams College
Antelope Roundup Plans Take Shape in West Texas
West Texas ranches face overstocking as antelope multiply beyond grazing capacity. The state game commission plans to roundup excess herds and move them to ranches that requested colonies. At Lee Fisher’s Rio Grande border ranch the herd has swelled to over 600. Selected cowboys will rope, drive, and camp during the removal to designated ranches.
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West Texas
State Game Commission
Lee Fisher
Rio Grande
Fossil Camels Unearthed From Dakota Plains
Field Museum expedition led by Paul C. McGrew returns with Miocene era camel fossils from South Dakota rocks. The team excavates near wounded knee and advances to northwestern Nebraska where other camel skeletons are being uncovered.
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South Dakota
Field Museum of Natural History
Paul C. McGrew
America
North America
Mgr. McGraw
Wounded Knee
Nebraska
Twins Reunited in Seattle After Long Adoption Separation
Twin sisters Agnes Walters and Lloyd E. Esnouf, separated at five days old in 1914, show only small differences in environment. After several attempts, the pair was finally reunited recently in Seattle.
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Lloyd E. Esnouf
Agnes Walters
Seattle
Turnip or turnips exhibit confounds Cherokee exhibit debate
The Cherokee community debates whether the James Dwyer garden product is turnip or turnips as measurements disclose a 20 inch circumference, 16 inch length, and 5 pound weight with a single root and anomalous growth. A quirky local roundup notes pig market misadventures and a rare two judge trial in Bremer county.
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James Dwyer
Girls' 4-H Leaders to Receive Training in Elkader
The Clayton county 4-H leaders meeting will run 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesday December 12 at the Farm Bureau office in Elkader. Mrs. Helen Scott Sage will lead the first lesson in the 1944 45 clothing conservation project covering personal grooming the clothing outlook wardrobe planning and sewing equipment as it relates to instruction techniques.
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Clayton ‘County
Farm Bureau
Elkader
Helen Scott Sage
Clayton County
Drying Factors for Lamber Much Treatment
Fragmented OCR notes discuss natural drying conditions and factors affecting drying speed and quality. Mentions centers, floors, and centers drying but lacks clear facts, dates, or named entities. Summary reflects incomplete text and cannot identify concrete events or outcomes.
Early North American colonists crude pioneer methods
Fragmentary OCR notes recount that early Indian and European arrivals in North America faced harsh survival conditions. The text mentions crude, wasteful pioneer methods and damaged trees showing the toll of adaptation and settlement during colonial times.
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North America
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Enos
Lehman's Corner
Falk
Lic
Echo
Poland
Glen Little
Guernsey
Woodrow (Buich) Hyde
Torkelson Bros
Echo Office
Glen E. Yates
National Farm Loan Association
West Union
Bolson
C. M. Knewland
Larsah Roofing & Insulation Co
Latic
Turkeiten Bros. Elgin
M. HS. Jacobson
Joel McCroy
Betty Field
Co. J. Mulford
The
Ratip
Les
Maynard Lantz
Montgomery
Dave Ri Morgan
Corwith
Wwa
J. E. Doze
Humeston
Waverly
Bremer County Court House
West Union Rendering Works
Enterprise
MoorMans
B. H. Brackin
FHONE
R. P. Strauch
Pemployers
IT Casualty Company
Des Moines
Blakes
Novane
Salvation Army
Letty
Paul
Saul
Hones
Ee Coop
DIAL
Etgin, Iowa
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