Want Ads and Local Notices Snapshot
Want Ad rates set at 10 cents per line with a 30 cent weekly minimum if paid in cash. otherwise 60 cents. Blind ads or inquiries incur 60 cent minimum per week. Echo office offers two free Will Hantz tickets for the Avalon double feature February 12 13 14. Ackworth couple W C Metcalf celebrate 60th wedding anniversary February 1 on a single farm for most their married life. Corn for Polio sees sixty seven Winneshiek county farmers donate over 300 dollars worth of corn in Becorah project.
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Echo Office
Will Hantz
Elgin
Silver Creek
Avalon Theatre
G. L. Loftsgard
Clermont
Avalon
Ackworth
W. C. Metcalf
Winneshiek County
Becorah
Repeal of Gasoline Tax and Iowa Educational Network
Iowa lawmakers weigh a repeal of the gasoline tax with potential long term savings. A 10 member Iowa committee leads a drive for educational television, aiming to bring TV to schools and homes. The FCC deadline for channels is July 2, with the legislature to decide before adjournment in April.
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Des Moines
John Connolly
Des Maines
Orville Rennis
Vernon
Cornell Colege
Harold Honchar
Boone
Iowa Council For Better Education
Harry Boyd
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Iowa
Federal Communications Commission
Toll road study proposed by Iowa lawmakers
Ten Iowa senators back a joint resolution urging a toll road project with an $100,000 appropriation for a new study. A nine member special committee and one ex-officio highway commission member would oversee the research led by Sen. Charles Van Eaton of Sioux City.
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State Highway Commission
Iowa
Charles
van Eaton
Sioux City
Beardsley Signs Six Code Revision Bills in Session
Governor Beardsley signed six first bills of the present session, all code revision measures updating language in the 1951 code before joining the 1954 code. The Senate Public Health Committee backs a bill requiring foreign residents to obtain first citizenship papers to practice medicine in Iowa, a rule the state board of medical examiners lacks legal authority to enforce per the attorney general.
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Iowa
House
Senate
Beardsley
Senate Public Health Committee
State Board of Medical Examiners
Corning Students Receive 4750 Lunches Last Month
Corning youngsters were served 4750 lunches last month under the school hot lunch program. The figure reflects participation across district elementary and secondary schools and supports ongoing nutrition efforts.
Hunters End Fox Hunt Near Denison Ends with One Fox
Fox 40 hunters gathered near Denison for a fox hunt, with more participants than game. One fox was killed by day’s end, while fertilizer availability worries persist as farmers risk shortages due to rising nitrogen demand.
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Denison
Hogs gain weight with free access water study
A test shows hogs with heated water available anytime gain up to 10 pounds per pig more than hogs watered twice daily. The note also suggests trying hybrid tomatoes in test plantings before full crop adoption and mentions a fiddler who often hears a lot of chin music.
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Fuller
D. H. Lammert
Postville
Echo Stationery
Prang
Allis Chalmers
Selmer T. Holm
Dial
Alvin Thiese
Echo
R.W. Kist
Seo Wolfs
West Un+zon
B. E. Gehring
Wadena
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
R. P. Strauch
Hampshire
Raymond Lantz
Louis Klingman
Chester White
Gerald Shaffer
Dean Mitts
State of
Roggensack Monument
Waukon
Educational TV Network
Nqel
Brockway West Union
Vine
Allis Chalmers & Cult
Farmall & Cult
John Deere
McCormick
Jonn Deere
Cross Power Corn Shelter
Endgate Seeder
McC
Westinghouse Refrigerator
Falb & Light Elgin
Cole
Niger
THE
Elgin Echo
Elgin, Iowa
Rtaa Haya SP Ve
John Tillotson
OWA
Massey-Harris
Anid Somfort
P.T.O
Torkelson Motor Co
Wenger Sales Commission
Harry Wenger
Dean
West Union Auction Exch
Floyd
W. Whitford
Mgr
Thiele Bros
Barn
Patrick Henry
Weill
Parson
Johnny
Caesar
Cicero
Vita
Fartowini
Felco
Brates
Elgin Cooperative
Ene
SGN
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