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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
11
A Cockney prospective buyer tours an American estate and is startled by an owl’s screech. An exchange records his quip about who was owling. The item blends humor with scattered notes on local gossip and unrelated items from a historical page.
Schori Brothers operate as cattle dealers and buyers offering grain and stock purchases. They advertise at stockyards and warehouse near the depot in Elgin, Iowa, promising the highest market price and prompt payment.
Congressman G. N. Haugen visited Decorah en route from Northwood to Washington to resume duties as Congress convenes. Friends report he is in excellent health after last spring’s operation. Republican.
Quoted remarks from L C Ulving M D appear amid an Ames display of local notices. An advertisement lists a 282 acre stock farm for rent near West Union Iowa Route 1 and notes a Citi zens State Bank office at Day and night calls. The fragmentary text ends with an incomplete thought about saying what should have been said earlier.
The Elgin Echo publishes in Payette County Iowa with R P Strauch as printer. Advertisements in local columns cost seven and one half cents per line per insertion while local classifieds charge per word. Subscriptions in advance list one year for 2.00 and six months for 1.00 with ads run until discontinued.
The reader ponders the weight of a cloud and the total water carried by snowstorms across several states and Canada. It questions how many pounds of snow can be shoveled from different scales, from walks to townships, and contemplates the air’s capacity to lift such water. The piece ends by asking what the air might carry in flight.
University of Iowa scientist Prof O A Thomas explains that house dust diffuses light, making natural illumination possible in most homes. The article notes over 250 University of Iowa students work part or full time this year, with last year’s count exceeding 8,000. It mentions sunflowers as a potential hog feed, a local mill seeking 200 ml bags at 3 cents each, and adds a string of humorous or miscellaneous quotes and facts including a Vatican loan of 1.5 million dollars.
A quirky exchange features a shopper and a storekeeper debating Limburger and a pun on agriculture. The dialogue wades into etymology from Latin with agricola meaning farmer and ager meaning field. The note ends with a humorous contrast that libraries have more parking than movie venues.
Iowa Historical Society puzzled by a new animal variety discovered by John Mallon between Guthrie Center and Monteith. The creature shares traits with a skunk yet resembles a ferret or mink in size and shape. It measures two inches longer than a skunk, with shorter legs and tail, a longer neck, and a ferret like head. Fur is yellowish brown with visible white stripes. Local trapper Chad Lewis says he never saw anything like it.
Sam complains of worsening berkelosis and visits a doctor who confirms the disease has progressed. Rastus checks in, noting the condition is twice as bad, and mentions the Christmas seals from the Red Cross.
A postal card to the Bulletin Section in Ames requests Circular 81 which offers guidance on proper feeding for brood sows. The notice highlights a practical agricultural tip from the publication for hog farmers seeking better productivity.
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