Bio-INTLE ADS Want Ad Rates and Classified Items
Classified notice outlines want ad rates up to 25 words per insertion then 1 cent per word for longer ads. Additional 25 cent weekly handling for replies. For sale item lists a 31 acre Clermont area farm with electricity and good buildings with Glen Schave as contact. Lost item offers two free theater tickets if Henry Feller of Elgin calls Echo office about That Lady in Ermine at Avalon theater January 11 to 12.
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Want
Tillman Thompson
Postville
Echo Office
Texas
Avalon Theater
Albert Gulsvig
St. Olaf
The
Echo
Clermont
Glen Schave
Henry Feller
Elgin
Iowa Tax Collections Headed for a New Record
Beardsley nears leadership as budget message looms. State cars logged over 14 million miles in the last year with better mileage. 489 passenger cars and 218 trucks were in use. Average 16.6 mpg for cars, 10.2 mpg for trucks. cost per mile 3.6 cents for cars, 5.61 cents for trucks. Parole hearings planned for prisoners with commuted life sentences. governor’s first batch grants more powers to the parole board. House races may face two contests to seat all members. Roy J. Smith contests Dickinson seat and J R Naughton contests Woodbury seat. 1941 precedent noted.
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Walter J. Ruther
Blue
Parole Board
Percy Lainson
Fort Madison
House of Representatives
House
Roy J. Smith
Spirit Lake
Dickinson County
Mervyn Smith
Milford
J. R. Naughton
Woodbury County
Robert Munger
Norman Norland
Kensett
Claus Randall
California Tops Farm Product Values Across Five Counties
California leads five counties in farm product value, based on the latest agricultural census. Yakima County, Washington, ranks sixth nationwide, with three additional California counties following.
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California
Yakima
Wash
United States
Independent Carolina Breaks Bax Engagement
On a porch in a storm, Carol asserts independence by returning Bax Ham mond's ring after an argument about money and status. Uncle Jan pushes for reconciliation as Carol kisses Bax's scar to prove love, ending with a warning about delaying commitment and the need to show devotion.
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Axel Jan
Carol
Bax Hammond
Jan
Bax
Uncle Jan
Luyva
Peter
Bax Ames
Ncle Jan
Galad
Research Cuts Feed Needs For Kansas Fatting Cattle
Research from the Kansas station shows that fattening beef cattle using silage and hay with full grain feeding reduces rain needed to about one third. The method could save about 1,200 pounds of grain per steer and, applied to Kansas’ roughly 200000 grain fed cattle yearly, could save about five million dollars annually.
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Kansas Station
Kansas
Unusual Radio Studio to Serve Remote Australian Ranches
Radio One installs a broadcasting studio in Altice Springs Australia within a schoolhouse. It will link with the Flying Doctor service headquarters and broadcast lessons over a special network to children on isolated cattle ranches.
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Altice Springs
Australia
Flying Doctor Service
Arrival of Oxfords In 1898 Showcased in Binghamton
The 1898 debut of men’s oxfords in Binghamton featured light cast skin pairs sold at 259 dollars. The store owner who bought them complained of the deal and pressed for tops to be added to aid resale.
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Binghamton
Wartime Farm Output Rises Across Nation
Aggregate yields of 18 main field crops climbed 19 percent during the war, making up 95 percent of all crops. Total output of acid crops rose nearly one fifth, while overall acreage increased only 3 to 4 percent from prewar levels.
Air Army chiefs seek 5000 transport planes on minute notice
Army planners warn only one company would exist to produce large transport planes for a future emergency. They estimate 5000 aircraft would be required instantly, but production would take years to reach even a handful.
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Air Army
Longest Bird Flight Record For Arctic Tern
An Arctic tern banded at Turnevik Bay Labrador and later found on Margate Beach in South Africa marks the longest documented voyage. The direct distance between these points is about 8,090 miles, with an estimated travel path near 9,000 miles.
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Turnevik Bay
Lab
Rador
Margate
South Africa
Duncan Phyfe's rise aided by prominent patron families
Duncan Phyfe, a leading American furniture designer, owed much of his success to patronage from prominent families such as the J in Jacob Aators, whose support helped him gain influence and secure further commissions.
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Duncan Phyfe
Jacob Aators
Funnel of Liner Shape Described on Queen Elizabeth
The forward funnel of the Queen Elizabeth stands seventy feet high and has a diameter of forty four feet. It is wide enough to permit locomotives of the like of track trains such as the 20th Century Ltd the Superchief the Champion and the Silver Meteor to pass through abreast.
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20Th Century “Ltd
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