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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
4
Classified notices from the Echo Office Elgin report ad rates and various sales listings. Entries include farm livestock, hardware items, subscriptions, supplies, and employment opportunities in Monmouth Cincinnati and nearby areas, with contact and rate details. The column notes telegraph billing terms and weekly earnings potential for route sales and writing jobs.
A large gilt coin found at Caerton in Wales bears a feminine figure on one side and a Roman emperor on the other. It is thought to be a prize from a Roman chariot race, suggesting ancient ceremonial significance unearthed in the area.
The article notes abecedarian psalms like Psalm 119 arranged in alphabetical order and suggests readers use advertisements as guidance for efficient spending and smart purchasing. It frames ads as a practical resource alongside the peculiar Psalm reference.
Circulars on home butchering of hogs cattle and sheep may be obtained from the Bulletin Office Iowa State College Ames. Economic discussions will hold a prominent place on the Farm and Home Week program at Ames this year. Bred ewes should gain all winter and about a pound per week from breeding to lambing. Brood sows fed on corn alone will farrow weak pigs. Iowa State College recommends two quarts of whole oats per day per sow plus skim milk and corn to maintain flesh. It takes four pounds of feed to produce one pound of eggs, and eggs sell around 18 cents per pound. Antiknock properties of gasoline with alcohol are higher with more alcohol, per college tests by chemists engineers and economists at Iowa State College.
Sheriff A A Robertson transfers to C Milne & Sons for 3000 acres NW NW 2 94 7 and to Geo A Jane and Anna Gibson for 11000 NE and SE parcels in various sections. Jule Paulson transfers to John W Blunt for 2 dollars in pieces of Lots 86 87 94 in SE and other parts. Metta Kruger Exers acquires 11600 in SE NE and other fractions. Frieden heirs transfer portions including E half SW and S half SE in several sections.
School reopened January 2 after a Christmas break. Billy Erickson and several others, including Junior Charles Betty Gloria and Norma, were absent with flu. Second and third graders study courtesy and made posters on Smiles. Betty Livingston and Norma Ny dogger achieved 100 percent in spelling for three weeks. Third graders created calendars for January, with a variety of reasons for liking the month displayed. Visitors last week included Helen Hofer Lucille Hanson Eunice Pagen Alma Hanson and Mrs Russell Livingston. Lola Hanson teaches. visitors welcome.
The Old Man of the Mountains in New Hampshire, noted by Hawthorne as a freak of nature, was discovered in 1805 by Francis Whitcomb and Luke Brooks on the Notch road. General Martin Field first described it in 1827. the granite sculpture rises 88 feet from chin to forehead, a notable granite projection.
The saying argues love does not ease every burden but guides us to confront what life hands us, choosing paths with resolve rather than avoiding hardship. It highlights love as a force shaping decisions, not a blanket shield from difficulty.
The Echo invites reports and general items from residents to print town and community news. Readers are urged to send or bring news items to the office to assist in sharing local happenings.
Pheasant numbers in central Towns Story Boone and Dallas counties are rising rapidly as farmers report birds on land. Winter feeding is common with shocks of corn fodder kaffir corn sorghum cane and other grain left accessible for wildlife. Trapping season ends January 15 with both zones closing for fox mink otters cats and skunks. Trappers must file an sworn inventory within ten days after season end to hold hides longer, and must obtain a department permit before selling or shipping.
A ringneck pheasant caught in South Dakota still bore a leg band dating back nineteen years. Iowa’s drought and low water have damaged game and fish along the Mississippi, reducing nesting sites and breeding grounds. In Waterloo, five tons of soft fish from the Cedar River aided unemployed relief efforts, with Buffalo and carp distributed to needy families and more seining planned statewide to provide work.
A large flock of ducks, estimated near one thousand, are being fed at Round Lake on the state game preserve in northeastern Clay County after a recent sub zero blast. Local officials noted the discovery during the cold spell and residents were urged to aid in feeding efforts.
About 200 Hungarian partridges settled on a vacant lot near a Dolliver elevator and fed on waste grain before wandering southward. This annual event has occurred for three consecutive years, likely driven by harsh winter conditions driving birds to group foraging.
Western Canada school children assist local authorities in surveying wildfowl nests to prove crows are a serious menace to waterfowl populations on nesting grounds.
The city spans both sides of the Danube with 80 square walls and six bridges linking Buda on the right bank and Pest on the left. Buda offers Old World quietude while Pest bustles like the New World, making Budapest one of Europe’s most beautiful capitals.
The binocular glass offers two-eye focus for stronger vision than single-eye devices. The first binocular telescope, invented in 1008, used two telescopes placed side by side.
The article notes that in New York City a certain association for blood donations does not accept donors, citing that some individuals wear veils that are too small, lack average male strength, or are not as readily accessible. It contrasts with England where women are accepted as donors.
The Passion play began at eight o clock in the morning with a two hour interval for lunch and continued at six o'clock in the evening.
The piece explains how Sunday became linked to rest and worship, tracing roots from early Jewish Sabbath observance to Christian practice. It cites Constantine's 32nd year decree resting on the venerable day of the sun, and notes the shift toward the Lord's Day supplanting the Sabbath as Christianity grew.
A gavel carved from ancient living wood, believed oldest on the continent, was sent to Dr. Walter Williams, president of the University of Missouri. The wood formed thousands of years ago after a volcanic eruption near Eugene, Oregon, was preserved by a lake in a Cascades canyon, retaining fresh timber scent.
Albert Dachert proposed a settlement of men and women chosen for ideal physical and mental traits. Strasbourg granted a site where 150 modern houses now shelter couples formed through his doctrine after exams and fitness tests. Birth rates rose and citizen behavior is said to be exemplary.
Mrs B visits Gerald’s mother to discuss a new family living nearby. The mother asks if they have children. Mrs B says two boys. Gerald declares he knows one, claiming he knocked out that boy’s two front teeth.
A 14 foot diameter spruce log, 28 feet long and weighing heavy, lay in the Columbia Box and Lumber mill pond at South Bend, Washington for years. It traveled aboard 11 flat cars originally and could not be hauled into the head rig without damaging the mill. The tide carried the scarred derelict toward the bay as it finally moved downstream.
Futile ydttle Patey grows weary during a long automobile trip and is ignored by adults who continue talking. She interjects with a peevish question, asking why she is crying.
A fragmentary exchange shows a guest asking about staying until rain ends and a reply mentioning calling a mother and plans to return after dinner, with a child named Peter and a person named Til. The readable text hints at family dialogue and weather delaying plans.
In a brief exchange, Magis of a Names Teacher-Now asks for the definition of exercise. JTimmy responds that exercise is work a person enjoys doing because it isn’t work. The dialogue appears in the Boston Transcript.
Gibbs declares the marriage failing amid a private exchange about a spouse's health and finances. Jugge responds with sarcasm accusing loss of a wife and money, highlighting strain in the relationship.
The text notes 1900 built observatories in Madrang and Hyderabad, mentioning a large observatory Nzamlah and rich iron ore fields. It highlights iron ore in Lapland north of the Arctic circle as among the world’s most valuable, with ore averages around 68 to 70 percent iron.
The city now known as Atlanta began as Marthanville in 1887 before railroads made it a major terminus. It later adopted Terminus as a station name, paving the way for the current Atlanta identity.
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