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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1942
Page
2
The Purple and White Tattler published by Elgin High School pupils editors Betty Schneider and staff describe gas rationing impacts on students from sports to shopping. It updates on clubs, Camp Fire Girls activities, and Elgin football loss to Hawkeyes 35 0 with future prospects.
Primary children finish their first book Before We Read. Mr Lehman built a new rug corner screen. Mrs Laurence Muehlethaler and Mrs Paul Zurbriggen visited the school Wednesday morning to observe.
In our geography unit we travel to the Netherlands then Norway with fifth grade talks. In fifth grade arithmetic we begin adding and subtracting. Health days cover diet reports for oral presentation. Art class gains new paints and landscape painting projects. We also plan scenes showing the beauty of America.
The seventh grade arithmetic class studies percentage while the geography class builds a bulletin board of farming implements and machines with captions explaining their use. The sixth graders review multiplication and division of fractions and most students enjoy fractions. Students earning 100 percent in spelling include Marilyn Falk Karolin Falk Helen Wenger Edna Nelson Alta Larson and Chariyn Hades.
Eighth Grade history covers reconstruction while science and English address soil types and grammar. Senior class mood shifts from idle study to planning a class party with Mr Robinson exploring aeronautics next week. Girls show notable interest alongside the boys.
Questions of the Week raise topics from Maxine’s memory lapses to poetry class reading and Leap Year worries. The brief notes list student actions to aid the war effort including rubber band drives, defense stamps, hair donations, gum abstinence, and letters to service members. Names and addresses across many students and military units appear in a jumbled page fragment.
Grand Meadow residents hosted and visited kin across multiple households. Leo Larsen recovered after a cow incident, while numerous families including the Larsons Landsgards Olsons and Andersons shared time at Clifford Larson, Arthur Olson, and Henry Olson homes in a busy week of visits.
Conserving garden tools by cleaning and repairing is vital for wartime efficiency. Store tools indoors, remove soil, polish metal parts, and grease for protection. Brussles sprouts and Chinese celery storage tips included, with guidance on cold storage and fall vegetable quality through continued organic fertilization.
Governor-Elect Thomas E. Dewey rests at his New York farm heading into the governorship. He surveys a bin of apples with Mrs. Dewey, preparing for the winter ahead.
The article argues for a substantial manure allotment to Victory Gardens, recommending 5 to 10 tons per half acre. It notes families with unchanged status should grow as much next year as this year and adjust garden size to family needs. For a family of four, 1–2 acres may be needed. a good season led to surpluses that were often unused. Do not reduce plantings next spring, as next year’s season could be worse. Ensure sufficient vegetables are produced.
Consuelo is a Spanish given name derived from Our Lady of Consolation. The term reflects devotion to a Marian title and is used in various Spanish speaking cultures as a personal name and surname variant.
A claim that Mineralized Tankage is one of the best corn supplements for hogs. It is described as 100 percent digestible and marketed as a top feed option for pig farming.
The ingredient list includes tankage oil meal linseed oil meal soy bean oil meal gr limestone bone meal glauber salta oxide of iron charcoal and salt for animal feed formulation.
Warns lows truck men to obtain certificates of war necessity by November 15 to operate for hire. Without them filling stations will lack gasoline and trucks may be illegal to use or to repair. Insufficient compliance risks shutdowns and penalties.
The United States Coast Guard runs an academy in New London, Connecticut to train officers. It serves as a central institution for developing leadership, seamanship, and service skills for Coast Guard personnel.
Cleveland dispatch reports thousands of American soldiers with Naval and Air support establishing beachheads and advancing inland around Casablanca and Roger in French Morocco. Algiers reportedly surrendered to U S troops Sunday night and airfields were captured nearby, while U S troops claim success near Oran with a heavy fight ongoing.
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