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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1949
Page
4
An Elgin advertisement promotes fountain pens ball joint pens mechanical pencils and special purpose marking devices from Printers and Stationers Elgin Also notes a tile system outlet and references farm supplies like superphosphate bedding and manure with implied value.
County Board proceedings show approval of tuberculin indemnities and inspector fees, and warrants authorized for a long list of county expenses. The session adjourned with a notice that further actions will be taken December 9, 1948. The report notes USDA egg purchases and soil sampling guidance for upcoming corn planting.
Legislators push for adjournment by April fifteenth while committees review actions on bank night activities and a bill to allow liquor sales by the drink in Iowa. One proposed liquor bill would require liquor to be marked poison with a skull and crossbones a jest that survived into committee. Wet petitions outnumbered dry ones as lawmakers navigated petitions and committee referrals.
A new bonus board in the Armand Building Des Moines will start processing WWII veteran bonus applications as soon as possible with about 100 staff. Apps will require 20 questions and payments are unlikely before summer or early fall while the legality of financing is tested in the supreme court.
Three car listings describe a 1946 Hudson Super 6 sedan with radio heater and air conditioning at 1275 dollars, a 1941 Mercury Tudor with radio heater in black and clean at 895 dollars, and a 1940 Hudson Super 6 sedan advertised as absolutely perfect and like new at a quoted price.
Indications suggest the consideration of bonus applications will be slow with 219000 to 275000 claims expected. The state may pay the bonus for over 20 years as World War I bonus applications continue to trickle into the state house. Seven were approved just last week.
The public instruction post may become elective. Miss Jessie Parker, the current superintendent whose term ends in 1960, favors an elected state board that would appoint the superintendent. Past proposals differed, with some urging an appointive board and others an elective board.
The two Republican members of the board of control favor retaining P. F. Hopkins, Mason City Democrat, as an advisor to the board as his term nears expiry this year. Appointment of Henry remains under discussion.
Burma of Allison blocks Hopkins renaming due to same district while Republicans push Tunis Klein of Pella for the board and Gov Beardsley favors a southern state pick.
A sow with seven to eight piglets consumes 12 to 15 pounds of feed daily. Using deep litter or otter in the proper house helps prevent coccidiosis.
Beg production has been at a record high this winter and will likely be larger next winter due to bigger flocks.
A collection of remarks on money marriage and politics. A Navy guard’s risible line highlights rigid guard rules. A Playful jab about presidential birthplaces riffs on humble origins and ironic twists.
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