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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 11, 1943

Page

2

Shadow Herald of Elgin High School Plans 1943 Edition

The Elgin High School annual project the Shadow enters a new year with Senior class editors coordinating material. due to scarce resources only preordered copies will be printed this year with 50 cents paid to secure a 1943 edition. various grade reports cover class news, censorship concerns, and theater offerings while seniors announce profiles and staff changes.

Schupbach Hazel Gilbertson Bernice Blockhus Violet Landsgard Lois Miller - Letha Adrian Virleygene Bailey Florence Olge Georgana Falk Clifton Kohler Maxine Lehman Fith Beverly Larson Maxine Nelson Thelma Landsgard Joanne Masley Alice Becker Verna Groth Reuben Christen William Moore

Farm Machinery Preparedness Tips

Farm tips note oats yields may match last year despite a cut in acreage with new varieties potentially outyielding old ones by 5 bushels per acre in rust-free years and 20 to 30 more in rustier years. Iowa cattlemen urged to start cattle grub treatments now with a second in 30 days. pregnant ewes can be treated with phendthiszine if handled gently. Many Iowa farmers will file income tax returns due to higher profits and new laws. Pace bill would include farm labor in parity prices, likely raising ceilings but not meat prices.

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Iowa State College farm notes urge timely 4-H, seed tests, and better planting

Iowa State College specialists urge farmers to join 4-H dairy clubs, test soybean germination, and test seed viability. Guidance covers concrete freezing, hatching chicks, corn yields, balanced cow rations, plowing stalks, borer control, and bromegrass seed supply while detailing planter maintenance from spools to rocker shafts and valve timing to ensure even hills and spacing.

Shanks Misaligned in Planter May Skew Checking

A jumble of phrases notes misalignment of shoe shanks affecting planter checks, quotes a Private and Rookie exchange about a truck driver, and mentions Grant's Tomb on Riverside Drive. The text veers into topics from Persian coffee origins to Japanese expansion and Masonic lodge membership in 1939, with payroll figures for auto workers.

Grand Meadow Study Club Elected Officers

The Grand Meadow Study Club met at the Henry Kittleson home Friday January 29 with fifteen members present. Officers elected: Alma Nelson president Ruth Lyngans vice president Clara Helgerson gift chairman Sophia Kittleson secretary treasurer Alice Kittleson. Bible quiz results and lunch were noted in a lively meeting. A humorous note recounts Dutch Rubie in Decorah recovering cash from an oven and a war bonds quip about divorce and Hitler.

Grand Meadow Henry Kittleson Byrle Swenson Alma Nelson Ruth Lyngans Clara Helgerson Sophia Kittleson Secy-Treas Alice Kittleson Harriet Olson Ms. Kittleson

Defense Bonds and Stamps Promote Victory Sale

The notice advertises scarcity and motivation with Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps shouting Victory. It notes daily records needed to qualify for tires tubes and recaps and for the next quarter gasoline quota. It lists Report Books for trucks priced at $1.90 for a six month supply.

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