Want Ad Rates and Local Offers at Feller & Baumgartner echo
Public notices reveal want ad rates up to 28 words at 25 cents per insertion and 1 cent per word beyond 25. Additional handling and monthly billing charges apply. Local ads promote Friday and Saturday specials at The Cash Store. Offer includes club subscriptions to Echo and Enterprise with Dubuque Telegraph-Herald for $6.00, plus Rawleigh sales opportunity in Fayette county. Also advertised are typewriter paper at Echo Office and cow hides cash prices by D. C. Dean Elgin, Iowa.
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Echo and Enterprise
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald
Fewer Babies Born in Iowa in 1933 Reported
Iowa records show 1933 birth numbers dropping to the lowest since the early 1900s. Across 1923–1932 the average yearly births were 44,869, with 61,305 in 1923 and 38,600 in 1938, and 1933’s figure is about three quarters of 1923. If the trend continues to 1950, only 23,730 births would be expected in 1950.
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Iowa
Fragmented Quotations on Reform and Public Policy
A column of diverse quotes comments on conservatism versus experimentation in business and politics. It parodies repeal and birth control debates, notes shifts in social behavior, and humorously references the NRA era and new federal programs with satirical tone.
Letter From Fred Biermann Continues On Union View
Fred Biermann discusses Union bond taxation plans and Roosevelt era politics. He recalls Senator Thomas J. Walsh’s clean record, criticizes some Washington papers, describes a Mississippi river drive, and reflects on cancer vaccination hopes. The note closes with a Willard Hotel gathering and remarks by Ambrose OConnull and E J Fouling.
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Teapot Dome
Robert E. Lee
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Local Social Notes and Community Updates
Helen Baechler visits Garnavillo at Ray Wahi home. West Union tales include a judgment of a spouse, dinner guests, and local visits. Elgin, Sumner, Iowa City, and Memphis itineraries appear with conversations on illness, funeral, and work. Also noted are a hatchery sex-determination test and canal boat electricity boosting speed.
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Helen Baechler
Garnavillo
Ray Wahi
H. T. Knudtson
West Union
Hana Frederick
Alfred Jacoba
Rudy Yunka
Economic Progress and Its Double-Edged Drive
The article argues that economic progress spurs ambition yet dulls caution about the methods used to achieve gains. It examines how wealth growth can encourage risky or unethical means, urging balance between advancement and ethical conduct.
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