Want Ads Offfer Rates and Sales at Echo Office
Classified notices describe up to 25 word ads at 25 cents each and 1 cent per word beyond, with extra handling charges for mail or telephone replies. Items offered include a Victrola in good condition with records, farm produce like sweet corn fodder and bushels of vats, barley and baled straw, plus old newspapers for sale and a market day sale planning note. R P Strauch at Echo office is the contact.
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R. P. Strauch
Echo Office
Henry Holzer
Elgin
Echo
Igin
Unreadable Teaser Aphorisms Brief Collection
A set of brief aphorisms on love health and virtue offers compact reflections. Witty lines play with truth like sunny hearts and the paradoxes of medicine and heaven.
How an Iowa country editor views Congress
The Iowa editor argues that eliminating Chicago Tribune and Hearst papers would curb press propaganda and help solve public problems. He notes Washington life has seafood perks like steamed oysters, contrasting with Decorah. He laments lacking a similar dish and predicts no local legislation will supply it, yet highlights unique benefits of the republic's capital.
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Hearst
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Decorah
Iowa
Republic
Clermont High Student Prints On The Spot Moments
A collage from Clermont high School’s Student Prints features snapshots of students like Chris Schweitzer Lois Lehman Erma Grether and others in casual scenes on home lots and school routes. It notes chilly weather with a 38 degree drop warn and sketches small vignettes from a Saturday evening at Miller's eastside rendez vous and a classroom joke about the sentence ending mark.
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Chris Schweitzer
Lois Lehman
Erma Grether
Frank Greenley
Melvin Hanson
al ‘Swede
Boleyn
Miller
Bill Ewing
Dorothy Olson
Wilder Mattocks
Evelyn Barker
Paul Waters
Geraldine Kohler
Russell Larson
Carl Schori
Fran
Gulaing Sisters
Ole Jenson
Last Names Needed For Several Individuals Mentioned
A fragmentary note lists names Harry Odell H Robert Whittaker S John Adam B William Edward B Harold King C Zella Maria B Adolph Manuel W Manicurist quips about fingernails while customers joke about actions. A fall after slipping on ice near a crossing injures traveler and an orange sack topples. A lighthearted closing remark on marriage is noted.
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Harry Odell H
Robert Whittaker S
John Adam
William Edward B
Harold King C
Zella Maria B
Adolph Manuel W
Elgin Local News Obituary and Society Notes
Obituary note mentions M V Kiple bedridden for a week while L L Kiple runs the filling station. Clark Dieugan and Mrs Ray Hutchinson of Waukon visit Dr L S Hutchinson home during car repair. Mrs F W Hughes hosts C S Kniel and family at dinner. Last year U S relief families show 250000 more babies than 1933. Local ads urge Feller's Hardware Blue Ribbon Special harnesses. 22-23e
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Clark Dieugan
Ray Hutchinson
Waukon
Dr.l. 5. Hutchsinson
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
A Cold Deck of Cards
A cold deck of cards is a marked stacked deck secretly slipped into a game by a player seeking to cheat.
Must Be Able to Take It Says Hi Ho in Chinatown
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown declares leadership demands a man capable of handling blame as well as praise. He emphasizes resilience and steadfastness under public scrutiny, noting that true leaders shoulder responsibility and endure criticism without wavering.
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Yeadership
Hi Ho
Chinatown
Home improvement trends boost daily comfort and living style
In a reflection on changing values, readers are urged to focus on real comfort and daily satisfaction at home. Friends’ suggestions are encouraged for practical improvements, while cautioning against criticism and mockery of others. The piece ends with a light note on a humorous dog and a quip about men and women.
Mill Owners Mutual Fire Ins ad seeks cost savings
Property owners can save at least a quarter of annual fire insurance costs by joining Mill Owners Mutual Fire Insurance Co. If a building is classed as a preferred risk and hazards are reduced, policyholders may benefit. R. P. Strauch, agent promotes the plan amid assurances of genuine value.
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R. P. Strauch
Mill Owners Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Stowing Ship's Canvas Seventeenth Century Commands
The text lists naval commands from a seventeenth century captain ordering sail handling. Phrases include haul down the foretopgalinant and maintopgaliant, haul in spritsail sheets, haul down the clewlines, tmizen topsail, cast off topgallant bowlines, reflecting detailed rigging procedures aboard a sailing ship.
Naming Cape Verde Islands
The Cape Verde Islands got their name from drifting green seaweed rather than local vegetation. The archipelago’s plant life is sparse, existing mostly in scattered shrubs and grasses.
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Cape Verde Islands
Cucumber cultivation in India spans two millennia
A note on cucumbers noting they have been cultivated in India for more than 2,000 years. The text also mentions the elephant's keenest sense, described as his sense of ame.
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India
Ame
Largest Lake in Missouri at Lake of the Ozarks
The Missouri lake formed by damming the Osage River at Bagnell creates the Lake of the Ozarks, noted as the state's largest body of water.
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Missouri
Lake of the Ozarks
Bagnell
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Adolph Anderson
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Weibel Mill Company
Wm. Kohls, Sr
John Sutter
Henry H. Wolf, M. D
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Rochester
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C. S. Kniel
Verle
Josephine
Fred Gehring
Hazel
United States
Martin-Senour
Schori & Kaster Lumber Company
R. A. Crider
Figin Opera House
Grimm & Heillum
Elgin Echo
Mel Kohler
Falks' Garage
John Berndt
Elgin Bakery
Max ‘Fhoma
Wenger's Cafe
Stoehr Drug Store
F. R. Berg
Torkelyon Bros
L. G. Lehman
Becker Barber Shop
Walt
E.R. Withell
D. C
Potosi
Firestone
Ini
Ery
E Or Olson
Richard Cronks
John Falb
Pick Magazine
Better Homes & Gardens
Deliinator
McCall's Magazine
Pathfinder
Pictorial Review
Open Band
Parents’ Magazine
Fan Te Bial
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Mame
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