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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
4
Want Ad rates explained with 85 cents for up to 25 words and 1 cent per word thereafter. Additional 10 cent weekly handling for replies. Cash with order, no billing accounts. For Sale a blue serge Middisnade suit size 40 seldom worn, Echo Office. Echo subscription agency offers magazines at low club prices and handles remittance records.
French mathematician Etienne Gezout (1730 83) stood among the era’s fore most scholars. His chief work was Theorie Generale des Equations Algebriques and his widely adopted textbooks shaped mathematical instruction.
European Cowboys roamed Europa before America was discovered. Gypsy riders on the Canpar gue in the south of France and the plainsmen of the Hortobagy in Hungary are described as picturesque as the cowboys of the United States.
The article reflects on how no office of president existed before Washington and the Constitution lacked a prior model, highlighting the unprecedented nature of the American executive. It emphasizes the framers faced an uncharted head of state with no historical precedent to guide them.
A South Pacific beverage called kava is prepared from pepper plant roots or leaves. The drink is intoxicating in effect but nonalcoholic, using a variety of pepper plants as its source.
Harry G. Taylor chairman of the Western Railroads leads a program to boost western advertising by placing 6,086 weeklies on western railroad ads. He cites his past as editor publisher and public relations work, noting the industry faced cutbacks but valued country weeklies for shipping and passenger traffic centers.
Mrs. Anna Dvorak files a petition in Fayette County District Court to quiet her fee simple title to the north halves of Lot 4 and Lot 5 in Block 17, Hawkeye, Iowa. Defendants Frank Dvorak, Charles Dvorak, William Henry Woltman, and Mary Dorothy Holubek are warned to appear by September 7, 1936, or default will be entered. The court will determine if defendants have any claim clouding the plaintiff's title.
The Grave Creek mound near Moundville West Virginia is the largest conical earthwork in the United States with a basal diameter of 320 feet and a height of 70 feet.
Seawater actually flows beneath the pavements of certain Durban streets as tides push water through the ground, revealing a rare groundwater–surface interaction in the coastal city.
Old established farm supply firm seeks a permanent service worker. Reports show earnings around 300 dollars monthly for men with car and farm experience. No cover letter required. mail coupon to Box 164 Dept 7136 Quincy Illinois. Age, name, address, and number of years on farm requested.
Iowa records show 28 000 acres of flax grown in 1933 and May farm income at its highest since 1930. Reports note rising hog slaughter abroad and pork packing in the Northwestern United States. Iowa’s Cattle Feeders Day at Iowa State College in Ames is set for Friday August 14.
Authorities on animal care advise plenty of salt for horses and mules during heat. Tests show livestock with access to salt stand heat better. salt helps stock replace loss from perspiration though heavy work warmth cannot be fully offset. Ample shade in pastures is urged to prevent animals from standing idle in sun.
The 1935 tuberculosis Christmas seal sale in Iowa totaled 83177.14. Fayette County raised 991.01, a per capita 3.4 cents, while the state average was 8.36 cents. Iowa’s 1935 total surpassed 1934 by 10 percent from 75655.83. Fayette County’s 1934 total was 911.01.
In 1625 London kept twenty hackney coaches at inns for hire. The City offered a growing system of hired carriages used by patrons seeking transport within the capital.
A flurry of visits and visits in nearly every home is recorded. C C Harrison of Chicago and Mrs Hoyt Young of Arlington spent time with W R Stewart and other local families. Several residents hosted guests from West Union Janesville and Clermont while Kinship and remodeling occur. An auto accident near Postville injured Kenneth Shaffer. a birth to Nancy Ruth DeSart was recorded.
In the smaller islands of the West Indies crime is scarce. The text notes that natives rarely steal money or valuables and highway robbery is unknown on these islands.
A brief, fragmentary note describes sunrise timing in the Virgin Islands and contrasts it with sunset observations in the Philippines during the early IIS era. The passage highlights how daylight is perceived at different locations in a historical context.
Norge Rollator refrigerator sales for the six months ending June 30th rose 38.6 percent over the same period in 1935, with other Norge home appliances showing strong gains. Washer sales up 128 percent, electric ironers 437 percent, gas ranges 202 percent, electric ranges 68 percent, air burners 210 percent, and commercial refrigeration units 165 percent. Mrs. C. G. Harrison and grandson Harrison Flick from Chicago visited July 4 in the W. R. Stewart home, tracing family ties back to the Kerr farm near Elgin. Rev. Carrie V. Lucas of Strawberry Point visited her brother George Vaughn and wife last Wednesday.
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