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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1935
Page
4
Precious Cargo Sets School Bus Safety Standards
A Pulaski County Democrat report from Winamac Indiana notes that 7000 school buses travel 200000 miles daily carrying 306000 children. A new board, including key state officials, has set safety specs requiring steel bodies, emergency doors, shatterproof glass, proper ventilation, and health checks for drivers, to be enforced by September 1 1940.
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Indiana
Iowa nepotism claims spark early 1845 critique
The Davenpont Gazette alleges nepotism in Iowa politics, noting James Clarke's U.S. appointment as Governor of Iowa Territory and counting five Dodge family members with high offices and roughly fourteen thousand dollars in collective salaries.
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Iowa
Dodge
Country Life Institute to Meet at Ames in June
The first annual Country Life Institute, organized by the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, will be held June 19 to 22 at Ames. The program centers on The Outlook for Country Life in the Corn Belt with focus on linking rural and urban welfare and sharing expertise to tackle common problems.
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Country Life Institute
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Ames
Corn Belt
Longest Known Iowa Court Cost Check Settles Ten-Year Case
A $5,939.97 court cost check was presented to Clerk Burgess W. Garrett by attorneys for The Associated Packing Co. The defunct Des Moines firm faced a lengthy action titled State of Iowa Ex Rel H. M. Havner vs The Associated Packing Company et al. The Continental Casualty Company underwrote the bond, ending a decade-long dispute.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Burgess W. Garrett
Associated Packing Co
Des Moines
State of Iowa
H. M. Havner
Associated Packing Company
Continental Casualty Company
Why Farm in Alaska Debate From Senator Goetseh
State Senator Sam D Goetseh of Decorah protests farm policy in a letter to President Roosevelt and Agriculture officials. He argues Alaska land settlement is unnecessary and costly, proposing instead moving settlers to Iowa or southern Minnesota with 40 acre farms on productive soil.
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Alaska
Sam D. Goetseh
Decorah
Roosevelt
Wallace
Rex Tugwell
Iowa
Minnesota
Towns famous rock garden draws Iowa visitors
Albert Koehler farmer south of Fayette, Iowa, built a distinctive rock garden combining rocks from many states with flowers. The garden features rocks from Pike's Peak, the Garden of the Gods, a meteor from Clayton County, and many rare items plus a pool and stone structures. Hundreds of tourists visit each season, especially during iris bloom. Floyd E Brewer, Shenandoah native, has paintings in New York and Minneapolis galleries, with works in Nash- Connolly galleries in Minneapolis and the Anderson Galleries in New York.
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Albert Koehler
Fayette
Fayette County
Koehler
Iowa
Fayette Co. Union
Wisconsin
Indians
Michigan
Florida
Kentucky
Tennessee
Georgia
Montana
Nebraska
California
Oklahoma
Vermont
Missouri
Texas
South Dakota
North Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Colorado
New Mexico
Pike's Peak
Garden of the Gods
Jesse James
Clayton County
Lexington
Dyersville
Dutton’s Cave
New York
Minneapolis
Floyd £. Brewer
Golda Brewer
Shenandoah
Brewer
Shenandoah Gazette
Conn
Hans Hoffman
Munich
Germany
Fernando Liger
Paris
France
Kondinsky
Berlin
Globe Bldg
St. Paul
Mann
Anderson Galleries
Brew‘er
Nash-Connolly
Frogs For Market From New Orleans Farm Raise 20000 Eggs
A resident two and a half miles east of Spencer buys ten 3 pound adult frogs from a New Orleans farm. He builds a pool on his property for breeding. Several spawns now hold more than 20000 eggs. When grown, the frogs will be sold for culinary use. Meanwhile Prof Theodore Nickel of Luther College plans to marry Fraulein Irma Von Hafen of Hamburg, Germany after proposing by cable gram last autumn and heading to Germany to claim his bride.
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Spencer
Frank Fitzloff
New Orleans
Mr. Fiteloff
Theodore Nickel
Luther College
Fraulein Irma von Hafen
Hamburg
Germany
Nickel
Decorah Journal
How an Iowa country editor views Congress continued
The piece notes a shift in tone toward the NRA after a historic Supreme Court decision. Telegrams to the President reportedly run 9 to 1 in favor of the NRA, while longtime critics like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce grow more concerned about the NRA situation.
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Iowa
Congress
NRA
Supreme Court
United States Chamber of Commerce
What Will Be The Outcome As I Write This Tune
The writer notes uncertainty about legislative outcomes to meet the emergency. Committees debate preserving NRA gains such as banning child labor and sweatshop conditions, and setting fair wages and hours within reasonable limits, with congressional lawyers to decide feasibility.
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NRA
Congress
NRA decision and AAA amendments questioned
The letter questions how NRA actions may affect proposed amendments to the AAA. It suggests licenses by the Secretary of Agriculture could become impossible and notes parts of the current law may be found unconstitutional. Readers may see answers to these questions by the time the letter is published.
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NRA
AAA
Secretary of Agriculture
Memorial Day Reflections On Peace Time Heroes And Roosevelt
In a May memorial in the Fourth District citizens honored peace time heroes, recalling Titanic survivors like Mrs Straus who chose duty over life boat seats. The piece laments glorifying war and urges more peace time service, while noting upcoming Shriners convention in Washington June 9 to 18 with streets decorated for the event.
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Fourth District
America
Washington
Local Fronts Dress for State Convention Decor—A Decorah Comparison
Readable fragments describe town fronts draped in red white and blue for a convention or celebration. Comparisons suggest Washington will be decorated similarly, likened to Decorah multiplied many times.
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Ath
Washington
Decorah
Prayer by Dr Jaenh Dirhe sparks early Congress feud
Dr Jaenh Dirhe, American born clergyman, offered a prayer at a Continental Congress meeting in 1774. Fearing colonial reprisals, he fled to England then urged Washington for aid. His property was confiscated, he was declared a traitor, and in 1700 he moved to Philadelphia where he died in 1798.
Brief note on deaf mute alphabet and symbolic sign aid
A Collier's Weekly excerpt cites J. F. Regan explaining that deaf mutes rarely use the deaf and dumb alphabet except for names and dates. They employ an indicative sign language faster than speech, allowing mutes from different nations to sometimes converse without shared written language.
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Seidom
J. F. Regan
Lawrence
Collier'a Weekly
Hospitality Counts Most Among Arabs
Hospitality is identified as the supreme virtue among Arabs, with truth-telling described as a core aspect of their behavior in the given account. The note emphasizes social values and ethical norms attributed to Arab culture.
Grasshoppers Starved After Relief Flour Gaffe
A Mitchell County Press parable tells of a South Dakota farmer distressed by grasshoppers who, after trying turkeys and other measures, was advised to spread relief flour along fences by Secretary Wallace. The grasshoppers ate it then starved waiting for more, illustrating a caution against misguided relief.
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South Dakota
Wallace
Mgr. Wallace
Mitchell County Press
Special four hour enamel pricing at Fellers Hdw Weat Elgin
Notice advertises special prices on four hour enamel from Feller's Hardware, Wheat Elgin. It invites customers to visit the store to investigate offers and compare prices.
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Feller
Elgin
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