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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
3
The Clermont Enterprise of Clermont Iowa lists Mrs H B Greenley as editor with Tees Press Association byline. Natives Sureriallesucidon entered the postales at Clermont Fayette County Iywa as second class mail waiver.
Clermont residents and guests are listed visiting relatives and friends across nearby towns. Trene Halverson, Mrs. Jerdee and Elsie Marie, and several Halversons visited homes in Martin Anderson, Henry Frieden, and near Elgin. Des Moines driven car and Cedar Rapids visitors noted among many parish and family gatherings.
Local families from Clermont Volga City West Union and surrounding areas enjoyed picnics visits and family gatherings at homes parks and nearby towns. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Andrew An and clan, World’s Fair trip participants, Chicago excursions, and many relatives from Ames Osage and Gunder with multiple Sunday outings and short trips to Waterloo Oskaloosa and St. Louis.
Dealers selling nationally advertised lines claim public demand for well promoted merchandise. Advertised items are cited as high quality and easy to sell, driving store popularity and ongoing profits. Continuous advertising is portrayed as essential, with buyers seeking best options and turning to newspaper ads for quick stock turnover.
Postville residents may see paving on about three and a half miles of state highway No. 51, north from Postville, under a program proposed by the Iowa State Highway Commission and tied to the Five Million Dollar Federal Road Fund. A letter to John L. Gregg of the Postville Commercial Club roads committee notes preliminary approval steps and pending federal Bureau of Public Roads decision.
A cryptic, playful note suggests a four word phrase to describe pink tea humor and chatter, using terms like giggle gabble gobble and git to imply playful insults.
A patchwork of aphorisms on fame, humor, youth, and society. It ponders whether names shape cattle, the value of doubt, pride in invention, and the way readers recall scenes from a calm, reflective life. It also nods to money worries, gallantry, and the oddities of language.
Man eating tigers spread terror in central India as villages report stalking residents and cattle losses. Locals cannot kill tigers by decree and fear night attacks while one hungry tiger faced a retaliatory herd and fled wounded back to the jungle.
Figures from the Department of Commerce show Americans consumed 1,168,848,982 pounds of candy in 1082, about 1.3 higher than the prior year. Doctors say most need some sugar, and while some people ate many pounds, others ate none.
The Abbey of Zaambek near Budapest Hungary, begun in the early thirteenth century and destroyed by the 1768 earthquake, will be restored. It stands as an early Gothic church example in the region and highlights architectural heritage.
In a terse exchange, Senator Sorghum remarks on freedom of speech, noting he cannot get along with the man who insists on praising what he likes, as it divides public opinion and strains relations with others.
European practice varies with no general speed limit on open roads in France Germany Italy and Great Britain. Drivers are expected to keep control of their vehicles at all times rather than observe a universal speed limit.
A playful riddle contrasts fleas and elephants noting that an elephant can host fleas while a flea cannot host an elephant.
A diner complains in a clipped exchange about ta chicken, insisting he is a fool while the waiter agrees with a tepid jab. The odd phrasing hints at a humorous miscommunication in a restaurant setting.
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A letter from the late James Kerney editor of the Trenton Times to his three sons urges simplicity and humility. It stresses politeness to waitstaff, universal kindness, humor, and avoiding pretension, quoting Kipling and closing with life’s brevity.
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