Notice on insurance, stamps, and local ads in Elgin Echo
Insurance and service ads for Employers Mutual Casualty Co agent HK Strauch Elgin Iowa with rates and contact. Local ads offer stamping dies, pads, numbering machines repair and replacement. Free tickets to a show at Avalon and twine orders for 1944. Classifieds include livestock plow roofing and rationing blanks. сосед
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
Iowa
HK. P. Strauch
Elgin
Elgin Echo
Echo Office
M. V. Kiple
Early Cleaning Methods From 1850s to 1860s Recounted
Cleaning in the early days used camphene solvent instead of modern fluids. Dress construction involved dipping, brushing, and drying in a hot room before resewing. EE Dairy Rations note minimal need for vitamin supplements for cows as sunshine and roughage meet D requirements, with minor needs at freshening.
Extra Eggs Now Help Solve War Storage Problem
Households urged to buy an extra dozen eggs and store them to free space for 25 million dozen eggs. Declining production soon requires storing surplus. Also reports price controls on used cars starting July 10 with region based ceilings and transfer certificates. Agricultural note recommends mineral oil spray to protect sweet corn ears from earworms, with specific application steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Food Administration
Round Up of Insecticides and War Time Measures
Arsenical insecticides for summer should be bought early. A water resistant match for service men in jungle areas has been developed. About 30 000 dozen furnace scoops and 85 000 dozen snow shovels will be produced in 1944. Selective Service to place inductees in a common pool after preinduction physicals starting July 1. Shoes may be sold ration free at specified price cuts July 10 to July 29. Six million bushels of corn to be imported from South America in July. Public Health Service treats 20 000 patients for syphilis and gonorrhea with new rapid centers and penicillin. Home canners advised to stock up on chicken when hens are plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Headquarters of
Selective Service
Army
Navy
WFA
South America
United States
U. S. Public Health Service
Pruning guidance for berry bushes in late season
The text advises mulching raspberries and blackberries and postponing pruning until spring. It notes avoiding pruning red raspberry bushes entirely except for removing dead canes, especially if wire or trellis supports prevent the canes from falling as fruit nears ripening.
Wartime ration calendar and stamp details
The notice lists ration policy changes including tire inspections for trucks and cars, periodic vehicle checks by OPA inspectors, and ongoing requirements for local boards to issue replacement tires. It outlines gasoline coupons, fuel oil and sugar allotments, spare stamp usage, and various food stamp book policies with expiration dates and application timelines.
Neck Plumage Harkle Describes Male Bird Feature
Neat definition notes that neck plumage Harkle forms from long narrow feathers peculiar to male birds. It explains the distinctive plumage trait as characteristic of males and its appearance around the neck region.
Mirror Showing Children Reflect Home Life And Habits
A kindergarten scene shows children acting as parents in a house play. A five year old girl as mother and a boy as father imitate billing and earning from a father who proclaims pay and bills. The piece notes children mirror both good and bad parental behavior and question what this reveals about family life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klines
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Want
Cargill
Capper’s Hatchery
C. J. Mulford
J. B. Slipron
Clermont
R. P. Strauch
Echo
Grether
Purple Heart
the Avalon
H. A. Lubke
The
Ford
Larson Roofing Co
Glen E. Yates
National Farm Loan Association
West Union
Massey-Harris
Andrew S. Anderson
Walt. Dummermuth
Marseille
Avalon
Geo
Metzger
Torkelson Bros
McCormick-Deering
Elgin, Torkelson Bros
Guernsey Smith
Tel
Dial
Tip
England
Maryland
Harold R. Johnson
APO
New York
N. Y
Harley R. Johnson
Fort George G. Meade
Walter T. Vinton
Sgt
Harold Vinton
New Guinea
Sharon Kay
Harold
San Francisco
Calif
Paul ‘Zurbriggen
Sumner
F. C. Mughlethaler
Camp Carson
Colorado
Pfc
Eugene Schori
Camp Haan
Gene
Leo Schori
Echo-Enterprise
Ya Tanner
Maynard Lantz
Elgin, Iowa
Dept. of Agriculture
OPA
West Union Rendering Works
Enterprise
Miles
Dr. Miles
Ent Alte
Mirror
West Union Animal By-Products CO
Martin-Senour Paints
Elgin Rias Coop
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