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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1943
Page
4
Want ad rates listed with 85 cents per insertion for up to 26 words and 1 cent per word for each extra word. Additional 10 cent weekly handling for mailed replies. Cash with order. telephone orders accepted but payment due by month end. Free sample of Vdga for stomach issues available at ONeill Drug Company.
Independence Produce Co. along with C. J. Mulford of Elgin offer chick starters, pellets or mash, and print sacks. Also listed is a high wheel wagon with box for sale by Ervin Metzger or owner in Elgin. Rationing era notice encourages use of want ads to connect buyers by telephone.
Arlene Olson aged 17 years 1 month 18 days died Saturday morning March 6 1843 at her Marion township home after a three day illness from scarlet fever and diabetes She leaves parents Knut and unknown Mrs Olson three brothers Vernie Gerhard and Leo Olson three sisters Alice Earnhardt Norma and Edna plus four nieces and six nephews Funeral services were held Monday at 2 pm Dr S J Strandford officiating Burial in Norwegian Lutheran cemetery Card of Thanks notes express thanks from Mr and Mrs Knut Olson and siblings for sympathy during bereavement
Life Saver air transport saves lives in the Far North by delivering medicines and food to snowbound natives and isolated groups, rescuing marooned explorers, transferring the sick to distant hospitals, and supplying distant needs during harsh ice floe conditions.
Scientists hunt hoatzin birds in South America and British Guiana to show their young with wing claws confirm reptilian ancestry from millions of years ago.
A standard salinity reference states the Atlantic Ocean water averages 35 parts per thousand.
In the 1800s a journey from Gottingen to Rome demanded repeated passport inspections, with a traveler’s document checked about twenty times along the way. The rigorous process reflected strict border controls and bureaucratic delays of the era.
A six foot eight inch apple tree on the Hartzell place near Grinnell remains productive despite decline. Hunters Alfréd Hubert Job Kaltner and Art Brock nabbed four wolves and seven foxes in Wapello and Grandview, netting pelts and bounties. A Des Moines dispatch warns of a horse meat packing trend risking farm shortages. A Hubbard soldier youth mailed blankets to Service Mothers. Decorah mayor George A. Baker hosts a Valentine birthday gathering with 250 friends. A Collins youth donated a pint of blood after securing parental consent. Emphasis on dairy nutrition and spring horse care concludes.
Letter to the editor reprinted from Parkersburg Eclipse urges Iowa lawmakers to tax the Rural Electrification Administration fairly. Argues REA should pay taxes based on customers poles wire and investment, noting previous nominal tax and GOP promises to tax equitably. Calls farmers to support taxed REA rather than exempt. Also includes a wartime scrap drive banner.
Period through March sees more fires than any similar time, caused by defective flues heating systems sparks and roofs. With building materials available and carpentry scarce, emphasis on prevention grows. Horses wintered need conditioning and extra grain before field work. milk production linked notes on Beech gallon milk.
A quirky clipping features dialogue about cottage pudding at the Broadcaster Diner and jokes on roofing nails and cement sealing. It includes exchanges between a diner, waiter, and doctor, plus a line about a jealous wife and a hypnotism gag.
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