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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
4
Fresh cranberries will fetch about 41 cents per pound at retail for the holiday dinner, with Group 1 and 2 stores under $250,000 annual business allowed a markup of 10 1/2 cents per pound. Lake herring price ceilings suspended effective Oct. 26 as prices are expected to stay below 1942 levels.
Official figures show civilian rationed shoe production for the first half of this year at 134,065,000 pairs, down from 154,125,000 pairs in the same period of 1943. The data underline the ongoing need for rationing due to constrained inventories and slower output rates.
OPA requires premium grade gasoline to meet octane 75 or higher at ceiling prices to prevent sale of lower grade fuels as premium. December 1 is the Christmas gift mailing deadline urged by the Post Office Dept for domestic delivery. WPB Office of War Utilities asks cities and groups to suspend outdoor Christmas lighting as in 1942 and 1948.
Auds Thompson and Waters announce sale dates through winter, listing buyers and towns across Iowa. Park Cowles Ossian, McGregor, Elgin, Postville, Monona, Gun der, West Union, Clermont, Hawkeye, St. Olaf, Castalia, Parmereburg, Luana, Postville, Ossian, Monona, and other locales with auction firms handling dates from Oct. 27 to Jan. 3.
Fall and spring planting described for lettuce and Chinese cabbage. Fall lettuce regrows well with rich soil and early sowing. Chinese cabbage thrives in spring with early start, but midsummer seed runs. Late crops yield heads from June starters.
Mrs Bert Lyngaas and family and neighbors visited Clifford Osmundson near Castalia. Betty Holm joined Andrew Reinhart for supper. Numerous households hosted and visited across Castalia Clermont Decorah and Gay Mills with notable attendance at the silver wedding of Mr and Mrs Enoch Mork at the Marion church.
Agronomists advise best results for oateen quire 4 using well drained fertile waste. Commercial growers apply a ton of commercial fertilizer per acre with liberal steer manure. Farm gardeners should use at least 7 quarts per 200 feet of row, well mixed, with 3 to 4 quarts of a 10-0-10 fertilizer as sidedress.
Apply kerosene and oil mixture to rusted or seized grain drill components. Soak, then jack up wheels and rotate by hand to verify free movement of all parts. Ensure lubrication reaches gears bearings and joints for smooth operation.
Brownsville Pennsylvania, founded in 1785, ranks as the second oldest town near Pittsburgh, noted as one of the earliest settlements west of the Alleghenies.
The report notes that divorces and separations occur in families with fewer children. It states that about 60 percent of separated couples have no children, highlighting a link between childlessness and relationship breakdown.
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