Want Ad Rates Up To 28 Words And Charges
A historical local ad page outlines want ad rates and handling charges, detailing 26 cents per word for up to 28 words, then 1 cent per word for each additional insertion. It notes 10 cents per week for extra service, cash with order, no charge accounts, and telephonic payments due by month end with a 10 cent per line billing fee if overdue. Also lists various sale items like berries, plants, poultry, stoves, and a stray Hereford steer with contact notes.
Iowa Fishes and Parks Boosts For Sportsmen
The article describes the common pike in Iowa waters, its feeding and spawning, and the state’s efforts to stock lakes and streams. It notes cooperation with the public to protect fish, praises the parks system and its expected growth, and outlines a national campaign to restore nesting grounds for migratory waterfowl, listing involved agencies and the need for new ponds and food plants. It also calls for eradicating certain birds deemed enemies of game birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mississippi
Towa
State Fish and Game Commission
Dexter Sentinel
Reaccoon
U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey
Washington
Congress
Washington Bureau
Fish and Game Commissions
Izaak Walton League
American Game Association
Audubot Societies
American Legion
Paul Redington
J. E. Guthrie
Iowa State College
Primary Election Upsets and Races Across Counties
The Democratic and Republican primary results show surprising upsets in multiple offices including auditor, treasurer, sheriff, recorder, county attorney and statewide races. Notable tallies feature Brookhart leading Field for U S Senator, and Haugen, Benson, and Kehoe among others polling strongly in various contests with numerous smaller party results and local nominations across Clermont and Pleasant Valley townships.
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Tilyria
U. S
Brookhart
Cook
Cosson
Bickelberg
Field
Haynes
Pletcher
Newport
Benson
Haugen
Hager
Hendrickson
Marston
Byers
Cohen
Robinson
Thompson
Brause
Cline
Bilts
Hutchinson
Lee
Sheriff Anderson
King
Nehring
Thiele
Grimes
Johnson
Cooney
Shaw
Falk
Hettler
Scott
Smith
Marion U. S
Hickelberg
Kehoe
Kime
Lange
Turner
Bennett
Clark
Darting
Fischer
Kringel
Lemley
Long
Martten
Fletcher
Secretary of Agriculture
Lambert
Thornburg
R. RB
Coggswell
Felton
Gray
Marten
Rich
Murphy
Dubuque
Senate
Bierman
Decorsh
Will
Racount Demanded Centipede as Misnomer in News Claim
In a Birmingham News item a writer argues the term centipede is a misnomer since no creature has exactly one hundred legs with the phrase noting C. chorus as a counterpoint to the common name.
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Birmingham News
Elgin Farmers Board Sells Ice House Building
The Elgin Farmers Board of Directors announces open bids for the old ice house building at the Ice Creamery. The property contains thousands of feet of old time lumber and will be sold Saturday June 11 1982 at 1 oclock p.m. Bids may be advanced by calling Fred Reichert. The board may reject any or all bids. Meléhr Lucheinger secretary.
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Elgin ‘Farmers’ Daley. Oo
Tone
Orelook
Fred Reichert
Hidke
Vandalism Protest Over Cutting Ancient Documents
In England lovers of old items protest the cutting up of historic documents for household ornaments. Old documents are being converted into lampshades vanity boxes and other items. Theera and others decry this vandalism destroying many priceless relics.
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England
Old Days Riff on Politics and Oddities in Torchlight Tales
In a chatty vignette, voices recall early politics and bustling torches, while a rattletrap car is used as a hunting decoy. A joke about dinner invitations follows a doctor's caution on meals, revealing curious social quirks and banter from a past era.
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Jones
Mexican military opens service to literate men
Mexico's war and marine department states only applicants who can read and write will be admitted to the army and navy. Soldiers and sailors who refuse schooling will be discharged. Also notes on social chatter about a new cook and a brief domestic exchange.
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Mazica
the War and Marine Department of Mexico
Army
Navy
Blooming Desert Reclaimed Lands Produce Value in Irrigation Drive
Government irrigation projects reclaimed areas in the West producing crops valued at 161.17 million dollars that year. Work continues as the irrigation program expands.
Plus Adding Machine Golfer at Ipswich Star Dialect
A humorous Ipswich Star snippet shows a golfer asking if his score is 14 or 15 at a hole. The caddie claims ignorance while the golfer chides his own performance and prefers a clerk over a caddie.
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Ipswich
Varying the Monotony Cartoon Caption
A wry quip about medical advice and riding horses. The indolent man jokes that his doctor wants him on a horse perhaps to cure dyspepsia by a broken collarbone, highlighting lazy humor and comic misdirection.
Benator Pledges Proof While Hostess Teases Politician
In Campaign Time Benator a hostess gushes to a prominent politician claiming she has heard much about him. He replies coolly that possibly she has but cannot prove it. The exchange reflects campaign era wit and intrigue around political reputations.
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Benator
Politician's Path: Law, Medicine, and the Study of Country
O'Bell argues that gaining public office requires learning the country itself rather than formal training. He contends lawyers and doctors must study law or medicine, while politicians need to study their own country and its people.
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Intereetaas O
West Union meeting approves dis program plans
Bari Bureau reports near unanimous West Union vote to accept general plans for the dis program. Decision to use the city’s facilities instead of the Iglar building cited as due to better facilities and shelter. Local notes mention visitors Leo Grether and Frieda Jene Doty, summer school openings, and a family birthday gathering at the Muehlenthaler home with relatives present.
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Farm Buréau
West Union
Xldck
City Drug Store
Leo Grether
al Grether
Frieda Jene
Es Doty
Waterloo
F. C. Muelthaler
Jacob Fooda
Elgin
Ed Klingman
Dind
Louis Klingman
Clarence
Edward ‘Klingman
R. W. Jaunt
Chas. Feller
Electrie
Feller's Hardware
West Elgin
Dide' Mia
Muehlenthaler
Ray DeSart
Myrlin Feller
Leslie Cooley
Average American Spending Split Includes Auto, Candy, Home
A reader notes the typical American allocates 21 percent of income to automobiles, 16 percent to candy and cigars, and 5 percent to home improvement. The column invites reflection on spending patterns and priorities.
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Mabel Holzer
Capper Hatchsey
Geo
Pollitt
Four County
Postville
Royal Sta
Echo
Elmer Schori
Feller
West Rigid
Hereford
Herbert Dimalc
Halldie
Mc‘Casky
Crosby-Wirth
The
Elgin Echo
Carl J. Drake
McCormick-Deering
Wasil Germine Ihc
McCormick-Deers
Torkelson Bros
LHC
Farm Implementa
Chrysler
Plymouth Ars
Goodyear Tires
Hlgin
M.‘L. Hutton
Hills
Hutchsingen
Anderson
Grimey
Ardson
Firman
Willie
McGhes
Powell
Recorder—Frozen
Lusk
Stoopa
Phelps
Sharp
Campbell
Olson
Brooks
Habertenter
Clermont
Wickham
Buser
Larson
Halverson
Ela Johnson
Anderson and
Tatro
Kneeland
Kittleson
Harold Landsgard
Roger Henderson
W. R. Blake
Alphie Thorson
Milo Anderson
Gus Hackman
Louie T. Olson
Oscar Larson
Malone
Rounds
Immitteeman
Mrs. Cooley
Griebenow
Fay
Powers
Ostlie
Crowe
Leedy
Pleasant Valley
Gunderson
Strauch
Hanson
Brackin
Jacob
Wilson
Lyon
Assensor
W. C. Follett
B. H. Brackin
R. P. Strauch
Rob Wilson
C. B. Schori
E. M. Hong
J. J. Phillips
R. W. Muehlenthaler
Nella Capper
Meléhr
Lucheinger, Sec'y
Sorsham
Medico
Bari Bureau
Vic
Seaoa
Tourlat
Apo
Weibel Mill Company
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