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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1935
Page
4
Meredith Plant Visit Highlights Iowa Press Assn Trip
A. P. Strauch returned from Des Moines after attending the Iowa Press Association session at Fort Des Moines hotel. Publishers toured the Meredith Publication Co plant revealing the scale of magazine production and millions in circulation. Parents blame schools for teen smoking seen after dark, while critics warn of blue sky investments and high pressure salesmen. Trade at home among friends in West Union noted.
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A. P. Strauch
Des Moines
Iowa Press Association
Fort Des Moines
Northeast Owl
Meredith Publication Co
Osage
West Union
Blue Sky
Iowa House tightens loan, school tuition and navy bill actions
The report notes action to require recording securities with county for taxation in foreclosures and a Senate bill imposing 100 penalty on superintendents for undercharging tuition. It also describes a near passage of a bill to create a Iowa navy reserve, aimed at training youths, though not enacted.
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House
Senate
Board of Education
Iowa Senate
Iowa
Billingsley
Newton
New NRA Bill Targets State Compliance With Federal Regulations
A Senate bill from the federal coordination committee would require state compliance with federal NRA rules in industries with national codes, allowing optional wage and hour compliance for others. Penalties of 500 dollars per violation apply. The Iowa House defeated a referendum on initiative and referendum and debated liquor legislation, including sale of liquor by the drink under local option.
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Senate
Committee On Federal Co-Ordination
Executive Council
Iowa House
Towa
Iowa
General Assembly
Bara
Husted
Madison County
Friends of
House
Liquor Bill Debated As House Delays Action With Veto Threat
A liquor bill amendment to limit sales to specific conditions failed by a narrow margin. Provisions allow on premise consumption with restrictions on age and Sunday sales. House action to await new beer rules. Senate later defeated a truck and bus tax bill 25 to 22, ending session activity. Gov veto on homestead exemption vetoed and sent back unsigned.
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Friends of Liquor
Senate
Merring
It Pays to Advertise Public Opinion Editorial
A playful unsigned piece mocks late 19th and early 20th century ads urging readers to guess missing phrases. It parodies consumer pitches for complexion soap cigarettes chewing gum toothpaste shaving cream and flowers, contrasting bright promises with the reality of promotional hype. The reader is invited to evaluate the merchants’ slogan.
State Starts Rehabilitation Project In Towa
The rural rehabilitation program has placed 217 families on farms and will equip them with stock and machinery under a liberal loan plan to help them become self supporting. Government funds totaling 125914.85 have been advanced to start farming, supervised by B W Lodwick, former Fayette county farm bureau agent. A Belle Plaine News item notes a 12 pound carp found alive after being brought to A and P store, with 23 inch length.
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Towa
B. W. Lodwick
Fayette County
Carl McKee
Belle Plaine
Is This the Editor Actor The Corn Hog Checks Arrive
A quirky dialogue in the Western Breeze office features a debate over editor’s honesty. The piece notes corn-hog checks arriving and lists farm real estate ads. Townsend backs a $200 monthly old age pension, arguing ten million would receive it and two billion monthly would be spent. The bill’s aim is to revive demand by cash injections. Some propose broader pensions for wider stimulus.
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Want
Hans EH. Grether
Elgin
Town
Townsend
Congress
West Union man sues heart attack during recent illness
Fred W. Schneider of West Union suffered a severe heart attack at Oelwein recently and is now at home resting. The Echo offers printing services.
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Fred W. Schneider
West Union
Oelwein
Echo
Changes of address notice for Echo subscribers
Echo subscribers are asked to promptly notify the subscription department of address changes. Under new postal laws newspapers must pay postage for notices of address changes furnished by the post office. Delays in delivery or failure to receive the paper are noted. The advised plan is to send change of address in advance.
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Echo
Arlington man H G Carnes dies suddenly
H G Carnes of Arlington died suddenly last Monday night from a heart illness. For years he was prominent in business and active in civic affairs. Two years ago he ran for county recorder on the Democratic ticket. Today well lived, he found happiness in yesterday and hope in tomorrow, according to a Sanskrit quotation.
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H. G. Carnes
Arlington
County Recorder
Sanscrit
Insulation Advice for Future Comfort
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