Classified Rates and Notices Include Sale Items and Ads
A compilation of old telegraph and Echo notices covers want ad rates, renewals for Dubuque Telegraph Herald, rental and sale offers, and photostat services. It includes listings for a piano of repair, kitchen cabinet, DeLaval cream separator, oats, a Holstein calf, and a tool chest, plus notes on harvesting vegetables and flameproof materials. Names include Be delia, Mary Allen, Jim Forrest, A M Weibel, Alfred Ruckdashel, Philip Leuchtennather, Allen Anderson, Lizzie Bilden, and Elgin Echo. A reminder about subscription renewal fees and payment handling is included.
Iowa Hosts Distinguished Visitors and GOP Meetings
Iowa gears up for campaign season with visits from R L Voelz and Mrs Earl G Miller plus Richard N Mason as deputy secretary. discussions on the state convention and potential nominee outcomes fill the march calendar along with Des Moines events. Republicans plan a March 11 women’s luncheon at Kirkwood hotel featuring three women legislators and invited national president Mrs Addison Green.
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R. L. Voelz
Minden
Earl G. Miller
Deg Maines
Richard N. Mason
Ames
Iowa
Martin
Iowa Council of Republican Women
Kirkwood Hotel
Des Moines
Kathryn M. Kirketey
Bedford
Edna Lawrence
Ottumwa
Amy Bloom
Dayton
Addison Green
Weichman Not Seeking Re election for Board of Controls
Rep Henry Weichman of New Hall announced he will not seek reelection and is listed as a candidate in the running for the board of controls vacancy. He previously chaired the house appropriations committee during the last legislative session.
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Board of Controls
Rep
Henry Weichman
Newhall
House Appropriations Committee
Long Train Ali Would Stretch Vast Freight Line
A hypothetical dispatch notes that 1,750,000 freight cars owned by Class 1 railroads set on a single track could form a train about 14,000 miles long, illustrating the colossal scale of rail assets.
Elgin High School News Highlights and Menu for Week
The Elgin school notes student work in English descriptive writing and geometry lessons on loci. Sophomores report essays on The French Revolution Napoleon and the Industrial Revolution. A letter from Dorlan Mark, now at Decorah, confirms similar study. Weekly menu lists Maid Rite sandwiches to fish flake salad with milk for Feb 16 26.
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Sophomo
Dor
Lan Mark
Decorah
Scientific farming credit shifts to methods over weather
The article states that favorable weather accounted for only one quarter of the five year rise in farm production, while improved farming methods contributed three times as much. It highlights that farming practices, not climate, were the main driver of gains during this period.
Proper Flameproofing and Industrial Application Emphasized
The article notes flame retardants require proper flameproofing expertise and industrial application. Household use is discouraged, with textiles processed by manufacturers and laundries offering specialized services for curtains draperies and garments. It also highlights vast salt resources in oceans and rivers, estimating 14.13 quintillion tons in seas and 160 million tons yearly from rivers, enough to cover the U S in a mile and a half of salt if recovered.
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United States
Hybrid corn value not lower for livestock says MSU tests
Michigan State College tests show some hybrid corn matches or exceeds open pollinated varieties in protein. Dr. P J Schaible reports recent trials feeding different open pollinated and hybrid corn types to chicks found no significant differences in results.
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Michigan State College
P. J. Schaible
Schalble
Cleaning game animals for safe handling
The guide advises cleaning game the same day of kill and drawing birds in warm weather, drying cavities with clean leaves or grass. It warns cautious handling of rabbits and other small game due to tularema, a disease dangerous to humans, and recommends using rubber gloves. Cook meat well done.
Indians Volunteer For Service As Selective Draft Begins
Indians volunteered when selective service began, with thousands enlisting immediately. An estimated 22,000 of over 0,000 Indians serving in the U S armed forces earned decorations, including two Congressional Medals of Honor. Pullman accommodations housed about 85,000 people nightly in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Armed Forces
Pullman Accommodations
Gook Faster Pressure Pan Cuts Cooking Time
A pressure saucepan saves time and fuel by cooking in about one third the time of an ordinary gauzepan and even less in some cases. Useful for foods that usually require long cooking such as pot roast dried beans beets and cooking cereals.
Wisconsin opens 4 million acres to public hunting
Nearly four million acres were opened to public hunting in Wisconsin last fall. Of this total, 2,122,045 acres are forest crop lands mainly in the north, 145,516 acres established as public grounds in the south, funded by voluntary sportsmen and hunting licenses. The remainder comes from conservation and land commissions as well as U.S. agencies and county-owned lands.
Old Glory Named by Salem Captain After Missouri Admission
The U S flag is uniquely called Old Glory, a term coined by Salem shipmaster Captain William Driver soon after Missouri became the 24th state. The flag now resides in a museum in Salem, Massachusetts.
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U. S
Salem
Mass
Willam Driver
Missouri
Union
Fire Prevention Tips for Home Safety This Month
Fire prevention guidance advises installing chimney spark arrestors and fire resistant linings, using metal ash containers, cleaning rubbings from attics and closets, keeping matches out of reach of children, avoiding gasoline or kerosene as fire starters, and performing all dry cleaning outdoors to reduce fire risk.
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Want
Bedelia
the Avalon
Echo Office
Mary Allen
Dubuque
Kimball
John A. Larson
Clermont
Iowa State
Clinton
My Place
Sumner
Fridtjof Blockhus
Sam Lehman
Maynard Lantz
Elgin
Neel Brockway
West Union
W. Stic
Elmer Pinney
Frank Pinney
Pega Ey
Roland Gruver
Cargill
Elgin Produce
C.J. Mulford
Eliza Pulfer
Baens
Echo
Jusp
Henry Gisleson
Luana
Listo
Echo Stationers
Franz Appelman
A. M. Weibel
N. Bernard St
Chicago
Ill
Fred Wede
Alfred Ruckdashel
Philip Leuchtennather
St. Olaf
Gunder
Allen Anderson
Elgin Echo
Dial
Migin. Itt
Avalon Theater
Chas. Odegard
Decorah Granite Works
Fridolph Peterson
A. N. Anleast
Roy
Castalia
Lizzie Bilden
Postville Rendering CO
Congress
Thomas E. Martin
Iowa City
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Capitol
Tom Martin
U. S. Senate
Peel
Blue
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Winona
Minn
A. B. Quimby
North Iowa Division
A.B.Q
D. Blue
Quimby
Mar
Elgin School
Grace
MR. Aaerchrant
Schori Bros
Henry A. Peterson
NEW York Life Insurance Company
Auburn St
Harry H. Frieden
Elgin, Iowa
ElGin Eco
Tar
China
Japan
Eliza
Edith
Pal
Teddy
B. & K. Insurance Agency
W. F. Kohler
Studebaker
Plymouth
Ford
Chevrolet Ltd
Tudor
Jerome H. Lensing
Festina, Iowa
FELCO
Elgin Cooperative
MAX Medberry
Mar, Elvin
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