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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 11, 1917

Page

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Buffalo fish sale plan by state warden toowa Iowa

State fish and game warden Hinshaw plans to sell thousands of buffalo fish to residents of towa at seven cents a pound to reduce living costs and keep food from going east. Fish from Okoboji Lake will be sold in 100 pound lots via mail orders, with boxing and handling covered by a half cent per pound.

C. Hinshaw Towa Okoboji New York City F. Vo. B Spirit Lake Fish and Game Warden Iowa Lawa Polk Dallas County Alfred Thomas Davenport Anamosa Reformatory Glenwood Oskaloosa Federal Farm Loan Board Land Bank Omaha Sioux City Nebraska South Dakota Wyoming Smith Breele University of Lews Public Schools of Cleveland W. A. Jessup Arthur Fink Garwin Mink Fink Southwestern Iawn Teachers’ Association Atlantic Mary Larson Corning J. M. Ireland Modale M. C. Galpin Anna Temple Foces Jenny Ward Consolidated Schools Dairy and Food Department W. B. Barney Aed Babcock Mark L. Byers H. W. Byers Des Moines United States Alaska Nome Greater Iowa Association New Bulletin California East Mississippi Chicago Illinois United States Navy Navy Davies C. Winter Burlington George E. Griffith Marshalltown Samuel M. Ely Mt. Morris Charlier Dirkl Shines Tex Herman J. Iftxsol Rockford Kenneth J. Farrell Waterloo Carl H. Jarvis Muscatina John Johnson National Guard Internal Revenue Commissioner’s Office W.’ S L. Harding House Aladt Gaynor Supreme Court Harding Irvinedale Ankeny Chas. Irvine Horsa Beaver Valley Cedar Falla Thomas Y. Kayne Board of Control J. C. Saunders Fort Madison Penitentiary Reed Chicago, Anamosa and Northern Railroad Aitery Herman Ternes

Will Raise Taxes for State Departments and Salaries

Appropriations sought by state departments board of education and board of control would lift state taxes by more than five mills, with increases exceeding two million dollars annually. Budgets filed with the governor promise a biennial rise of about four million over current spending. The move targets education and control boards, and includes plans for a custodial farm, a state epileptic colony project, and higher salaries amid a growing cost of living.

Des Moines Board of Education State Board of Control General Assembly State Board of Education Board of Control Woodward Women's Reformatory Rockwell City State Vterinarian’s Department

Dead, kinmen say, alive, court rules

New York Henry W Schutt a lawyer long believed dead by relatives after a body found in the Hudson river was identified as his is alive and must be sought by police. He faces grand larceny charges and was arraigned October 16 in General Sessions, released on $1,000 bail. Relatives buried the drowned man’s body before doubts arose. Detectives pursue Schutt as a fugitive.

New York Henry W. Schutt Hadson River Agen Delehanty Court of General Sessions Church Street Weehawken Schutt General Sessions Richard Grant Tenth Avenue West Shore West Nineteenth Street George W. Adolph No.12 West One Hundred and Seventy Eighth Street Grant Williams Bureau of Identification Frederick Sullivan Delehinnaty

Love in Films Sparks Birmingham City Commission Debate

Arlie Barber, elected on the Socialist ticket, urged an ordinance restricting Sunday moving pictures. The draft bars scenes of love, murder, domestic trouble, divorces, gambling houses, bar scenes, riots, and resorts, risking Moyse proprietors shutting their shops if enacted.

Birmingham Ala Arlie Barber Moyse

Morphine Kiss Exposed In Dope Cure Ward At Chicago Bridewell

Chicago prison guards expose a new form of osculation in the dope cure ward where long embraces supposedly from spouses or relatives transfer large morphine doses to patients. Authorities plan to ban kissing in the ward to stop smuggling of the drug.

Bridewell Prison Chicago House of Correction Bridewell Calla

Fined for Gum Chewing in Court

Fraok Bar donnes was held in 500 dollars bail for contempt of court after chewing gum in front of Magistrate Krotel while seeking a warrant for four time magazine phonograph records he alleged were stolen.

New York Krotel Fraok Bardonnes

Woman Defends Self With Ink From Attacker

Mrs. Bewlah Lew bert, twenty four, used a fountain pen to injure and deter a washer who grabbed and hugged her, squirting ink in self defense in Foresbburg, N. This incident depicts a bold act ending the assault. Local authorities are reviewing the case.

Foresbburg Bewlah Lewbert

Height of Boastfulness in a Blower Tale

A fragment mockingly questions Blower's vanity, implying he brags after receiving favors. The dialogue suggests a beggar’s influence prompts Blower to claim generosity, hinting at exaggerated self-importance in social discourse.

Danderine Promises Dandruff-Free Thick Hair

An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a treatment for dandruff that instantly dissolves flakes and doubles hair beauty. It claims dandruff robs luster and can cause itching, feverishness, and hair loss if untreated, urging readers to buy a 25-cent bottle at any drug store.

Mr. Hill Knowlton

The People's Physique and Changing Mobility

The Mobile Register notes a shift in loco motion with autos for farmers and horses reduced to draft use. It questions whether eased travel and mechanization improve or harm the physique, suggesting machines perform most exertion while humans merely actuate a switch.

Exempt Excerpt From Youth's Companion Dialogue

A teacher admonishes students to avoid criticizing others while a boy asks about his father’s work. The youngster explains his father is a proofreader, prompting the teacher to admit an exception in George’s case.

George

No News Teacher Your Daughter Sir Has a Carrying Voice

A humorous exchange features a father noting his daughter’s voice is fine, while the speaker humorously implies her singing carries away his money, reflecting a lighthearted or comic tone from a period newspaper snippet.

Not literature, eh The only book he cares for is the volume of business

A terse exchange contrasts literature with commerce as a speaker hints the only book valued is the volume of business, reflecting a brisk, witty remark likely from a cultural column or social note. The line underscores a preference for practical affairs over literary pursuits.

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