Want Ad Rates And Free Tickets In Elgin Echo
Classified items list want ad rates ten cents per minuscule unit with a 30 cent minimum if cash accompanies the order, or a higher minimum otherwise. Free tickets offered for Wilbur Lehman and Balt Kamm showings at Avalon, dates February 7 and 10 11. Listings include for sale items, a Duroc stock hog, books for tax receipts, writing aids, and a call for prompt settlement of small accounts. Also notes insurance and banking context with a Town Farm Bureau stance on federal tax reductions and government economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balt Kamm
West Union
Echo
Avalon
For Sale John Deere Spreader Listings
For sale items include John Deere spreads priced at 25 dollars each and a Fertilizer Spreader. McCormick-Deere and Moline spreaders appear with various prices from 25 to 195 dollars. Equipment includes John Deere Disc 10 ft, Galloway Drag 4 section, plows at 50 dollars and manure loader for H M at 195 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
McCormick-Deere
H&m
Unusual Interest in Precinct Caucuses (Continued)
Governor seeks equal tax treatment after Rep. O'Brien accuses bias. Beardsley tax payment settles back taxes and penalties for 1944–1949. no criminal prosecution. New Judge George C. Heath named in 10th district. district includes Black Hawk and surrounding counties. Iowa State Federation of Labor to meet Des Moines May 13, with delegates statewide. National Guard enlistments rise. strength at about 60 percent with recruiting efforts ongoing.
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Washington
O'Brien
Illinois
Iowa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Justice Department
Federal ‘Bureau of Internal Revenue
George C. Heath
Waterloo
10Th Judicial
R. W. Hasner
Ibench
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Delaware
Grunely
Heath
University of Iowa Law School
Black Hawk County
Republican Central Committee
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Des Moines
Guard
Town National Guard
Fred C. Tang
New Bank Records From Iowa Department Report
The Iowa banking department releases a year end consolidated statement of state bank conditions detailing the financial position, assets, liabilities, and capital of state banks as of year end, highlighting notable changes and stability measures across the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bank
Iowa Banking Department
Echo Sale Calendar and Iowa Garden Trend Note
A brief Echo Want Ad calendar lists closing out sales for Allan Anderson near Elgin, Fremont Sullivan near Clermont, and Millard Nelson Sr. near Clermont across February. The piece notes a projected rise in Iowa gardens in 1952 due to higher food costs and more home freezers, with the USDA encouraging land use for gardens and mentions litter for laying houses and fodder like cobs straw and chaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Anderson
Elgin
Fremont Sullivan
Clermont
Millard Nelson, Sr
Towa
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Echo
Cards of Thanks and Farm Notes Read by Readers
Cards of thanks extend gratitude to relatives and friends for hospital visits and well wishes during and after hospitalization. Messages praise kindness from Mrs. Edwin Krueger and Mrs. Alfred Ruckdaschel. Also thanks from Carl and Verna Robinson. Also notes on common laying flock behavior and winter feed, light, and window area guidance. Ajax oats yield 74 bushels per acre in 1951 tests.
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Edwin Krueger
Postville Hospital
Carl and
Verna Robinson
Ajax
Improving Woodlots and Farm Practices
The text advises removing stunted trees and less valuable species like boxelder haw and ironwood to improve appearances. It notes orderliness aids farm shop work. It explains aging sheep by lower jaw teeth, where each permanent-teeth pair equals one year, and states popcorn pops best at 11 to 14 percent moisture.
Ardent Lover and The Flapper Mix Odd Jokes Tonight
A quirky exchange features a love line, a flippant deflection, and an offbeat sickly humor tone. A hospital visit yields a grim joke about fishing as a patient holds a rod. Nellie the garment worker quips about being mistaken for a silk stocking ad.
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United States
Goodrich
Firestone
Fed
Price Inc
John Falb & Sons
Falb Motor & Imp. Co
Postville
Lyle Krueeer
Towa Newspapers
SUI
Iowa City
Zhio
Dial
Lloyd Reierson
Carrie Steele
Keith Kohler
O'Hara
Doyle Baker
Bac
Raymond Friederich
Elgin Produc
Schori Bros
Wilbur Lehman
Missouri
Rand
Roscoe Larson
Elgin Echo
Smith-Corona
Kenton Krueger
The
Verningale
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
R. P. Strauch
Town Farm Bureau
Howard Hill
Ler
Falb & Light Elgin
Wadena
Harold Weber
Volga
G. W. Alderson
Kenneth Baldwin
Orvin Thompson
Labor Meeting
Noel Brockway Wes
Dnion
Echo Sale
John Tillotson
Wenger Sales Commission
Harry Wenger
Dean
West Union Auction Exch
West Union Auction Exchange
Wadena Livestock Exchange
Elmer Halverson
Auct
Friend
Pop
the Villian
Nellie
Elgin Cooperative
Max Medberry
Mgr
Elgin, Iowa
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