Elgin student letter from Lt J C Robinson Navy
Lt (J.C.) Robinson writes from the South Pacific to Elgin High faculty and students about his Navy service. He describes watch schedules, tent life, schooling, mail censorship, and requests for home magazines and papers, noting dangers from coconuts and a recent plane ride. He also reflects on school events and upcoming senior activities. The message includes classroom notes from the Sixth and Seventh Grades on English topics and state studies.
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C. J. Robinson
U.S. Navy
Elgin High
Elgin
Miss Crowe
Harvard
Schoo
South Pac
E. HS
Eighth Grade We Wonder About Daily School Life Highlights
Eighth Grade news columns pose questions about classmates including Marie, Jim B. and Alta, note new junior student Bob Schmid from Des Moines, and share a senior personality profile of Florence Ogle with details on tastes and ambitions. The piece also mentions John Warton’s illness, a new hospital update, and a Girls Glee Club musical comedy on a patriotic theme forthcoming.
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John Warton
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Bob Schmid
Des Moines
Girls’ Glee Club
Novelty Column Tales From a School Day
The piece shows a light hearted school column with queries about seniors generosity, name cards, and a flag salute. It mentions Ruth, Hazel, Swede, Bernice, Bob, K Butter, Margie and Harold, hinting at a lively campus mood and upcoming tournament talk. The tone suggests pride in Margie and curiosity about daily events.
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George
Ruth
Hazel
Bernice
Bob
Harold
Margie
Year honor to the school and West Union declamatory results
The Iowa high school declamatory association held its preliminary contest at West Union. John Nydegger won the oratorical division. Martha Lou Humphry and Barbara Morse took first in dramatic. Georgia Johnson won humorous with Margie Dennler second. Local tributes to Margie Dennler followed.
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Iowa High School
West Union
John Nydegger
Martha Lou Humphry
Barbara Morse
Decorah
Georgiana Johnson
Margie Dennler
Elgin
Margie
Ernest Fossami
Her
Bert Hake
Iowa State Teachers’ ‘College
Cedar Falls
Marian Shellmaker
Island coffee export before US annexation highlighted
Island's main crop prior to 1898 was coffee, with the entire output sold in Europe. Famed among continental gourmets for its unique flavor, it sold for as much as 40 cents a pound in a green unroasted state.
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Island
Puerto Rico
United States
Europe
What You Brey With War Bonds Ice Breaker Spirit
It notes the importance of keeping shipping lanes free of ice as American troops operate in Iceland and the Navy uses a northern route to Russia. The ice breaker is built with armored bows and strong engines to crush ice floes, not ram through them.
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Iceland
Russia
Angel Child Rosebud and the War Stamp Tease
Rosebud, called both angel and devil on alternating days, fills a book with ten cent War Stamp squares after snacking and cleaning sprees. She hides a hammer and a toothy smile, while Mammy and Pappy wash and worry as Treasury files note the tale.
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Rosebud
Angel
Mammy
Pappy
Tata
Addy
Vinegar Hill
Bunny
Asn Jammy
Treasury Department
Farm Profit and Loss Record for 1040F Transfer
The Echo-Enterprise of Elgin Iowa offers a complete year end farm profit and loss ledger for easy transfer of totals to Form 1040F. The book serves as a full record of all farm operation totals and financial performance for the year.
Bacteria Traits Passed to Offspring and Virus Threats
Research at Westinghouse reports bacteria inherit family traits and produce both weak and tough types while being targeted by bacteriophages. Separate notes claim waste by-products can be pressed from sawdust into hard, stronger-than-natural wood materials and attractively finished interiors.
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Westinghouse
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Jettler
Dr. J. Robinson
North Sea
Scandinavian ‘Peninsula
Baltic Sea
Far North
Variety Club
Georgana Falb
Jane Falb
Betty Christen
Kathleen
Rosella Strong
Beverly Larson
Eva Mae Dennler
Jerry Pinney
Elva Mae Lerch
Alma Grimes
Maxine Nelson
Letha Adria
Geraldine Butikofer
Doris Hanson
Dorothy Cline
Dorothy Torkelson
Shirley Boyis
Delores Torkelson
Joan Mosby
Marie
Jim B
Jimmy D
Alta
Phyllis
Illinois
Bob Boyle
Doris
Paul
Florence Ogle
Florence
Elkader
Buick
Frank Sinatra
Key Margie
Bertha Jane
Casper
Alfred Boteyn
Beverly Sutter
Jarest
Imidgene Mills
Alice’ Cummings
Ee Rp
Eik
Pie Hoe
Spotted Bear
Whitefish
Mont
North Atlantic
Ghe Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
Iowa
Sosoosoo Tonight
Ann Southern
James Craig
Maisie
Ula
Rosebudd
T S. Treanay
Echo-Enterprise
Givat
R. P. Strauch
Elgin Dial
Eee
Sea Eeelneeietiae
Rae
Edie Bach
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