Local repair sales and ads mix in community page
Classified style page lists roofing agents from Ford Roofing Co and Larson Roofing Co in Clermont Iowa, a job ad for a district manager, theatre notices for Behind the Rising Sun and Mission to Moscow at the Avalon, typing paper ads, rental inquiry, free show tickets, a hog supplement from Cargill Milling, local sale notes including a tricycle and clothing items, plant rubber content study in Colorado and insect species statistics, plus quotes from Albert N. Leman on defense and public communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Larson Roofing Co
Clermont
Iowa
Autumn Arrives Sept 23 and Wartime Ration Updates
Wartime calendar marks the equinox at 6 12 p m September 23 with domestic ration tweaks. Changes include renewal kerosene limits, gutter approvals, sugar for bees, shrimp price cuts, lower housing down payments, and naval next of kin notifications. Hog influenza risk rises in cool nights. advise dry, well bedded hog sheds.
Gasoline for School Buses Aided by Government Action
Gasoline allotments may be issued to school buses in districts delaying or failing to file applications or recognize routes under the school bus conservation policy. The Office of Defense Transportation authorized the measure to ensure student transportation.
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OPA
Secretary of the Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
Free matches rule extended from March sales to now
The OPA extends the March 1942 free matches policy for tobacco purchases to current sales, including matches given via vending machines. The WPB notes a supply program for anti freeze mixtures to assure ample stock for passenger cars in fourteen western states before cold weather.
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OPA
Fossil Beds in West, The Bad Lands Richest World Finds
Fossil beds in the Bad Lands of Wyoming and South Dakota are described as the most extensive in the world, drawing researchers and paleontologists to study ancient life in these regions. The article highlights vast bone beds and sedimentary layers revealing long periods of Earth’s history.
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Bad Lands
Wyoming
South Dakota
War Bond aid cited with items for soldiers and families
A wartime appeal lists how purchases and bonds fund tanks planes and gunpowder and support comfort and safety for service members. It notes specific costs for socks shoes shirts and gear, urging investments to aid morale and welfare for marines and troops abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonda
Dress Color and Fashion Turns a Thin Look
A fashion note observes how clothing can alter perception, claiming a dress can make a woman appear slimmer while drawing attention from many men. The piece reflects period style and social curiosity about attire and allure.
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Poland
Mervin Hunsberger
Elgin
Olaf Berg
Phone
Torkelson Bros
O'Neill Drug Company
Richard Krueger
Imhof
Hans Grether
The
Fayette County Fair
Wm. A. Nelson
Briggs-Stratton
China
Farrow
Floyd Patterson
Wadena
Dept. of Agriculture
Elgin Echo
the Avalon
C. B. Schori
Manila
Eeho
Frank Christen
Avalon
A. C. Anderson
Employers Mutual Casualty Co
R. P. Strauch
Mischler Oil Station
West Union
Dial
ODT
Echo Enterprise
Kenneth Medberry
Echo Office
Moscow
Cargill Milling Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Independence Produce Co
C.J. Mulford
Mgr
Colorado
Colorado State College Experiment Station
Albert N. Leman
Roosevelt
Churchill
Willkie
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
Caesar
Cromwell
Napoleon
Pitt
Clemenceau
West Union Rendering Works
Enterprise
War Production Board
Italy
Ministry of Fuel
Britain
Seal of Minn
Quaker Feeds
Schumacher
Fowler
Weibel
MillCo
Eblgin, Iowa
Brian Teu
West Union Animal By-Products CO
Seattle
Wash
Tribune
Martin-Senour
Schori & Kusterler. CO
Elgin, Iowa
Elgin Farmers Coop
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