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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1930
Page
4
A collage of humorous quotes and skits from Forts and Forty, Detroit News, and Royal Arcanum Bulletin. It satirizes aging, modernity, romance, and influence through witty exchanges and light irony.
The New York American notes officials demand age declarations on many pretexts, yet voting does not require exact age. Licenses do, while police use varies. Dr. Charles B. Jefferson argues for alternative identification methods, urging public critique to push a change.
In San Francisco the Sign Judge Thomas F Graham, famed as a great reconciler, described marriage cynicism among youths during a discussion. He recalled a conversation between a seventeen year old girl and a twenty seven year old grass widow about whether love signals a marriage, noting the widow’s wry answer.
Richard J. Enright former New York police commissioner discussed the prison system saying reformatories leave much to be desired. He recounted a 1908 anecdote with a penologist who claimed a reformer had himself been reformed revealing the ironic outcome.
A group dragged a heavy safe from an office in Norristown Pennsylvania to an alley. They failed to open it, using chisels on the lock. The safe yielded an empty result, with four cards on the door detailing exact steps to open it.
Phonograph chairs are being tried in some German churches and threaten to replace regular choirs and organists. Full toned volume comes from playing two records simultaneously on synchronized machines, with sound amplified by loudspeakers in the organ loft.
Canada hosts a single mainland musk ox herd of about 250 animals. The herd is kept in a game sanctuary near Great Slave Lake for protection and study.
When a modern girl buys a spool of thread she may not intend to mend anything. She may need a new clothesline Pathinder Magazine.
Wadena residents attend church in Arlington and visit Rev Isenberg. Many families welcome guests from Lima Arlington Monticello West Union and Volga. Local events include a free tractor show by International Harvester and upcoming Presbyterian meetings.
Gunder news lists visits and social events in Renner Elgin Clermont and nearby towns. Families including Lind Knudtson Wald Lansgard Andersons and Kirkebergs visit, host, or dine together. A district No 5 school holiday ties to Clayton county bond election and local officials clerk. Also subscription offer for local papers Echo and Telegraph-Herald.
The honor system requires students to manage their own affairs and uphold good conduct, pledging not to cheat during examinations even when a professor is absent. The Grand Canyon divisions stretch over 200 miles divided into Kalbab Kanab Ulinkaret and Shenywitz sections. Deep fishing grounds lie in the Grand bank in the North Atlantic from Newfoundland eastward, 80 to 60 fathoms deep.
Local residents and guests attend dinners and visits across Cheery Valley and nearby towns. Names include Olson, Smith, Friederich, Meyer, Dennier, Leuchtenmacher, Thoman, and Christen with gatherings at multiple homes and a C V C club meeting at the Martin Hanson residence.
John Grimm and Dale Holmes worked near Postville on Tuesday addressing electrical chores. A local farmer, selling cream to the creamery and buying oleomargarine for his family, voices hope Congress will aid farm relief. Banner tonnage offered and oat feed priced at 27.00 per ton. Weibel Mill Company invites orders.
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