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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1935
Page
4
A study across six countries of 23 401 men shows 451 per 1000 choose same or closely allied occupation as their father. The figures suggest occupational inheritance influences work paths across diverse economies.
Willian Bigelow of Stuthdrum Idaho writes in Collier's Weekly that ships have a shorter life than large structures. He argues the tonnage sunk or removed from service over 25 years equals the total yearly tonnage on the seas.
Currency plates in the U S Treasury engraving bureau are numbered and counted nightly. Worn plates are destroyed in full view of a special committee. Only one man in the bureau's history became a counterfeiter.
A European gelentiet study suggests maximum human efficiency occurs from ten in the morning to midnight, varying with the individual based on personal patterns and energy cycles. The finding notes peak performance times differ among people.
The ancient Etruscans of Italy are traditionally believed to have originated from Asia Minor. Scholars discuss competing theories about their migration and cultural development in pre Roman central Italy.
The article notes stock should be kept off pastures until a solid start, a 2 percent drop in 1935 potato acreage, and more feeder cattle moved into Iowa in January despite feed shortages. It cites USDA on 1933 farm real estate taxes as the lowest per acre since 1918 and discusses corn and oats yields tied to May–August weather, shelterbelt trees, woodlots, alfalfa advantages, and ice sheet impact on alfalfa.
A set of aphoristic observations on love, virtue, and improvement. The notes contrast blessings with departure, warn against overpaying, and reflect on a jury’s decisions, childhood sorrow, and the human capacity for adaptation. It closes with a note on nature’s defense against poisons through bitterness.
In England pilot-cloth refers to chinchilla cloth worn by naval officers and an early English tailor, starting a business here, asserted he is a tailor not a furrier when asked for a fur trim overcoat. The anecdote highlights naming confusion and professional boundaries between tailors and furriers.
March courting among wildlife includes wolverines minks weasels otters red foxes lynxes and chipmunks with pair bonding and mating displays noted in local observers.
A lively Des Moines scene sees protests against beer regulation and beer joints amid public confidence concerns. In Des Moines, Iowa, a livestock concentration point buying bill is defeated 22 to 26 in the Senate with Democratic defections, despite Lieutenant Governor Kraschel backing a revival through reconsideration.
In Senate Ways and Means the 4 Bill to Change Sales Tax SF 280 by Senators Broads ley and Calhoun studies its impact on state revenue. It would shift from a penny sales tax to a gross receipts method with 1 percent on the first 25 000, 1 percent on the next 25 000, 1 34 percent on the third 25 000, and 2 percent on receipts above 75 000.
The proposal requires state board approval before new roads, repeals old county funding limits, and creates a County Extension Board from townships. It sets supervisor appropriations and mandates cooperation with Iowa State College and the USDA, as Farm Bureau members express concern.
Extension horticulturist H E Nichols from State College will demonstrate correct fruit tree pruning in Fayette County. The session is set for Friday afternoon April 5 at 1 30 at the County Farm.
The report notes that U.S. income tax collections to date are about 38 percent higher than a year ago. March receipts reached over 26 million, signaling continued robust revenue growth.
A bill by Rep Johannes of Osceola to bar employment of anyone under 21 in venues serving beer or liquor passed the House 9 to 1, signaling legislative mood on restricting beer sales. A joint liquor control investigation in Des Moines continues, with Special Attorney Page coordinating witness examinations and hinting at possible official heads at risk.
Echo subscribers are urged to promptly notify the subscription department of any address changes. Under new postal laws newspapers and periodicals must pay postage due for notices of changes in address furnished by the post office. Delays in delivery are also a concern. the plan is to send changes in advance.
Representative McLean of Marshall county frames a bill to bar the state highway commission from creating new roads without consent from 75 percent of property owners along the right of way. The measure targets diagonal roads from Des Moines, which critics say favor the capital’s trade needs. Truckers charge railroads back some trucking interests, alleging a behind the scenes influence.
Readable line notes prices for old newspapers at the Echo office listed as five cents per bunch.
In a historic incident a captain directed a lifeboat carrying 43 women through peril and duty. Survivors recount courage amid danger as rescue efforts continue and officials assess the ordeal.
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