Want Ads and notices from Echo office
A collection of local notices and advertisements includes want ad rate details with per insertion costs, a notice about Mrs. Henry Bear winning Avalon tickets, a free Udga stomach remedy offer, stove rationing and stock advice from Feller's Hardware, and a note about Steinbeck's The Moon is Down show at the Avalon with courtesy tickets for H. H. Gilbertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Want
Henry Bear
Clermont
Echo Office
Steinbeck
Avalon
The
Echo
H. H. Gilbertson
More Canned Food For Civilians
Civilians will gain 30 million cases of canned fruits and vegetables as a result of reduced government requirements. The reductions mainly affect corn peas spinach tomatoes snap beans fruit cocktail sweet cherries peaches pineapple and pineapple juice. Householders may use oil cooking stoves this summer regardless of coal or wood stove availability. Fuel oil rationing for domestic cooking and water heating has been lifted due to fuel shortages. Increased crop and livestock revenue should repay farm debt and fund war bonds. A 3 day furlough provision adds rationed food application forms for servicemen, to be submitted within 15 days after furlough ends. Milk rationing extends to all cheese products except cottage bakers and pot cheese. By December 1943 one third of working women will join civilian and military labor forces, with at least two million more women in 1943. Potatoes see a 7 percent ceiling price drop while growers receive 30 cents more per hundredweight on the 1943 early crop.
Sugar Supply Prospects for 1943 Declared
Sugar supplies for 1943 are forecast from current levels and prospective production, outlining expected availability for households and industries. Officials note ongoing wartime factors shaping stocks, distribution, and potential price implications.
OPA Sets Price Ceiling on Rayon Stockings
The regulation ties maximum retail prices to stocking construction and quality. Full fashioned rayon hosiery must be marked with the ceiling price and gauge or needle count to ensure compliance.
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OPA
Butter Price Support Maintained at 46 Cents Level
Dairy farmers have been assured wholesale butter prices will stay supported at 46 cents per pound based on Chicago basis through June 30, 1944. The policy ensures stability for farmers amid market fluctuations and ongoing supply concerns.
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Chicago
Maternity Care Expanded for Lower Pay Armed Forces Wives
Wives of men in the four lowest pay grades of the armed forces in 23 states can now receive maternity care plus medical hospital and nursing care for their babies at no cost to the family. Applications require a form from the State Health Department.
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Armed Forces
Mileage From Scrap Tires Defends Reusable Carcass Ban
The Office of Rubber Director excludes reusable tire carcasses from rubber scrap sent to reclaiming plants to gain extra mileage from tires with refiners. This order shifts about half a million tires into service via the defense supplies corp during wartime. Lumber For Farms Sets AA-2 Priority for 500 million board feet June through September to aid food production maintenance and new construction. farmers should seek certificates if current ratings fail. About 400,000 canning workers needed for peak season. industry relies on local workers, youths, housewives, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Rubber Director
Defense Supplies Corp
WPB
County Farm Rationing Committee
Food Dealers Enjoy Favorable Economic Position Nationwide
Community wide dollar ceilings set for food dealers. margins, profits, and overall business volume remain high while failures stay at half-century lows. Iowa hog raisers urged to use portable wallows for mange control, with 6 by 10 foot units handling about 100 pigs. Dairy farmers report only 80 percent of butterfat marketed. surplus goes to calves, pets, or is wasted. Soybean hay matches alfalfa in feeding value.
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Iowa
Notice of Real Estate Equity Suit in Fayette County Iowa
Notice to defendants including William W Lynch James P Lynch Ethel Lynch Hattie Payne Mary Quinn John Quinn Margaret Quinn Sarah L Ryan and others that Henry M Lynch has filed a petition in equity in Fayette County Iowa claiming fee simple ownership of specified parcels in Section 19 Township 93 North Range 8 West and seeks quieting of title. Defendants must appear by June 21 1943 or face default and judgment. Also includes an agricultural notice about switching pig mash to 26 percent protein concentrate and its effect on feed consumption and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Lynch
James P. Lynch
Ethel Lynch
Hattie Payne
Mary Quinn
John Quinn
Margaret Quinn
Sarah L. Ryan
Fayette
Iowa
Towit
Township Ninety-three
District Court of the State of
Fayette County
Henry M. Lynch
West Union
W. J. Rogers
May Registrants in 18 Year Old Class Noted in Echo
The Echo reports on May registrants in the 18 year old class including Lcott Dennler Elgin and Levi hI Molokken Clermont. Dairy cow prices are higher during this war than in the earlier World War I period, a sign of wartime market shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lcott
Dennler
Elgin
Levi Hi Molokken
Clermont
Broadcaster Fashion Note And Humorous Miniatures
A quirky blend of fashion quips and jokes appears in a fragmentary note. The text references spring styles, a tree incident, roofing tips, a safety method, a plea from Sally, military salutes, and a service counter joke about eggs from a clerk and customer. The pieces convey light humor and dated voice with several vivid images.
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Torkelson Bros
Cobbler’s
Independence Produce Co
C. J. Mulford
O'Neill Drug Company
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Sidney Nutting
Marlys Wenger
Ford
Larson Roofing Co
B. H. Brackin
Geo
Howard
R. P. Strauch
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
America
the Avalon
Leonard E. Larson
Echo-Enterprise
Weibel Mill CO
Elgin, Iowa
P.S
District Court
State OF
Elgin Oil Co
Welch
Rds
West Union Rendering Works
Enterprise
Dial
Joe
Bill
Sally
Schori & Kuster Lbr. CO
Elgin Farmers Coop
Max Medberry
Mgr
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