MONCH Want Ad Rates and Listings in Elgin Echo
Classifieds show want ad rates at 25 cents for 25 words, then 1 cent per word. extra weekly handling charge and cash terms. Ads note sales positions for Rawleigh products in Fayette County, and sale of lambs in Elgin. Also references to film "Laura" at Avalon and Echo office ticketing. Starter feeds, chick care, and stamping/printing services advertised with local providers.
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Want Ad
Ada
Laura
Gene Tierney
Avalon
C. O. Torkelson
Echo
Navy assigns fight surgeon to squadrons to curb fatigue
Watch crews and technicians have pushed aircraft to limits where mechanical failure grows unlikely. Yet human frailty remains as pilots crack under extreme speeds and pressures. The navy assigns a flight surgeon to each squadron to monitor air crews and remove them from duty before breaking point.
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Navy
Housing and farm by product research for postwar economy
The article discusses price controls on hay and grain sold by farmers, housing goals for a decent home in a good neighborhood achieved via private enterprise and local effort postwar, and a report on research using farm and sawmill by products to create lightweight building materials with cement. It notes 225 material types tested from farm and forest wastes for use in concrete composites and construction.
Canned Poultry Set Aside For Military Needs
An order sets aside all canned poultry to meet U S military needs for about 70 million pounds in 1945. The meat will supply hospitals army field rations and shipments overseas.
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United States
Material Aid For Farm Equipment Plan Helps Farmers
Plan allows plants with spare labor to exceed approved farm equipment quotas to compensate for production lags. Farmers should choose hybrids with heavy ears and sturdy stalks to resist corn borers in 1945, as no variety is fully immune though some tolerate borers better.
Cast Iron Stoves Enter Colonial Homes
Cast iron stoves, introduced by German pioneers, arrived in the colonies after 16th century use in Germany. Constructed from five iron plates and clamped into a box atop iron or stone legs, they were largely rejected by New England residents who preferred foot stoves.
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Germany
New England
Farm crop notes and tips from Iowa and national sources
A compilation of agricultural guidance covers weed free land for flax, boosting pig production with heat, feeding roughage to dairy cattle, and declining butter output. It notes the U S sending seed to Russia, irrigation of fertilization methods, chick quality impacts, building a home pig feeder, farm rat control in winter, common tillage harrows, seed weed rules in Iowa, hog price outlook with lax sorter trends, and advice to use northern grown alfalfa seed when possible, with a remark on Argentina.
Farm drought prompts seed and storage warning in Iowa
Farmers across sections face poor yields and advise against planting as seed supplies run thin. Iowa State College observers note the stored corn crop is the wettest in two decades, with transportation and storage facilities unable to handle any volume, threatening farm viability.
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Towa
Iowa State College
Steencenstey
Problame
Arbuthnot Satire John Bull Portrait Faces Marlborough War
A fragment describes Arbuthnot famous for a satire in 1712 featuring John Bull as a burly country squire. The piece critiques the Duke of Marlborough and the War of the Spanish Succession with an impetuous, honest, narrow minded, dogmatic image.
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Eugene
John Bull
Duke of Marlborough
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Harold Moritz
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Larson Roofing & Insulation Co
Cargill
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Torkelson Bros
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Clarence Hagelie
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Arthur Chapman
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Maynard Lantz
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Moorman Mfg. Oo
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B. H. Brackin
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West Union Animal By-Products CO
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