Thorough territorial subscription details and sounds of reflection
The piece outlines annual subscription rates of 1.60 within Gomuth and Titonka territory and 2.00 outside, with Canada and freteiga pricing at 2.50. It notes continuance rules, cancellation conditions, and payment extensions. Interspersed are personal asides about letters from the South Pacific and questions about Hitler and Stalin.
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Gomuth
Titonka Wade
Kossuth
Titonka
Canada
Freteiga
Folke Fun and Fables Satire on Local Happenings
An Indiana newspaper reflects on quirky local bits and jokes in a lighthearted column. It lampoons gender roles and seasonal blunders, mentioning a hatchery ad, March’s moods, and villagers joking about WAACs and a $50 monthly figure. It also notes garden and yard winners and a humorous aside about a husband and his wife.
Food Ration Rules Clarified for Iowa Farm Help
Des Moines Price Administration explains OPA rules for farm workers. Extra help under 30 days may receive three meals daily with no stamps. live-in farm hands must hand over their ration book. those living off-site may retain their stamps. Can be used for threshing time as “extra help.” Sugar canning quotas cut to 15 pounds per person, with 10 extra pounds via unused stamp option. ODT to aid in securing replacement parts for essential transport.
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Des Moines
Price Administration
Iowa
OPA
Canning
CPA
Washington
Rubber tire switch rules for Iowa tractors announced
The OPA outlines when rubber tires can be used on steel tired tractors, requiring county war board approval and a rationing board certificate. Five district offices serve Iowa from Des Moines Davenport Mason City Omaha and Sioux Falls. Wendell R Smith resigns from the Des Moines OPA post to teach geography at the University of Iowa. DESK BLOTTERS at the Topic Office.
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ODT
Iowa
Des Moines
Davenport
Mason City
Omaha
Nebraska
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
County Agricultural War Board
OPA
Wendell R. Smith
Des Moines Disttrict
State University of Iowa
Smith
Local News and Obituaries From Watery County
Flowers for Decoration Day. Mrs Florence Reaser. A new shipment of Billfolds for sale at the Drug Store. Dr and Mrs H I Torgersen were Friday evening dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Lee O Wolfe. Mr and Mrs John Meyer and family of Wesley were Sunday callers at the Menno Fall home. Mr and Mrs Harl Neuhring of Klemme spent Sunday with the Henry Meinders family and other relatives. Mr and Mrs H J Orthel Kath leen and Billy were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Harry Quinn at Woden. Mr and Mrs Henry Plaisier and Mr and Mrs Warner H Beenken and Eugene called at the home of Mrs John Harring Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Art Hench and Mr and Mrs A M Petersen were business visitors at Minneapolis last weekend returning home Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Ed Abbas and Ted Abbas spent Tuesday evening with their mother Mrs E Abbas at Buffalo Center. Mrs Abbas, who suffered a stroke Sunday evening, passed away Tuesday night at nine o'clock. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Lee C Wolfe received word of the death of his brother Alfred Wolfe at Mount Clare West Virginia Thursday night. The funeral was held Sunday. He is survived by two sisters Mrs Walter Thompson of Corwith, a sister at Pontiac IL, and four brothers at Yakima Washington. Crossing of two breeds of chickens will not produce larger cockerels for market. It may be possible to get a little better fleshing, a little faster feathering and a little more ruggedness.
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Florence Reaser
H. I. Torgersen
Lee O. Wolfe
John Meyer
Wesley
Menno Fall Home
Harl Neuhring
Klemme
Henry Meinders
H. J. Orthel
Kathleen
Billy
Harry Quinn
Woden
Henry Plaisier
Warner H. Beenken
Eugene
John Harring
Art Hench
A. M. Petersen
Mnnneapolis
Ed Abbas
Ted Abbas
E. Abbas
Buffalo Center
Pontiac, Tl
Yakima
Washington
False pay office door found at Michigan refinery
Workers at a Michigan refinery uncovered a crude low door to the pay office marked with the warning You will learn to duck lower if you don t Buy a Bend. The incident suggests an unsafe improvised access point and a taunting inscription.
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Michigan
Like Home Corpsman Report From Africa
Corporal LeRoy Kloatermann, once of Dyersville now in Africa, told home folks he saw a kitchen tub made in Dyersville and said he was proud to help make such tubs before he joined the army. Read Ada note on water use in livestock. A hog needs 560 pounds of water per 100 pounds of pork produced. One hundred laying hens drink almost 10 tons yearly. A pullet was seen taking 67 drinks in a row after breakfast.
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LeRoy Kloatermann
Dyersville
Africa
LeRoy
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