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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1947

Page

3

Clermont Local News Subscription Notice

Subscription payments for new and renewal are accepted by Editor Mrs Lucy Engle who will issue receipts. Publisher.

Clermont Lucy Engle

Clermont Community News Roundup of Weekend Visits

Local residents report weekend visits from Kenyon, Castalia, and Waterloo households. Several guests helped with family matters and celebrate events including birthdays and baptisms. A note emphasizes rat control and a clean-up program as essential for homes.

Clermont School News Senior Boy of the Week

Clermont School News highlights James Martin as Senior Boy of the Week with his favorites and future hopes. The report covers Armistice Day programs, class activities, birthdays, grade projects on foods and Thanksgiving, and parent visits during a busy period at Clermont.

Clermont James Martin Congress Mary Martin Kay Accola Mary Ann Kay Jean

First and Second Grades Lesson Notes

The first grade dictated a story to Mrs. Cline who wrote it on the blackboard. Studies emphasize Phonetic Analysis and health rules to cut winter sickness. The Metropolitan Reading Readiness Test was given to the Primary on Wednesday. A pre primer titled We Look and See will start soon. a small red book with Father Mother Dick Jane and Baby illustrations. Reading aims to spark interest and progress to higher levels.

Nels Neseth Kenyon Minn Emil, Johnson Castalia Ole Reierson Joe Wander Elmer Nelson Charles Martin Hein Fairbank Will J. Nelson Waterloo Carrie Carpenter Mrs. Carpenter Lyle Gunderson Wm. J. Nelson Mary Scott Henry Follett Carl Halverson Verni Engle A. J. Priest Alma Anderson Olivia Olson George Durscher John Shipton Jess Phillips West Union Louie Olson Frank Leehy Will’ Hemaseth Leehy Dan Burke Bob Skelton Olson Anson Priest Julia Bilden George Belschner Herbert Dummermuth Isabelle Nelson Gilbert Nelson Jane Baby Jta

Farm costs rise nearly two and a half times earlier years

The article notes operating costs last year climbed to about two and a half times the level of 1935 to 1939. It urges examining future prospects before reducing spring pig crops and suggests a good corn crop next year would improve margins for feeding livestock.

Ore Carriers’ Fast Load Time Spotted in Report

A report notes ten thousand ton Great Lakes ore carriers can be loaded in about 90 minutes as ore is dumped via chutes. Unloading the vessels typically takes around four hours.

Great Lakes

Hopper Was Waidbie Asiolaet Greeleh ave 14 Read' sheep for & pound of pepper

Fragmentary OCR item notes a barter or price quote with a line about a sheep and pepper and a prewar price around four cents per pound. The text is incomplete and lacks clear entities or a full event.

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