Want Ads and Local Notices from Feller's Hardware Ad Rates
A dated notice outlines want ad rates up to 26 words at 25 cents per insertion and 1 cent per word over 25. It warns of 10 cent weekly handling charges if replies come to the office and 10 cents per line billed at month end. The piece also mentions telephonic payments, cash terms, and a local foot race tease linked to a band concert. Feller's Hardware, West Elgin, is advertised as having a complete line of tools with prices always right.
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Want
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Congress views town editor on taxes and habit of congressmen
A town editor recalls Pennsylvania school boards raising levies then easing them, notes revenue act taxes irritate but stay, and observes Congress members' reading habits and clothing fashions. He mentions home papers kept for weeks and a Washington area dog boarding sign near a farm.
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Pennsylvania
Echo Adverts Hint at Savings in Elgin Daily Buy
Local shoppers are urged to read the Echo advertisements and tell merchants about the deals. Highlights include social visits and gatherings among residents such as Mrs. Gus Hackman, Frances Skars haug, and families in Clermont Guthrie Center and West Union. A youth, Junior Boyer, broke a toe in an accident described as a lucky misfortune.
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Gus Hackman
Clermont
Frances Skarshaug
Louiss Schori
Guthrie Center
Celia Rennison
Chas. Feller
Emma Bunting
Dubuque
L. J. Cooley
Caroline Miller
Rosa Jacobs
Emma Reusser
Elmer
Anna Falk
Hans Keiser
Glen Schori
Lily Colby
Chicago
G. N. Schori
Ed Gehring
Wadena
Randalia
Roy Heyer
Trygve Husberg
Clifton
West Union
George Cowles
F. R. Berg
Mr. Husberg
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
Junior Boyer
Melvin Boyer
Unusual Iowa engineering in Amana colonies tunnel project
The Amana colonies advance a 60 foot Holland tunnel under the canal that forms the mill race as part of a drainage project covering over 40 acres of bottom lands and runoff from more Amana farms. The era’s oddities include a Dysart man hosting a grove wedding with admission fees and local singing and races.
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Iowa
Amana
J. F. Layson and Son
St. Joseph
Atlantic
M. P. Galloway
Fort Dodge
State Highway Commission
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Dysart
Margaret Ferguson
Little Falls
Minn
Charles Sturtz
Fairfield
J. E. Haleton
North English
Dumont
Gulf of Mexico
Carl F. Woolery
Polks County
Harrison County Board of Supervisors
Kenneth C. Acrea
Bill Peterson
Anthon
Florence
Robbie) Robinson
Hugh Johnson
Sioux City
Robbie
NRA
Austin Turner
Clif Okey
Corning
Fair Grounds
Davenport
Rural road funds to aid farmers and businesses
The federal ruling directs 25 percent of secondary highway relief funds to rural roads off the state system. The move, welcomed by farm leaders, will include rural post routes school bus paths and farm-to-town highways. Local officials anticipate collaboration with state highway authorities to speed distribution and begin low cost gravel or stabilized road projects. Decorah Journal.
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State Highway Department
Decorah Journal
Feeds Turkeys On Alcohol To Tender Meat
Evelyn Walker of Washington DC advocates feeding turkeys alcohol to guarantee tenderness. Milas Walker starts a ten day sherry and mash regimen, then turkeys graze on grasshoppers but crave daily sherry. At slaughter they receive up to three ounces of corn whisky, relaxing muscles at death to ensure softness.
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Evelyn Walker
Washington, D. C
Milas Walker
Maple species value and wood properties
Of the three common species of mapl e, hard maple is the most valuable and ranks second to the oaks in general farm use. Its wood is hard, stiff, strong, and it holds to shape very well. It takes and holds a polish and for this reason is well adapted for use on moving parts and platforms. It rots rapidly when left to contact with the soil.
The Arctic Ice Sheet Remnant of the Last Ice Age
The Antarctic ice sheet, spread over about 5,000,000 square miles, remains a remnant of the most recent Ice Age, highlighting vast ancient ice preservation in the southern region.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Affidavit Required for Iowa Liquor Store Employees
West Bend Journal reports the Iowa liquor control commission requires all employees to sign an affidavit denying any campaign contributions or financial obligations to political parties. The affidavit states no money or value has been paid or promised for the job and will be required of future hires under threat of firing if signed.
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Roensa
Cedar Rapids
Afghanistan
Lisbon
Til
Huxley
Iowa
Cambridge
Sabula
Mississippi River
Jackson County
Salaw
Wwe
Liquor Come
Mission
Shaidavite
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
West Bend Journal
Should Tax Mail Order Firms In Northwood Anchor
The Northwood Anchor editor and Linn county Rep Hickenlooper support a chain store tax in the legislature. They note millions leave the state to untaxed mail order houses in Minneapolis St Paul Chicago and Kansas City. The piece argues mail order firms drain small town trade and backs a tax burden on them.
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Northwood Anchor
Hickenlooper
Linn County
Town Retail Merchants Association
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Chicago
Kansas City
Brother Hammond
The
Decorah Journal
Honest Sales Promotion in Newspapers and Magazines
A Clean, forthright defense of advertising in print media. The piece argues honest promotion serves readers without intruding on their time or leisure, aligning with big advertisers' code of fair dealing and quality alongside transparent ads.
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Daily Mercury
Tap on Hollow Treee Indians in Brazil observed
Indian observers report Hollow Treee people in Brazil sending messages by tapping hollow trees. Signals travel long distances as others place their faces to similar trees to receive the message.
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Brazil
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D. J. Raftis
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Sam Boys Farm
Volga
Will Nydegger
Elgin Poultry Co
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Rosa Muehlethaler
Echo
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L. S. Hutchinson
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Congress
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Country Weekly
Washington
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D.C
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Legal Reserve
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