The American Boy advertising and subscription notes
The notice outlines ad rates: up to 25 words cost 26 cents per insertion, beyond 25 words 1 cent per word. Extra 5 cents weekly handling if replies come late. Cash with order or telephone payment before month end. otherwise 10 cents per billed line. It promotes The American Boy magazine and subscription prices, reading value, and contact details. Delayed Knoxville city council and a bee incident are briefly mentioned as separate items.
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Tume
Don’t Drive Without Protection Ad
Insurance ad from Employers Mutual Casualty Co. featuring R. P. Strauch, agent in Elgin, urging safe driving and offering various auto insurance options.
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Employers’ Mutual Casualty Co
R. P. Strauch
Elgin
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American Boy Magazine a Companion to Thousands
The American Boy Magazine is described as a trusted companion to hundreds of thousands of boys and young men. Readers hail its sympathetic, helpful coverage of boys problems, sports guidance, and entertaining reading that addresses widespread interests.
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Fey
Jom
Selective Service forms shown in Washington display
Front and back of registration certificates for men aged 21 to 36 are posted by the Selective Service Commission in Washington. The cards outline required personnel information for the United States forces and must be carried on the person.
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Washington, D. C
Tibet
United States Forces
Selective Service Commission
Sewing Becomes Amundson Foot Repair Event
Decorah physician stitched A. T. Amundson s foot after a bean cutting accident. It required 150 stitches to close the wound, underscoring the sewing bee tone of the repair effort.
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A. T. Amundson
Amundson
Sumner Switchboard Change Upsets Local Residents
Sumner residents discovered that hanging up no longer guarantees hearing the other party due to a newly installed switchboard. Several patrons were fooled by the new system as they tried to end calls.
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Sumner
California Cotton Crop Emerges In Central Valley
California's cotton crop becomes a major agricultural focus as growers in the central valley report rising yields and expanding plantings. Local farms anticipate steady demand and potential price stability amid shifting market conditions.
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California
Central Valley
Variety Points the Way to BETTER BREAKFASTS
An article advocates varied breakfast ideas to make morning meals more appealing. It offers practical methods like baking eggs in toast rings with bacon, plus recipe steps for six servings. Suggestions include scrambled or poached eggs, milk toast, waffles, cereals, and fruit to boost nutrition and appeal.
When to start toilet training and farm notes mix
A reader asks about starting infant toilet training and guidance suggests 7 to 9 months as realistic, with day and night control by 2 years. Other items advise on corn feeding, blackhead in turkeys, alfalfa silage, cornmeal use, napthalene sprays for apples, and poultry house cleanliness to prevent disease.
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Tommy
Turkeys
Turkey
Burt l
Silage and hay tips and Iowa farm notes from 1939
Silage from sorghums or Sudan grass will not poison live stock even after the first heavy frost. Hay tedders do more harm than good with alfalfa and clover. rye should not exceed ten percent of a poultry ration. Fishing licenses issued to 116,855 Iowa residents in 1939. hunting licenses to 102,083. Eighteen artificial lakes under Iowa Conservation Commission, sizes 12 to 287 acres. 14 open to fishing now.
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Sudan
Iowa
State Conservation Commission
State
Iowa State Conservation Commission
No bones broken in bicycle tractor accident
Mildred Gray of Spencer suffered pavement burns and bruises when a tractor and her bicycle collided. Both she and the tractor driver report the back wheel passed over her, with no serious injuries reported.
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Mildred .Gray
Spencer
First Ride Delights 94-Year-Old Annette Eastman
Mrs. Annette Eastman of Shell Rock described her inaugural plane ride as more fun than the Fourth of July. She is 94 years old and enjoyed the flight, sharing her excitement with observers.
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Annette Eastman
Shell Rock
Fox Hunter Fox Bounty Earned In Brunsville Incident
Gerd Fox and Brunsville resident Fox collected a one dollar bounty after he ran down a fox with a car on the highway. The item notes Elephants' Full Growth Elephants reaching their full crew at about seventeen years.
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Fox
Gerd Null
Brunsville
Quirky Bits and Ads Spur Lively Small-Town Banter
A collage of quirky exchanges and sales pitches from a small town scene. Mrs Coolsby jokes about rummage sale preparations while Mr Coolsby stores clothes at the office. An ad pitches Virglow Coal as cheap heat per dollar. Other bits tease wormy gardening, fishing, shed storage, and light-hearted misheard lines, plus a paint promo.
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Mrs. Coolsby
Mr. Coolsby
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