Advertising rates and notices in local paper
Advertising rates listed include Foreign Display per inch Local Display per inch Readers per inch and Classified per word with payment in advance minimum one insertion. Notices such as Thanks In Memoriam Cards Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices with admission charged and obituary poetry priced at regular advertising rates with a special 80 cents to 10 cents minimum charged by the agency.
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BATES
Rich's Pipe Dreams at Iowa City Conference
Rich reflects on a weekend newspaper conference in Iowa City with Frederic Goudy and Don Berry. He stresses postwar planning, local action, and forming a working committee to pursue community projects as returning servicemen arrive, noting a football defeat to Minnesota and a stray remark about car accidents.
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Iowa City
Don Berry
Iowa
Ditch Scene and War Bond Appeals Spark School Notes
A chaotic ditch aftermath prompts reader doubts about the crash. Earl Hall reflects on three France trips since the invasion, urging bond purchases. The issue includes ad snippets, humor, school sports notes, Book Week aims, and lively campus gossip summaries from Elgin’s students.
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Earl Hall
France
Purple and White Tattler staffing list includes editors
The Purple and White Tattler announces its editorial team with Georgana Falb as editor in chief and a roster of editors across years from senior Alma Grimes to eighth grade Amy Torkelson. Sports editor is Bertha J. Casper, with typists Betty Christen and Shirley Frieden.
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Purple and White
Tattler News
Georgana Falb
Owen Nickels
Shirley Boyle
Anna Bane
Margie Dennler
Alma R. Grimes
Bane Falb
Avis L. Mark
Alta Larson
Amy Torkelson
Bertha J. Casper
Norma Torkelson
Betty Christen
Shirley Frieden
Farewell Dinner Honors Soldier Bob Schmid at Coffee Cup
The senior class and sponsor Mr. Luce held a farewell dinner for Bob Schmid who departed for the Army on November 19. They presented him with an identification bracelet. The evening continued with Fun Night at the high school including Truth or Consequences and dancing.
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Bob B
Leona
Cli
George
Bob S
Dorothy T
Owen
Gerald
Viola
Cookie
Bovis
Mr. Luce
Bob Schmid
Army
Freshman hike to Copper Mine Gulch prompts wonder
Freshman group recalls a Wednesday hike to Copper Mine Gulch. Guides estimated two miles but students felt ten with many hills. Missing classmates on the return sparked worry, yet everyone arrived home safely.
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Copper Mine Gulch
Eighth Grade Class Party Held With Sponsor Miss Smith
Eighth grade pupils and their sponsor Miss Smith held a class party Monday evening. A sep yenger Vuk up part of the ing and
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Miss Smith
Oats Orders Advance for Several Truck Loads
The supplier reports orders placed for multiple truck loads of Choice Heavy Feeding Oats and plans to order another car soon. A low down price is offered to potential buyers who place orders by Saturday November 25.
We Look for Higher Oats in Spring Price Push
A short farm market note suggests growers can save a few cents per bushel by ordering now rather than delaying. The item emphasizes securing supplies and timing in crop input purchasing.
Quaker Feeds Range of Livestock Rations and Prices
A market listing shows Quaker feed options including 1-4 ton or more per ton at 16 percent dairy ration priced at 48 dollars. Schumacher Feed and Pig N Sow Feed are listed at 52 and 71 dollars respectively. A 40 percent Hog Balancer is priced at 80 dollars.
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Schumacher
The Quaker car of feeds arrives Friday
Fragments indicate a Quaker branded feed truck or shipment is due to arrive on Friday in December, with limited readable details about location, quantity, or supplier.
Junior Class Play a Success at Elgin High
The Elgin high junior class presented The Custer's Last Stand to a packed house Friday. Directed by Mrs. Schori the production featured a fine cast and musical interludes by Miss Smith and Norma Torkelson. The juniors presented Mrs. Schori with an orchid in appreciation for her effort.
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Elgin High
Town Ration Calendar Relaxes Tire Certificate Rules
Certificates for recapping truck tires and purchasing inner tubes or used farm implement tires are no longer required. Periodic passenger car tire inspections are canceled, with inspections needed only before replacing certain tire grades via the War Price and Rationing Board. Commercial vehicle inspections occur every eight months or 5,000 miles. Various gasoline, fuel, and sugar ration coupons now have updated validity through specified dates in 1945.
Wartime ration details update for stamps and coupons
The notice lists coupon numbers for Book 4 blue and red stamps valid indefinitely, with some canning period limits through February 28, 1945. It outlines ration point ranges for Blue Stamps and Red Stamps, specifies airplane stamps for shoes, and warns that loose stamps are not valid. It directs consumers to use blue stamps for processed foods still needing ration points.
Moved From Book At Time Of Purchase
A brief item notes that a move occurs only when a purchase is completed, indicating transfer or accounting actions tied to the sale. The statement implies ownership or recording changes take effect upon payment and processing.
Radium Prices Fall as Ore Supply Expands Globally
Prices for radium per gram have fallen to a little above half the $80,000 level seen in the 1930s. Radon seed development and a doubling of radium supply since 1835 help push costs down. Canada’s Great Bear Lake pitchblende field, in sub Arctic Canal oil region, supplements output from Belgian Congo and Czechoslovakia.
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Canada
Great Bear Lake
Pitchblende
Belgian Congo
Czechoslovakia
Four wartime prices lure land investment risk
Wartime prices have tempted people to buy or improve land that cannot be profitably farmed in ordinary times, as the prospect of lasting gains tempts investors and property owners to lock in potential profits despite limited agricultural value.
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Elgin Echo
Elgin
R. P. Strauch
Fayette County
Natio Association
Rich
Pipe Dreams
Frederic Goudy
Berry
Minnesota
Gophers
Earl
England
Crossland Creek
Rose Cortez
Ang
Amos Pritchard
Elgin Pleasant
Vernon Wede
Merlin Miller
John Warton
United States
Jr. Larson
Vernon
Quaker Feeds
Weibel
MillCo
Elgin, Iowa
Alma Ruth
Jack
Automobile & Truck Owners
W. M. Knox
Reddy Kilowatt
Interstate Power Company
Reddy
Central States
Electric Company
Interstate
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