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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1945
Page
4
A dense page of classified listings includes want ad rate details, farm supplies from Bolson’s Hi-Test Mineral Conditioner, and Big Gain feeds. Also promotes film showings at the Avalon with Lana Turner and upcoming tax record systems for farmers, plus farm loan information and repair services from Torkelson Bros in Elgin. Includes prices, contact names, and locations such as Monticello and West Union in Iowa.
A large portion of wool trousers and flannel shirts will be diverted to military contracts over the next 90 days affecting 73 percent of wool trousers output and 45 percent of shirts. The Army and Navy urge civilians to use V Mail to service members to save transport space and speed home communications.
Placing ceiling prices on live cattle is seen as aiding housewives and dealers to obtain fair shares of beef at set prices. Live cattle had not been under ceilings, so as higher grade cattle prices rose the meat from good and top animals tended to the minority of slaughterers charging above the ceiling.
Home heating oil users are cautioned that stocks are below last year and that excessive consumption will deplete supplies quickly. For the rest of the heating season, meeting demands will be strictly touch and go.
During the first five years of peace the Rural Electrification Administration expects to extend its power lines to 3,500,000 country homes including nearly every farmstead not now electrified. Today approximately 43 percent of the farm homes are on the high lines.
See Elgin Echo for complete repair and reconditioning service on marking devices. New pads dies self inking stamps bands on daters numberers dies on seal presses. Cleaning and repairing numbering machines. All kinds of new stamps pads and made to order stamps. 19tfp.
Echo Office offers delicate scented Sachet stationery in a 100 sheets with 36 envelopes set for 1.00, ideal for air mail. A second cabinet features 60 sheets and 40 envelopes priced at 75 cents.
A snippet from the Galveston Times quotes the phrase Civilization begins with soap, signaling a cheeky cultural note or adage cited in the era, reflecting daily life and practical values in household care.
Hortense Fay, a ribbon buyer hopeful at York's department store, shares a bright idea with Mr. Oliver York. A courtly meeting follows and, after a brief luncheon, he asks her to tea. News of a romance emerges as their mothers are second cousins, and Hortense accepts.
Long winter notes urge cold storage for meat and water heated troughs for livestock. Proposes 40 000 stock ponds across 30 southern Iowa counties as postwar project. Contour farming and terracing needed on 2 million acres. Winter garden planning seen as time saver. liming boosts alfalfa yields and corn following crops rise about five bushels per acre. Advice for dairy cows includes dry period duration to build body reserves and balancing winter rations with silage and legume hay. Proper mower maintenance and lighting in laying houses recommended to improve egg production and farm efficiency.
Farmers confront pasture shortages in spring and plan to replace grazing with corn silage as a practical rough feed. The note highlights silage as a viable option to sustain herds during scarce forage months.
Benjamin Disraeli quote stressing that cleanliness and order come by cultivation not instinct and urging deliberate practice to develop a sense of tidiness.
An expert outlines adjusting a cultivator to keep all teeth at the same depth with the shovel. The goal is a 45 degree angle to ensure even ground contact and easy penetration.
Dora announces she is through with Jack after overhearing him claim he tried out Ethel in his Buick. Daisy questions the reason as Mrs Just Wed quips about fixing a burnt meat with Argentine. Svenson criticizes a conceited remark and recalls a birthday telegram to his mother.
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