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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
1
Advertising rates listed for Cards of Thanks at 1.60, In Memoriam Carda at 1.00, plus Resolutions of Respect church society and school notices with admission charged and obituary poetry all at regular advertising rates.
In a 1933 editorial from Daily News Orange California, the return to the land movement draws investment capital back from stock gambling toward real estate. The piece argues currency expansion lowers debt and taxes, boosting land and commodity prices as land becomes the foundation of the economy.
A historical piece asserts railroads speed service and fund their own rights of way while trucks rely on taxpayer funded roads. It notes trucks pay higher taxes per vehicle yet railroads still contribute substantial tax revenue, detailing highway costs and 1929 shifts in freight to motor transport.
A historical notice notes seventeen principal markets received a teen million five hundred thousand head of livestock, nearly six times 1818 figures. It warns of millions of bushels of grain hauled to terminal warehouses, causing losses to country elevators. It proposes taxing overland truck operators, requiring insurance to indemnify victims, and cautions against reduced railroad service harming American commerce.
Sumner Gazette notes several counties and cities require job seekers to grow a large garden to qualify for unemployment aid. The paper supports the policy, condemning recipients who rely on public funds without personal effort and urging careful investigation to prevent racketeering by indolent applicants.
A Van Nuys California News item notes growing global sentiment and brotherly feeling as suffering and privation bring neighbors closer. It highlights increased generosity and a sense of solidarity among people who had not previously empathized with financial distress.
The poem honors soldiers who sacrificed for Decoration Day. It asks who made the poppy bought to honor them and tells of a wounded or lost veteran whose body and senses bear the scars of war. The speaker reflects on paying tribute to the serviceman.
A collection of antiquated jokes and quips about cultural differences, drink driving, hotel bells, and common phrases. The notes lampoon misused words and responsibility dodges, ending with a punch about mis-spellings and rumors from the Toledo Blade.
A collection of quips on wit judgment and manners. It notes the bias of juries in small towns the pull of appearances over fact and the need for patience and common sense. It references political bosses romance chance and happiness linked to climate and opportunity.
Thousands of sacred pigeons in Stamboul, Turkey, face hunger as government cuts grain aid once funded by mosque offerings. Muslims traditionally scatter grain to bless prayers five times daily, but an economy program reduced expenses for birds cherished since the era of Sultan Bayazid in the fifteenth century.
Red Kennedy hauled a 13 pound smallmouth bass from Lake Gutrode in Lake County Florida. The line parted as he brought the fish to the boat and he saved the prize despite losing his rod overboard. Kennedy credits luck and his redheaded plog for the catch.
Danish fishermen trial carrier pigeons to relay messages from boats to home port. Many boats lack radio or rely on pigeons as a backup, with potential expansion across the Danish fleet if trials succeed.
An old age pensioner on a small island in Lough Berg County Antrim has been given a radio by an anonymous donor. The letter accompanying the gift is signed by Madcap Madeline who hopes the wireless will help pass the hours and envies the recipient’s simple life.
An odd regional remark attributed to Mr. Timmie-O'Joake surfaces, describing a harsh family memory. The fragmentary note references a horn and a fonsy aide of the elpper Brook lyn Eagle, leaving unclear who or what is being described.
A brief reader remark questions if the lady wears Bose. The note adds odd phrasing about freckles and appearance, reflecting a clipped period style from the Louisville Courier Journal.
Report cites conversations with girls about marriage. A respondent claims most do not want to marry, while another questioner asks how such a conclusion is known, noting direct inquiries were made to the girls. The exchange highlights social expectations and evolving views on matrimony.
Tolerant Mrs Bildee speaks about neighbors in the next yard and their garden tools while tensions over ownership echo in Brooklyn. The brief mentions a fine set of garden tools as a focal point of local neighborly quarrel.
Scientists at the Imperial Institute of Entomology near London undertake a controlled study of freshly hatched locusts kept in a glass case in South Kensington. Electric lamps simulate tropical sun as researchers rear a brood to understand habits and develop control methods for the future outbreak threat in Africa and the Red Sea region.
A fragment sketching applied Christianity and public office, noting blunt opinions on reform, self restraint, and civic aesthetics. It muses on blunt honesty, women, men, and the cycles of mood, warning against overconfidence and urging simple remedies like grass for ugliness.
Record shows 3700 brides reported up to March 15, 1620 among wives of American expeditionary forces with nationalities including French 2295 British 1101 Dutch 8 Italian 42 German 81 Belgian 70 Russian 28 Spanish 7 Swiss 5 Romanian 1 Serbian 2 Jugoslav 2 Czecho 1 Greek 4 Polish 5 Greek counted. total 3700. Husbands were army navy and marine corps members. about 5000 marriages overall. The list notes only brides with records.
Electric workers at the Windsor Hogland power plant gave a funeral for Pat Cat, the pet who jumped on a hive wire and cut power. A wooden cross bore the inscription about his nine lives, and a wreath plus a switched device used to kill the cat were laid on the grave.
Dr Frederick E Clements Santa Barbara ecologist reports success planting Alpine wheat at timberline near Colorado Springs at about 11 000 feet elevation. The aim is to develop a high mountain wheat capable of growing on elevated ranches.
A tense exchange reveals the former owner’s ghost haunting the place and the startling note that the enraged tenant is a saxophone player, adding a musical twist to the eerie claim.
A dialogue portrays doctors emphasizing the value of X ray equipment in patient care. The exchange frames medical practice as financially beneficial to providers, contrasting clinical benefit with economic considerations in a concise, dated tone.
A fragment from the Buffalo Counter-Express notes how ventriloquists and scripted speeches shape political theater. It highlights speakers placed before audiences, with readers considering how words are put in mouths of candidates and aspirants.
A shopkeeper remarks on a dog that constantly howls through the night, while a patron recalls trying to quiet the animal by sitting up with it, reflecting a domestic dispute over a noisy pet.
The court on May 86th 1988 set the Application for Order reducing the bond of Receiver and Examiner in Charge for hearing on June 1985 at 10:00 AM in the Fay ette County Court House Wear Union Iowa. Notice to all creditors by one publication in Elgin Echo. Publication to occur at least five days before the hearing.
A reader sees ten listed words and asks how many are correctly spelled. At first glance three seem incorrect. the answer appears at page bottom. Words: kimona naptha parrafin sacrilegeous rarity equity supercede rythm ecstacy picknicking.
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