For Sale and Lost Classified Items in Elgin Echo
Multiple small ads from Elgin Echo list items for sale including purebred Poland China boars, ice skates size 6, and two boars from Ed Bauder stock. Also offered is free movie tickets by Henry T. Olson, and photostat services by mail for vital records with prices. Dial references: 2461 2209 3711.
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Barbara Crider
Dial
Elgin
Poland
Ed’ Bauder
Lawrence
Joyce Gehring
Henry T. Olson
Echo Office
Avalon Theater
Elgin Echo
Legislature Debate on Tax Question and Food Drive Plan
Iowa lawmakers debated income tax policy as 1947 48 fiscal questions loomed. The stance favors maintaining 100 percent rate for 1947 incomes with farm groups and tax bodies weighing deficits and revenue, while a Democratic March 6 Jackson Day dinner looms with fundraising aims and a possible national speaker. The ITA argues 50 percent suffices and cites large treasury balances to back state needs.
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Des Moines
Jake More
Truman
Edward Breen
Fort Dodge
Breen
Ralph Lynch
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
ITA
Treasuries
Ald Fruit Pickers new apparatus aids tree harvesting
A description details a wheeled arched frame device with movable ladders for fruit harvesting around trees. It notes improvements in efficiency and maneuverability for picker work and mentions keeping work areas clear of rubbish to prevent fires, urging residents to burn trash only in metal containers where permitted.
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Ald
New
New Kitchens Brighten Homes With Colorful Design
Old time kitchens were utilitarian and drab. Now the kitchen serves as a show room of the house. Consider room size shape family color preferences and natural lighting before painting. Use bright cheerful colors for large surfaces and vivid accents for contrast.
Separate traffic lanes cut New Jersey road crashes
In 1946 New Jersey demonstrated that traffic separation with two broad lanes each direction, grade crossings removed, wide shoulders, restricted pedestrians, and freeway parkway style design could reduce traffic accidents by 76 percent. The system required 116 pounds of freight to move 1000 tons and showed speeds rising since 1921.
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Mbrd- Rademsiéacy
New Jersey
Buckwheat and the discovery of rutin in history
The article traces buckwheat relatives and related plants in Polygonaceae, noting how rutin, a compound in green buckwheat, gained medicinal attention after 1048. Biochemists from the Department of Agriculture identified rutin in buckwheat, linking it to past uses for artery hardening, apoplexy, and hemorrhages.
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Department of Agriculture
Transparent mailbox aids quick scan for mail presence
A new transparent mailbox shows at a glance whether the postman has left letters. It comes in royal blue ruby red deep green and colorless transparent to match house colors. Letters are removed by opening the hinged bottom. A long aluminum strip holds newspapers and magazines at center front with a curved end to keep the box closed.
Fragments Offer Satirical Bite on Love and Society
A terse commentary argues against trusting declarations of supreme love and hints at experimental motives while contrasting modern civilization with a perceived dog’s life, implying envy of its simplicity and consistency.
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Wome
Joose
Timothy
Wm. Hempepath
Clermont
Herb Anderson
John Learn
Louis Kijosa
Partners of the Plains
Noel Brockway
West Union
Chester White
Jan. I
Alfred Jacob
Walt
Dummermuth
Emil Johnson
Harold Meisner
Louis Sutter
Kitchen Range
St. Olaf Worway Church
Illyria
Gunder
Will Christen
St. Olaf
Philman Larson
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Moen
Davenport
Sue Bovis
Lawrence Brause
Art Thompson
Elgin-West Union Road
EISTO
Echo Stationers
Follett Timber
James Olson
Postville
R. P. Strauch
Echo
Lutheran World Service
Tax Commission
Taxe Commission
Aero
Buick
Jerome H. Lensing Festina
Postville Rendering CO
Waukon
Sunderman
Monona
Mr. Zeigler
Ossian
Safe Farm Loan
Co-Op
National Farm Loan Association
Federal Land Berk System
West Union National Farm Loan Association
Darrell R. Peasley
Sec’y-Treza
Father Rabbit
Junior
Achual
Fe Abe
Sen He
Dte
Titor
Elgin Cooperative
MAX Medberry
Mgr
Department of Public Safety
K.P. Strauch
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
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