Read Little Save Towd Suspense Show at Echo
The Elgin Echo invites Jereene Reierson as a guest for a suspenseful thrills show. Tickets available at the office by courtesy. Also offered are for sale a Farmall tractor on rubber with cultivator near Clermont. Contact Clarence Hilgerson, 4 miles west of Clermont, phone 9F171. Photostat services advertise fast 72 hour turnaround with listed copy prices.
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The
Echo
Jereene Reierson
Want
Carroll Klingman
Elgin
Riff Raff
Avalon Theater
John Pulfer
Blackhawk
Fridtjof Blockhus
Phone
Clermont
Song of the Thin Man
Powell and
Loy
Echo Office
Martha Chapman
Clarence Hilgerson
Elgin Echo
Blues Debating Party Roles and Red Book Corrections
The piece notes Republican veterans groups receiving a $500 state central committee grant, flagging calls for fair hearing on funds. It reports delays and errors in the 1947-48 Iowa Red Book including misidentified photos of Jacobson, Jones, Hauge, and Carlsen, plus distribution details. It lists Democratic potential gubernatorial candidates including Augustine, Mercer, Switzer, Bease, and Biermann, and recalls reactions to FDR’s third-term stance.
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Lican
Republican
Veterans’ League
Veterans Group
State Central Committee
Central Committee
Iowa
Arthur H. Jacobson
Waukon
Floyd Jones
Osceola
Herbert H. Hauge
Des Moines
E. W. Carlsen
Elkader
Board of Control
Sherman Needham
Jake 5. More
A. E. Augustine
Oskaloosa
LeRoy
Mercer
Iowa City
Polk County
Carroll O. Switzer
Scott County
Walter H. Bease
Davenport
United States
Fred Biermann
Decorah
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Blue
Better Used Cars Catalog Seeks Quick Sale
A compact listing of used cars includes a 46 Ford V-8 four door sedan with green finish and full equipment, a 41 Olds 88 Tudor with radio underseat heater, a 41 Ford DeLuxe V-8 Tudor with rebuilt motor, a 33 Ford V-8 coupe with radio and heater, a 37 Ford V-8 sedan with low mileage, a clean 36 Ford V-8 Tudor with sealed beams, and a well kept 35 Chevrolet Ltd Tudor with radio and heater. Prices indicate bargains and quick sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheverolet Ltd
Tudor
Iowa Farm Income Sets New High For 1947
The Iowa Development Commission reports rising farm income with 1944 national $3,470 vs Iowa $7,530. 1945 national $3,579 vs Iowa $7,836. 1946 national $4,804 vs Iowa $8,781. Preliminary 1947 shows Iowa over $12,000. national figure unavailable. Hairdressing rules tighten as cosmetology board weighs aggressive enforcement against unlicensed practitioners under a $100 to $1,000 fine or up to six months in jail.
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Iowa
State Board of Cosmetology
Gladys Swanson
Elgin School News Highlights Conservation Thought
The piece advocates national plant and forest conservation to protect waterways, prevent floods, and sustain wildlife, urging better farming practices, soil care, and reforestation. It notes a need for conservation awareness, then shifts to Elgin primary activities with pre reading, numbers, spelling, manuscript writing, drawing, handwork, and classroom projects.
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Fouy
School News Recaps Pupil Achievements And Upcoming Contests
Ronald Halverson and Louis Becker suffer bronchial pneumonia and are hospitalized. Students send him fruit and notes. many pupils achieve perfect attendance. new student Donald Kohls joins second grade. sixth grade studies storytelling rules. fourth grade practices apostrophes. art ice cuts done. vocal groups prep for Critic Music Festival at Fayette and prestate contests at West Union and Postville high schools in early April. band plans an assembly. Teen Age Book Club lists February titles and requests orders with 25c per book.
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Louis Becker
Postville Hospital
Charles Capper
Linda Kiple
Paul Zoschke
William Torkelson
Fayette
West Union High School
Postville High School
Elgin High Adjusts Semester Schedule and Ball Nominees
The second semester at Elgin High opens with schedule changes as juniors take Political Economy and Speech replaces American Literature while seniors swap English Literature for Grammar and Composition. Nominations for King and Queen of Hearts include Noel Smith Mahlon Lantz Jim Bovis and Dae.
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Elgin High
King
Noel Smith
Mahlon Lantz
Jim Bovis
Dae
Honors and roll list fuel local school campaign notes
The report lists the King and Queen candidates to be chosen after campaign launches by the campaign committee. It notes the high school honor roll for the third six weeks announced by principal Mr. Zurbriggen, detailing A grades across senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman classes along with eighth grade honorees and students absent or tardy in the first semester.
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Queen
Marie Adrian
Shirley Herwig
Joyce Gehring
Edna Nelson
Zurbriggen
Noel
Smith
Phyllis Gehring
Barbara Crider
Mart
Deon Pollock
Ruth Tillotson
Janice Torkelson
Alice Frieden
Karolin Falk
Marilyn Beh
Zebbie
Davis
Alice Grimm
Matelent ’ Mosby
Marlys Wenger
Lorraine Year Ous
Robert Helms
Clarence Ruckdagcel
Marilyn Boleyn
Bonnie Lantz
Barbara Rainey
William Peters
Leonard
Forefathers and a nurse's wary ear ride tale
A quirky collage notes that learning to ride a bicycle tests balance and courage. A nurse in a mental hospital recalls a patient listening intently to a distant wail, a curious image of attention and care amid routine observation.
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George Metzger
Marvin Flack
Telephone
Noel Brockway
West Anon
Cedar ‘Rapids
Bolson
Clermont Farmers’ Commission Co. Inc
Joan Shorthorn Bull
Myron Chapman
Eligin
LISTO
Echo Stationers
John O. Anderson
Clinton Oats
Orvin‘ Thompson
M McCormick Tractor
New
LaVern Hyde
Martin Amundson
Postville
Clinton
Cargill
Elgin Produce
C.J. Mulford
Quaker
Clermont Farmers’ Commission Co
Arthur
Delco 850
Woodrow Hyde
Henry A. Peterson
NEW York Life Insurance Company
Auburn St
West Union
B. & K. Insurance Agency
W. F. Kohler
Dial
Elgin, Iowa
Harry H. Frieden
Postville Rendering CO
Sunderman City
Monona
Mr. Zeigler
Siar
Union—Farmers
Eader
Jack Sinclair
Bate
Blues
Jerome H. Lensing
Festina, Iowa
Elgin School News
Ronald Halverson
Henneth Crider
David Dawson
TAB News
Father Malachy
Bruce Marshall
Bill Stern
Gwen Bristow
Dale ‘Carnegie
Bellamy
Frances Noyes Hart
Schori Bros
Elgin, Towa
Ty Qaads
Schori
Kuster Elgin
Owa
Elgin Cooperative
MAX Medeberry
Mar
Larson Roofing & Insulating Co
Lermont
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