Classified Want Ads And Offer Details
A lengthy classifieds section outlines rates for want ads, 25 cents per insertion up to 25 words and 1 cent per word thereafter, plus 10 cents weekly handling if replies come to the office. Payment by month end requested. cash terms and telephonic orders accepted. Numerous Elgin Iowa items follow: Bargain gas stove, Erhardt’s Leghorn chicks, seed corn for sale, bulls, posts, rent notices, seeds, books, horses, steel dump box, and a subscriber promo for Elgin Echo Clermont Enterprise. Also a lost dog Carlo and a note on the Chinese wall.
Undefined health term survey amid funeral notices at dawn
Fragmentary text mentions pathological term defined as se tai fondoen for dead bodies with unclear context. No identifiable persons organizations or locations present.
Shoveller Duck Biology and Iowa Forest Reserves
Shoveller or spoonbill ducks are described by their broad bill with fringe bristles acting as a sieve, nesting in grasses and laying six to ten grayish eggs. The Iowa State Conservation Survey notes about 2,800 landowners with forest reserves, mostly in the east, taxed at one dollar per acre if meeting 200 trees per acre. Reports of unusual birds like a Des Moines cormorant and migratory species raise hopes for refuges. The piece includes Fr Farrelly’s views on a twenty five year conservation plan to preserve native wildlife and landscapes for future generations. A separate note discusses the red fox in Iowa, citing Argyle Crane’s 31 fox kills without dogs in Marion County.
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Iowa
Towa
Des Moines
Fr. Farrelly
American Tribune of
Dubuque
Red Fox
Argyle Crane
Pleasantville
Marion County
Knoxville Express
Great Challenge to Iowa's Twenty Five Year Plan
A state facing a major conservation challenge between destruction and restoration. The piece notes concerns over outdoor life and supports the pro restoration efforts, citing Rev. Clarence E. Farrelly of Laurens who urged commitment to conservation and reforestation in a recent public address.
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Iowa
Clarence E. Farrelly
Laurens
Father Farrelly
Statement of Ownership for Elgin Echo 1932
Ownership and circulation statement for the Elgin Echo weekly of Elgin Iowa as of April 1 1932 lists R P Strauch as owner and publisher with editors and business manager. Bondholders holding 1 percent+ include Mrs F W Hughes of Los Angeles California. Sworn before Notary Hattie McKellar April 8 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Echo
Elgin
Iowa
R. P. Strauch
F. W. Hughes
Los Angeles
Calif
Hattie McKellar
Notary Public
Minnesota highway 65 paving contracts let
The Minnesota state highway commission awarded contracts last week to pave highway 65 from the state line to Preston and from Fountain to Chatfield. The 20 foot pavement covers 19.8 miles to Preston and 6.7 miles to Fountain Chatfield, with an estimated saving of about $1,500 per mile versus rejected bids, about 20 percent cheaper than five years ago.
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Minnesota State Highway Commission
Town-Minnesota State Line
Preston
Fountain
Chatfield
Decorah
Twin Cities
Atatene
Pheasant Eggs Future Ringneck Policy Rolls Out
The Fish and Game Commission will distribute about twelve thousand ringneck pheasant eggs this spring under a state plan. The program targets a broad swath of Iowa counties including Guthrie Dallas Polk Story Marshall Tama Benton Buchanan Fayette Allamakee Winneshiek Clayton Delaware Dubuque Linn Jones Jackson Clinton Cedar Scott Muscatine and parts of Harrison Pottawattamie Mills Fremont. Each cooperator may receive at least fifty eggs with strict care instructions and detailed record keeping to boost pheasant establishment in areas lacking current populations.
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Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Towa
United States
Guthrie
Dallas
Polk
Story
Marshall
Tams
Benton
Buchanan
Fayette
Allamakeé
Winneshiek
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Clinton
Cedar
Scott
Muscatine
Harrison
Pottawattomie
Mills
Fremont
Public now backing trains instead of trucks
Ackley Iowa World Journal reports a shift in business opinion as freight trucks lose support to rail transport. At a Des Moines hearing, the Iowa State Railroad Commission denied Brady company of Fort Dodge permission to run auto trucks from Fort Dodge to Waterloo via Ackley Webster City Toowa Falls Parkersburg and Cedar Falls, with many testifying that Illinois Central freight service is reliable and trucks damage roads and endanger travel.
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Ackley
Iowa
World Journal
Towa State Railroad Commissioners
Brady Company of
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Webster City
Towa Falls
Parkersburg
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Illinois Central Railroad
Wadena folks press on with town hopes and carpenters
In a rambling visit through Wadena, locals discuss repairs to a key building and hopes for highway relief. Art Herrling at the lumber yard shares fishing plans and optimism for business amid building stagnation. The Riverside Mutual Creamery expands from 98 to 192 patrons, selling butter and cheese while preparing future articles addressing local concerns.
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Shother
Mir
Whitcher
Volga
Highway Commission
Art Herrling
la Porte City
Ashley
Art
Riverside Mutual Creamery
O’hara
Law Wished To License Bread and Laundry Wagons
A Manchester Press note argues there is no legal method to compel owners of bread and laundry wagons and out-of-town vendors to pay licenses for doing business in towns on their routes. The piece urges finding a way to curb railroad revenue, inferior products, and the blocking of small-town streets with large vans.
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Manchester Press
Weeds to Lumber Trade Note Abbreviated Field Jumble
Fragmentary text appears to discuss weeds in relation to the lumber trade. No clear people, places, dates, or organizations are identifiable. The readable portion suggests a misread or garbled note about coniferous timber and marketing terms, but lacks concrete facts to summarize.
Notable Fragments From a Disjointed Teaser Page
A garbled OCR snippet hints at fragmented quotes and product pitches. Topics touch on self worth, a buttonhole, a coat coating called Nu-Lite, built up flat roofs, and a line about becoming head of a department. The passage includes stray dialogue about a boss and production.
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Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Exhardt
C.C.D. Erhardt
Sala
Albert Butikofer
E .E. Gehring
Wadena
Wilbur Lehman
Emma Bunting
Henry Mark
Main Street
City Park
Rk. W. Muhhlenthaler
Echo
Webster's
Echo Office
Tim Thoman
West Union
Dr. Becker
Clermont
Louis Becker
Chas
Anderson
Starkey
J. E. Klingman
Clermont Enterprise
Clayton Counties
Carlo
Wm. Flauder
Magaltuds
Tha
American Waterfowl
Natural History Series
Polly’s
Wien
Weibel Mill Company
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McCormick-Deering
Deering
McCore mick-Deerings
Seages
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