Avalon theater invites for free movie tickets
Dr H H Wolf of Elgin is summoned to the Echo office for two free tickets to The Unfinished Dance at the Avalon theater on January 20 21 22. Also included is a notice of non-responsibility for checks contracts unless personally contracted by Merlin Hellum of Elgin Iowa.
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Olavus Berentson
Clermont
Echo Office
Avalon Theater
George Schupbach
Elgin
Beho
Merton of the Movies
Clermont Farmers’ Commission Co
Echo
H. H. Wolf
Merlin Hellum Elgin
Iowa
Beardsley Governor Candidacy and Iowa Prices 1947 48
Rep W F Beardsley announces candidacy for governor. Shropshire contrasts 11 staple item prices for January 1948 vs January 1947, showing total annual cost at $1,224,470, up $227,780 or 23 percent over a year earlier and about 75 percent since January 1945. The board faces bid shortages and rising costs, prompting a $1 million emergency appropriation. New highs in farm and industrial incomes were reported for 1947 by the Iowa Development Commission, noting a 54 percent income rise despite lower crop production.
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Iowa
State Banking Department
Shropshire
Board of Control
Iowa Development Commission
Commission
Elgin High School News Recaps Back-To-School Semester Start
The Elgin High School weekly notes resume after holiday break with exams coming next week and seniors near graduation. Biol ogy class guest Claude Alexander Conservation Officer from Fayette and Winneshiek counties spoke on soil erosion and conservation, showing the film Muddy Waters and stressing community effort to restore land, streams, and wildlife.
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Elgin High
Claude Alexander
Fayette
Winneshiek
Fragmented Quotations and Jokes From a Local Page
A collection of light snippets and humorous lines about targets chewing gum handwriting debts and family prayers. The verses include a misheard exam line about Youngstown Ohio and a quip about a second husband. The fragmentary items resemble a late page’s casual humor column.
Class rings and party mark a school event
A long delayed ring company delivery arrives for class rings featuring a raised crest with plans for April delivery. Announcements and name cards in script will accompany the order. The class hosted a party at the school house with a dinner of chicken and vegetables followed by a basketball game at Clermont.
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Thiese
Junipxy Plass
Rena
Clermont
Long Delays and Odd Finds Across Iowa
In Audubon a cousin mailed Mads Lange a 36 year old post card bearing 1019 postmark after being in transit since then. Clarence Lappe family hail sickness during holidays. a doctor blamed basement fumes for illness. Don Patterson of St Joseph, Iowa, attempted a takeoff after fueling but, despite help from farmers, could not lift off with his wife and two kids. he finally climbed in solo and landed at a nearby filling station. A second takeoff attempt stalled on the same pavement stretch once used by army planes in wartime.
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Audubon
Mads Lange
Tyler
Minn
Don Patterson
St. Joseph
Northwood
Iowa
Egg Production in December 1947 Totals 299 Million Eggs
Egg production for December 1947 reached 299 million eggs. The total for the year shows a decline from the previous year, with production lower than last year's figures.
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Jowa
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Alfred Evenson
Farris
Herb Anderson
John Learn
Brockway
West Union
Henry Feller
Carrol Klingman
Dial
Lawrence Butikofer
Max Thoma
Clarence Hofer
Cal
Jean
Richard Brackin
George Cook
P. QO
Echo Stationers
Will Monserud
Harpers Ferry
Ben Dennler
Council Proceedings
W. P. Kohls
Vernon Wede
Sheldon Kohls
J. D. Moody
Elgin Echo
Gilbert Loftsgard
Torkelson Bros
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Eure
R.E. Kohler
Leo W. Falb
Elgin Oil Co
Elgin Furniture Store
Jacob Hoover
Chris Wenger
Interstate Power Co
State of Iowa
D. O. Dean
Register & Tribune
John Faith & Sons
Layne Western Co
R. E. Kohler
Cedar Rapids Gazette
The
Gazette
Dewey Eisenhower
Taft
Stassen
Truman
Wallace
MacArthur
Warren
Vandenberg
Martin
Dewey
Eisenhower
Wayne Morse
Oregon
John L. Lewis
George C. Marshall
Henry J. Kaiser
Secondhoice
Philadelphia
Ilowa
W. F. Kobler
Dial 3581
E. R. Withell
D. C
State Bank Bldg
Elkader, Ta
Harry H. Frieden
Elgin, Iowa
Postville Rendering CO
Waukon
Sunderman City
Monona
Mr. Zeigler
Ossian
Jack Sinclair
Beardsley
Buick
Oldsmobile
Ford
Socosolo
Jerome H. Lensing
Pestina
Elgin School News
Senior News
Shirley Ann Herwig
Shirley
Postville
John Payne
Maureen O'Hara
Eddie Howard
Ehs
Jennings Dayn
Doc
Town
Oelwein
Bing Crosby
June Allyson
Tex" Beneke
Glen Miller
WOI
Hobby
Toller
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Little Dimmy
Mommie
Daddy
Youngstown
Ohio
Jimmy
Junior News
Harvard
Safe Farm Loan
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National Farm Loan Association
Amber Federal Land Bank System
West Union National Farm Loan Association
Darrell R. Peasley
Sec’y-Treas
Owa
Clarence Lappe
Schorl'bros
Henry A. Peterson
NEW York Life Insurance Company
Auburn
Crider Veterinarian
George Metzger
Bath Packing Co
Waterloo
Dubuque Pack. Co
Dubuque
L. R. Tappan
Optometrist
Bikader
Elgin Cooperative
MAX Medberry
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