Want Ads Rates and Items From 1926 Echo Office
Want ad rates explain pricing and payment terms. For Sale items include a 1926 Chevrolet truck, a Model T Ford truck, a Royal standard typewriter, a McCormick Deering tractor with New Racine separator, and sales books from McCasky Crosby Wisth. Also rental notice for a seven room Elgin home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo
Echo Office
McCormick-Deering
W. D. Mattocks
Wadena
Town
Ales Books
McCasky
U. S
Oaks
Elgin Echo
Elkader to Build Municipal Beach by Dam
Elkader city council plans to convert the old swimming hole used by bathers into a municipal beach next to the dam. A floating platform and pier are being built, ropes will section off the water, and life guards will supervise daily and evening swims.
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We Ueé
Dubuque
Elkader
Fishes of Iowa and Local Angle on Angling
A Iowa notes on Bluegill and Sunfish differences with size color details and spawning months. Reports from Dubuque on unusual smallmouth bass catch near Hartwick bridge and ongoing state rescue of bass crappies sunfish and other fish by seining to move landlocked stocks to larger waters.
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John B. Fahey
Dubuque
Iowa
Hartwick Bridge
Maquoketa
Delhi
L. T. Fillenworth
Gama Department
Mississippi River
Sabula
Lansing
Spencer Hatchery Tests Ostrich Eggs In Iowa Experiment
The Spencer Chick Hatchery in Spencer Iowa is experimenting with ostrich eggs, purchased from California at ten dollars each. The six inch by five inch eggs are being hatched along with shipments of beacock and pheasant eggs.
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Spencer
Iowa
California
Tips to Aid Conservation of Game and First Aid Story
H M Sanderson of the state fish and game commission urges strong action during a peak time for game birds. He favors crow shooting to protect nests and warns farmers to keep hunting dogs restrained to avoid nest destruction. He advises planning shelters and feeding stations for winter and notes a Postville warden report of a pheasant treated by a kind man, illustrating sportsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Sanderson
State Fish and Game Commission
Postville
F. E. Becker
Gasoline Retailers Count in Iowa and Nation
Census reports show Iowa has 7,389 gasoline retailers including 2,958 filling stations and 287 grocery stores selling gas. 411 general stores sell gasoline and 1,693 garages or parking stations exist. National total exceeds 818,000 retailers. The Echo asks readers for cooperation and improved news coverage.
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Iowa
Corn belt corn borer quarantine easing eyed by farmers
The article notes plans and expected effects of lifting quarantine and regulations on corn borers, with wet mash feeding raising summer egg production. It mentions grasshopper damage in South Dakota and a bronze trophy worth 1000 dollars for top Holstein females at the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo, plus a ticket price cut at the Clayton county fair in National to 26 cents.
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Waterloo
National
Fragmented odds and ends mix of quotes and ads
A jumble of snippets mentions savings on shoes and home improvements, cheap prices, fixing screens to avoid flies, and quips about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. It reads like stray ad copy and miscellaneous dialogues with no clear event or focal person.
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Royal Standard Typewriter
Clermont
Sétip
Elgin
Depot
Martin Wenger
Tower of Pisa
Jean
Ree Chet of
aTrek
Torkelson Bros
L B.C
Farm Implements
Chrysler
Plymouth
Goodyser
Auto & Tractor
Lowas Borenegameiee
Towa Fishes
George Killinger
Oskaloosa
South Skunk
J. Gochee
Killinger
Rufus Jones
Pat
Germin Anchurch
Helms
Dan
Mershall Helztis
Ern Holzer
Vera Corher
H. T. Knudtson
Chiff Christ
Frank
Howard
Victor Topp
Beaver Bay
Minn
Mra
Rt Topp
the Echo
Nid
IGA
Hershey
Lie Bingnick
South Dakota
Abe Lincoln
George Washington
Abe
George
Schori
Kuster Elgin
J. Falb & Sons
Elgin, Iowa
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