Titonka Topic: Post Office Row and Subscription Rates
Local notice discusses postal service coverage and a subscription price structure for Titonka trade territory in Kossuth County. It outlines yearly rates of 1.60 in advance within the county, 2.90 outside, and 2.50 for Canada and foreign countries, with renewal rules and payment extensions. The piece shifts to a broader editorial on government industry roles in war production and consumer demand.
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Zaeseuth
Titonka
Kossuth
Canada
Coffee Ration Rules Highlight Red Tape Behind Sales
A poster issued by the Office of Price Administration’s rationing division guides merchants and consumers on coffee restocking rules. The article notes heavy penalties for violations and stresses the need for smooth distribution to support the war effort and maintain living standards amid widespread, complex regulations.
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Office of Price Administraton
We Must Remember Private Workers Drive War Effort
A wartime editorial urges that production relies on private citizens on the payroll. It credits miners, lumber workers, oil producers, and factory laborers as the true mainspring of wartime output. The piece opposes political regimentation of industry and defends private enterprise’s role in victory.
Directive 59 shifts oil industry to full government control
An Office of Petroleum Coordinator order known as Directive 59 ends competition that spurred oil industry growth. Progress is frozen as resources are pooled for a national effort. A company representative notes industry will contribute facilities for the common good but fears loss of constitutional liberties until peace returns.
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Office of Petroleum Coordinator
The Bitter Truth on Inflation and War Financing
Inflation from September 1939 to May 1942 surpassed World War I costs and drained funds from war effort. The piece argues higher prices erode basic liberties, tax burdens shift to others, and painless borrowing masks fiscal danger. It warns that continued inflation could endanger postwar freedom and confidence in financial stability.
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Office of Emergency Management
Farm Machinery Preparedness Tips for Winter Repairs
Instructions urge farmers to create a warm, well lit shop space to avoid winter delays in repairing on farm machinery. Emphasizes labor shortages and scarce new equipment, detailing shop sizes from small tool storage to full overhaul rooms and listing essential tools and portable workshop setup.
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Ares
Farm tool collection improves repair work access
Farmers increasingly have a range of tools including a lathe drill press and paint spray gun. The text argues that with systematic collection, arrangement, storage, and easy access, farms can perform most common repairs efficiently using available tools.
Protein feeds surge as Iowa farmers face high prices
Protein supplements like mixed feeds with soybean meal remain a key, pricey option for Towa farmers who must ration scarce supplies. Rex Beresford of Iowa State advises priority feeding to fall pigs, nonregume hay dairy cows, then heavier hogs, with some feed for 200 pound hogs. Processing capacity can only meet a third of the 80 million bushel 1942 soybean crop, forcing reliance on other oilseed plants and limited on-farm feeding strategies amid high demand and no price ceiling.
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Towa
Rex Beresford
Iowa State College
OPA
Beresford
Betsy Writes War Stamp Letter With Mother
In a 1917 wartime scene Betsy Carson asks to write a letter to Mr Morgenthau. Mrs Carson guides Betsy through itemizing small household earnings to buy War Savings Stamps. The letter explains how even an eight year old can contribute to victory through thrift and family savings.
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Betsy
Carson
Treasury Department
Self feeding brood sows may aid labor scarce farms
Iowa expert notes self feeding pregnant sows could work this year where labor is limited. He warns fattening risk and higher cost, and outlines bulky mixes using ground corn oats alfalfa with protein supplement. Recommendations cover gilt separation and variable substitutions for local feed availability.
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EB. L. Quaife
Iowa State College Extension
Quaife
Control of Nodule Worms in Sheep in Kossuth County
Kossuth county sheep producers are advised to drench flocks now to kill the nodule worm in sheep intestines. Two phenothiazine drenches, one after removal from pasture and one in spring before ewes return to pasture, prevent reinfestation and protect spring lambs. The worm does not survive winter on pasture but is carried by adult sheep, then spread in spring.
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Kossuth
Whit tier firm wins Maritime Commission Burgee
Security Engineering Co. of Whit tier California led by president John D. Sievers and executive vice president W. E. B. Sievers, both former Denison residents, received the Maritime Commission M Burgee for excellence in producing Victory program materials.
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Navy Outfitting Company
Security Engineering Co
Whittier
Calif
John D. Sievers
W. EB. Sievers
Denison
Maritime Commission
Two Ocean Fighter Russ Guster Starts 40 Day Furlough
Russ Guster of Denison a Navy carrier band leader who has served in two oceans is spending part of a 40 day furlough at home after traveling 9000 miles to reach here.
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Russ Guster
Denison
Unclear Text From Winnesville County Notice
Fragmentary OCR reads odd place names and names like Meier Gis Thor and Albert Diggen. Mentions a person or event with unclear context. Unable to determine concrete action, date, or location from the garbled material.
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Winnesville
Belinside
Onic
Albert Diggen
Railroad branch line to be abandoned and tracks rebuilt
The Atlantic Crestwood branch of the Rock Island Railroad will be abandoned after the Interstate Commerce Commission approved the move. The line has been operated at a loss, and the tracks will be torn up and reconfigured as part of the abandonment plan.
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Atlantic-Criswald
Rock Yslaml Railroad
Interstate Commece Commission
American Legion Auxiliary Plans 1943 Service Drive
Mary Sarton, acting vice president, outlines 1943 goals to unite women in service to America. The Titonka unit actively enrolls members for 1943, inviting wives, mothers, sisters, daughters of The American Legion and of deceased WWI veterans, plus women who served in WWI forces.
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America
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Sartor
Auxiliary
Titonka
American Legion
Blencoe Elevator seeks riverfront dock permit extension
Blencoe Farmers Elevator Co. seeks federal approval to extend its permit for a 560 foot by 60 foot dock on the Missouri River to load grain from boats. Plans include a 32 foot riverward telescoping grain spout.
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Blencoe Farmers Elevator Co
Missouri River
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