Classifieds Ad Columns From Elgin Echo Period
A collage of old notices including wanted rates for paid columns, job seekers, sales of livestock and vehicles, real estate pitches, farm rentals, missing and found livestock, repairs and hardware ads, piano sales, and subscription offers from the Elgin Echo. Notable items mention Hans E Grather seeking buyers, Leo Hanson job lead, various animal listings, and local business promotions. The collection shows town commerce and personal notices, with multiple addresses and farm references.
Speaker Available for Schools in Iowa Outdoor Program
County and city superintendents were informed that H. J. Metcalf is available for school talks at no expense. State Superintendent Miss Agnes Samuelson endorsed the idea, praising cooperation and interest in schools. The piece also notes editorials urging preservation of nature in Winneshiek county, plans for pheasant season discussions, and a recent $1,000 fine in Anamosa for muskrat violations with related fur purchase charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Fish and Game Department
H. J. Metcalf
Agnes Samuelson
Decorsh Journal
Ira Nichols
Iowa Falls
Winneshiek County
Otto Klinge
Clinton
Osie Davis
Anamo 3A
F. H. Whitcombe
Davis
Slatsky
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
O'Brine
Deer in Iowa County sightings and deer herd note
The Journal-Tribune reports local farmers seeing a wild deer south of Williamsburg amid a nearby Washington county herd, noting the cost of killing such animals in Iowa. The Bancroft Register adds a hunter’s car containments: pheasants, chickens, turkeys, a pig all with gunshot wounds found during a search for illicit liquor. Cedar Falls resident W. W. Coombs is credited with catching a large sucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa County
the Journal-Tribune of
Williamsburg
Washington County
Iowa
Bancroft Register
W. W. Coombs
Cedar Falls
Largest black walkers ever in the Cedar River
The report notes the Cedar River yielded what are described as the largest black walkers ever, with one fit nine pounds being caught at Falls recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Christmas Program At Kern Hill School
The Kern Hill school will stage a Christmas program on Friday December 18 at 1 80 oclock. Students perform songs like Song For Christmas and When Santa Claus Comes and scenes including The Deacon's Spotted Calf and The Crippled Dolly. Principal and teachers guide First Grade and Six Pupils with several dances dialogues and recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern Hill
Duntor Hansoh
Margaret
Mildred Friederich
Mabel Morse
Squire Hawley
Margaret Morse
Santa Claus
Gladys Butikofer
Wilma Lehman
Dolly
Marjorie Hanson
Maxine Lehman
Prim
Lucille Hanson
Erma Butikofer
Hazel Rothlisberger
London
Marie Butikofer
Deacon
Kris Kringle
Phyllis Frieden
Mabel Reitz Long
Vernie Frieden
Helen M. Rothlisberger
Dairy and farm practices from agricultural notes column
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture covers dairy cow calving timing and temperatures for carcass cooling, allspice origin, lightning protection rates, soybean varieties, brood sow housing, preferred bedding and fodder, anthelmintic timing for horses, and poultry mash recipes. It notes a 1992 insurance get-acquainted offer and contrasts past horse era wealth with modern car ownership.
Stone Age Beds Found at Skara Brae in Orkney
Prof V Gordon Childe of Edinburgh reports in Antiquity that Skara Brae in Orkney preserves stone bed furniture. Beds are boxlike with stone slats and wedges, with canopied posts, fern or heather mattresses, gnawed bones for eating in bed, and valuables found inside. Family seating and worn front partitions suggest daily use by inhabitants. The age remains undetermined, but linked to late Stone Age and Bronze Age Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Gordor Childe
University, of Edinburgh
Akara Brae
Orkney Islands
Scotland
Antiquity
Childe
Skara Brae
Childen
Kansas City Star
Science Service
Birds Pay Tribute to Singer Ninon Vallin’s Voice
French operatic star Ninon Vallin says birds at her window in France would gather whenever she sang. She recalls caring for caged birds as a child and notes influential church voices helped launch her career from Lyons to Paris, leading to a South American tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninon Vallin
St. Francis
France
Madame Vallin
Lyons
Paris
da Costa
South America
Eskimos Fond of Pictures and Catalogues in Alaska
Eskimos at Point Barrow Alaska, both adults and youths, show strong interest in colored comics, illustrated travel magazines and juvenile picture books. Fur traders win goodwill by gifting catalogs depicting guns and outdoor goods. Women also enjoy mail order catalogs for dry goods and household items. Teachers use pictures to teach reading in government schools. Postmasters receive catalogs and money to place orders, fueling substantial parcel post business with Pacific coast firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Barrow
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Natural Senator Garner and Longworth on Women in Senate
Garner praised Longworth as the late Speaker. in the campaign more women sought Senate than House seats. Longworth quipped that the Senate is the natural place for women and that curiosity drives exploration, noting the Senate will eventually investigate everything on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner
Longworth
House of Representatives
Senate
Evolution Stereotype Quip Sparks Debate on Women Boxers
In a Washington Star exchange, Miss Cayenne challenges the view that women cannot be pugilists. She notes a woman boasting her husband was a prize, then quips that if true, she herself could be a prize fighter, highlighting ongoing gender bias in sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
California Bears Population Record Reveals 17400 Count
The latest forest service census shows 17,400 of the 50,000 black and brown bears in United States forests inhabit California. The finding highlights California as the state with the largest bear population in the national forest system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Forest Service
United States
Wrong About Sport Excerpt From American Magazine
The American attitude toward sport is criticized as wrong and the piece argues that the United States is alone in turning sports into a business, reflecting a provocative viewpoint on sports culture.
Growth Picture Four Year Home Building Surge City
A century ago the magazine notes that the nation annually completes enough new houses to form a city the size of New York, illustrating rapid domestic expansion during that era. The provocative comparison underscores vast building activity and population growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woman's Home Companion
Call It a Museum An Antique Shop Narrative
A short piece from American Magazine portrays an antique shop as a museum like space visited mainly by browsers with no intent to buy. It notes the public’s fascination with curios, history, and the ambience that draws curious crowds rather than steady trade.
Local Socials and Promotions featured in Waterloo area
The notice highlights guests Frances Ploag and Faye Brabham at Mrs. Frank Welld's Waterloo home. It promotes High Canning Company's offer available through Elgin grocers, praising local growers and labor. Hugh Strauch and Kenneth Evans hosted seventeen Sunday school class members with Mrs. Carter, enjoying a program and games, with plans for next month led by Norma Robbins, Erma Janie DeSart, and Geraldine Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Ploag
Faye Brabham
Frank Welld
Waterloo
Elgin
Hugh Strauch
Kenneth Evans
Mrs. Carter
Evans
Norma Ropbins
Erma
Janie DeSart
Geraldirne Keller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hans E. Grather
Leo Hanson
Edgar Kimball
Dee
Myrtle
Nelson
Hunsberger & Schori
J. E. Klingman
Chevrolet Agency
Wadena
H. E. Landsgard
Clermont
Felter
Jakie Yearous, Jr
Otto J. Blockhus
Carl L. Weber
Elmer H. Larson
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Town
Tbe
Echo
Farma
Clayton County
Decorah
Webster's
Echo Office
Chester
Olaf O
Berg
W. Wetherbee
West Union
Atte
Echo and Enterprise
Fayette
Clayton Counties
Albert Butikofer
H. J. Mateau
W. C. Boone
State Fish and Game Commission
Boone
Nebraska
Michigan
Ohio
Towa
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Orkneys
Sistag
Belié
Optometrist
O. W. Heiserman
Owa
Weibel ‘Mill Company
Welt
Siriped
Elgin Echo
the Buyer's Guide
Post Office
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