Hunsberger Receives Courtesy Tickets for Avalon Show
Lou Hunsberger is given two courtesy tickets for shows Sunday through Tuesday at the Avalon. The notice highlights Betty Grable and Victor Mature in Song of the Islands as a romantic pairing in a romantic setting, urging patrons not to miss it. A separate notice promotes a Koroseal ironing pad claiming a 20 percent time save, credited to Wm. E. Baumgartner of Elgin.
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Echo Office
Dan Butikofer
Elgin
Avalon
the Avalon
Oscar Thompson
Clermont
Lou Hunsberger
Betty Grable
Victor Mature
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Ane
Spring Advice for Farmers From a Historic Agricultural Column
A historical notice advises spring or summer coat purchases, vaccination for sleeping sickness in horses, and notes butter production down 8 percent from last year for the week ending May 17. It recommends selecting a Dolloecky ram, ensures water is abundant for hogs, and emphasizes careful maintenance of farm implements for storage amid wartime shortages. It also highlights soybean varieties Sac Kanro Jogun and proposes silo storage for June surplus forage to cover August and September.
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Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Net Profit Decline Shown Under War Financing Pressures
The chart using Inland Steel Company totals shows how war financing and higher costs squeeze profits for firms under price ceilings. Without wage increases sought by SWOC CIO, and amid 3942 war taxes and rising costs, this year’s net profit is expected to fall below the 1939 prewar level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inland Steel Company
War Labor Board
Swoc-Cio
Simple Picnic Menu Ideas For Family Enjoyment
Compact picnic guide advises wrapping foods to stay fresh and using disposable plates to reduce cleanup. It urges simple meat choices like kabobs and burgers, fresh garden vegetables, strawberries and shortcake, and a light milk chocolate drink mix, plus a strawberry shortcake dessert plan and a sour cream potato salad recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
John
Iask
Help for Working Mothers and Day Nurseries Rise
Thousands of working women including mothers turn to day nurseries and child care centers as essential support. Centers keep children busy and happy, aid parents in learning required care, and address staffing, building, equipment, programs, and safety with authorities. Handbooks on organizing centers are available from the Division of Community Service Programs in Washington D.C.
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Division of
Washington, D. C
Shaping Baby's Cap With Blown Ballon Inside
A simple method to mold a bonnet or hat after washing involves inflating a toy balloon to the bonnet size, placing it inside the hat, and letting it dry. This keeps the cap in the intended shape as it dries.
Giraffe Ced Coewer Describes Cud Chewing Display
Ced Coewer notes that giraffes, part of cud chewing animals, show a moving bulge along their eight foot neck when they bring up cud. The observation highlights the distinctive digestive behavior of giraffes in a casual description.
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Ced Coewer
Trailer boom faces state and city limits on war housing
Carl L Bradt of the Federal Housing Authority says trailer restrictions by states and cities hinder their use as shock troops of war housing. War demand has driven trailer production from 12 000 units in 1940 to an estimated 50 000 in 1942. A map from the Federal State War Restrictions Conference in Washington shows trailers must be moved from production centers to distant ordnance and military centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl L. Bradt
Federal Housing Authority
Washington
Twins birth in Bayard adds to large Schick family
In Bayard Mr and Mrs Carl Schick celebrate the birth of twin girls, joining eight other children including the first pair of twins. Nearby, Iowa may reopen as metals demand grows, with lead mines 12 miles north of Wakom. A past mine yielded 75,000 to 80,000 dollars in lead. Remember Pearl Harbor and buy U S defense bonds. A horse collision with a one half ton truck near Melrose injured the driver and damaged the truck.
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Carl Schick
Bayard
Iowa
Waukon
P. L. Judge
Melrose
Robert Joseph Parks
La Follette Brothers Graduate From Indianola School
The three sons of Mr and Mrs O N La Follette of Indianola graduated this year. Bob led with a Simpson College degree and Walt and Jim earned high school diplomas at the graduation exercises.
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0. N. la Follette
Indianola
Bob
Simpson College
Walt
Jim
Towa
Fragmented Voices at the Bridge Table and Courtroom Reproof
Disjointed quotes reveal a dramatic bridge moment and a street arrest for speeding. The dialogue mixes sharp defiance with legal restraint, while unrelated ad tones promote fireproofing and farm shop ideas. The piece preserves colorful dialect and local color without a single clear narrative arc.
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Want
Harold Kimball
Fred Schneider
Echo
Marlys Wenger
Torkelson Bros
IHC
Lumber, Co
Mt Y.ltiple
Gander
Tillman Thompson
R. I
Pastville
McCormick Mower
John Howard
The
Echo Enterprise
R. P. Strauch
Mukden
Martim Wenger
Wunstop Duzzit
Elgin Oil Company
Arate
Tanee Om
Yukon River
Alaska
Mary Ames
West Union
Quaker
Schumacher
Weibel Mill CO
Elgin, Iowa
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Defense
Federal Reserve Board
Elgin Farmers Coop
Wea
Ahargent
Schori & Kuster Lbr. CO
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