Want Ads Rates and Local Notices Summary
Classified snippets list rates for small and large inserts, penalties for late payment, and telegraph-style ads. Various items: lost rings, pens, farm help wanted, Rawleigh routes, veal calves, harness care, club offers, up for sale cattle, rubber stamps, typewriter supplies, and local market day scheduling conflicts. Notable names include Echo Office, Clermont, Elgin, Decorah, Waterloo, Dubuque Telegraph Herald, and Rawleigh Co. Details show dates around March and weekly radio announcements.
Elgin Study Club Discusses Motion Pictures
The Elgin Study Club met at Mrs. Mel Kohlar's home on February 28 with ten members. A program on Motion Pictures covered Roll Call Debate and Do Movies Hinder or Help Our Homes, while Mildred Habeger spoke on Making Our Homes Livable for Children. A paper by Mrs. Strauch was not presented. Lizzie Scholen attended as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin Study Club
Mel Kohlar
Augusta
Tabitha Society Meets at Baptist Church
The Tabitha Society gathered February 16 at the Baptist church with Esther Durscher Lillian Jacob and Mrs Wm Kohls Jr as hostesses. Twenty members answered roll call. A program included Lincoln and Washington pieces performed by Edna Miller a piano duet by Kathryn Kruger and Mrs Carence Kohls. The afternoon featured sewing and guests Lena Baumgartner and Clara Mueh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Society
the Baptist Church
Esther Durscher
Lillian Jacob
Wm. Kohls Jr
Lincoln
Edna Miller
Kathryn Kruger
Carence
Merry Quips and Quick Jests on Daily Life Vignettes
A collage of witty exchanges and quips from a late issue, featuring observational humor about voting, fashion, domestic life, and everyday frustrations. Characters like Peter, Evelyn, and Prudence inhabit light skits about hats, cars, payments, and social norms, with playful banter and punchlines.
State road work canceled for 1933 plan
A Volga City News letter from F. R. White chief engineer states State highway No. 112 from Volga City to No. 13 slated for relocation and surfacing in 1938 will not be touched this year. The governor orders cancellation of all 1933 construction projects not involving federal aid or nearing completion, disappointing many small towns booked for state improvement.
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Volga City
No. 13
Volga City News
F. R. White
Highway Commission
Pleasant Valley School District 10 February Updates
Seven pupils did not have perfect attendance due to illness and cold weather. A February 14 Valentine party delighted the students. Lessons highlighted Washington and Lincoln, with new arithmetic puzzles introduced at the recent Oelwein meeting. Mrs. Donald Jenson visited Feb 9. Eva Dummermuth welcomes visitors to the school.
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Washington
Lincoln
Oelwein
Donald Jenson
Eva Dummermuth
Community Notes From Grand Meadow News
Local residents and visitors are listed attending gatherings, dinners, and social visits across Grand Meadow and nearby towns. Names include Erickson, Olson, Thorson, Landsgard, Kittleson, Burgas, Loftsgard, Helgerson, and Forbes, reflecting a busy stretch of travel, hospitality, and community events.
Old Fashioned Remedy for Economic Illness
Knoxville reader Mia Larson suggests a home focused remedy for economic malaise. She says households cultivate illness by excessive domestic labor and leisure, urging more cleaning and less gambling, plus less credit and more backbone. Her letter ends with a humorous note about a long discarded washboard.
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Hall of
Mia
Lydia
Larson
Knoxville
Tenn
Qol- Her’s
Congress
Wall Street
Horses Ride To Fires In Los Angeles Mountains
Fire crews in Los Angeles still deploy horses for sequi duty where motorized apparatus cannot reach. A special horse transport truck carries the animals to forest fires in the hills, continuing a hybrid method as motorization replaces traditional fire horses.
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Los Angeles
Mule Tutor Snowshoes Help Mule Cross Snowy Trail
A mule owned by W. Klonwick near Sherridan Manitoba has been trained to wear snowshoes to carry a trapper's pack. The harnessed mule, about eighteen inches in diameter, refuses to walk in snow without the shoes, aiding travel north of the mining town.
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Sherridan
Man
W. Klonwick
Ancient Swedish Bible Passed Through Generations
A Swedish Bible printed in Europe about 310 years ago was handed down through a family and is now owned by Peter Pearson in Ashland Wisconsin. It is printed in old Scandinavian script.
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Europe
Peter Pearson
Ashland
Wis
Indianapolis News
Heard at a Party and Watchful Waiting Odd Exchanges
A quirky exchange hints at social age guesses for Madge Decolitay and a thief delaying car recovery. One speaker questions her stated age while another jokes about the thief awaiting a tire change.
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Madge
Whole Village for Sale in Burehaven Scotland
A fishing village in Burehaven Scotland with cottages and other buildings is offered for sale at 2100 dollars or best offer. The odd dialogue suggests mixed opinions on business versus leisure activities as residents debate, with a joking tone about daily life.
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Burehaven
Scotland
One Thing Needful Butcher Itound Steak
A fragmented verse item notes a tender steak and a bride named Taiebaee Nus, with stray phrases about shape and tenderness, in a southern parlor setting. The garbled OCR yields a brief, unclear record centered on food and an incomplete social cue.
Local notes mix of visits and illnesses in Elgin area
Community column records visits by Bess Stohr Agnes Crown and others across Eikader and Clermont. Illnesses quinzy and scarlet fever noted. Mrs. Dean and Mrs. Holden ill, with care by relatives. Local residents travel to Des Moines Steamboat Rock La Crosse Chicago and Marquette. births and moves among families reported.
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Want
Schayter
L. L
Kiple
Echo Office
Waterloo
Decorah
Capper Hatchery
Elgin
Jake Christen
Fred. Pfister
Clermont
Iowa
Wen
Rawleigh
West Union
Elkader
Fayette
Monona
Rawleigh Co
Dept
Freeport
Clermont Lumber
Charles Halverson
C. W.G. Finder
Wayne Gilson
Henry Nyborg
Gunder
Ofer
Echo and Enterprise
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Eave
Sheen
W. A. Nelson
Echo
Herb Anderson
Egin
Ed C. Olson
Merry
Daar
Teather
Australia
Peter
Niles
Sonny
Crimson
Wisa
Evelyn
Byrd
London
Alice
Prudence
Pleasant Valley
Grand Meadow News
Albert Erickson
Alton
Almer Erickson
Erskine
Minn
Clarence Olson
Quenton
Ole Thorson
Nels Lyngaas
Minnie
Myra Olson
Eunice Landsgard
Realto Wold
Erickson Bros
Anton Scholen
Arthur Olson
Gilbert Buraas
Gloria
Melien Loftsgard
Sam Erickson
Ed Nelson
Edgar
Postville
Martin Halverson
Knudt Kittleson
Joseph Olson
Florence Erickson
Mary McNiel
Ames Olson
Darlene
Arthur S. Olson
Esten Landsgard
Eunice
Henry Olson
Clifford Kittleson
H. H. Gilbertson
Ole Blockhus
Norma
Verna
Gilbert Burgas
Lloyd Agnes
Mellien Loftsgard
Nels Anderson
Osage
Esten Landagard
Luther League
Austen Helgerson
Forbes
Bridge
Bess Stohr
Eikader
Beat Falk
Agnes Crown
W. Davidson
Oscar Holden Haseen
Quinsy
Mrs. M. “Yenney
R.A. Crider Home
H. D. Yacks
Serene
Nella Capper
H. W. Falk
George Vaughn
Delwein
T. W. Dean
James Bailey
Joe Martie
Eilkader
Oscar Holden
Hans Grether
Erma
Wyman
R. Blake
Des Moines
Hans Keiser
Ern Holzer
Priscilla Club
Kathryn Kroger
Steamboat Rock
Steen Rw
Harry
Zotar Kroger
Mra
Jacob Gehring
Anna Schupbacht
Darlene Yearous
Clifford Larson
Blader
Jacob Yeatons Sr
Schmid
Harry Gilson
Guy ‘Whitford
Chicago
John Palb
Wiibar Falb
EB. L
Morris
Marquette
Fred Falb
la Crosse
Jobs. Wera “etAll-sedree
Harvey
Krise
Gon
Bob
Nora’ Olson
Detroit
Mich
Ole J. Olson
Henry Kruse
Farmersburg
L.C. Smiths
Underwoods
Remingtons
Algo
ALL. Riley Company
New Hampton, Iowa
R. P. Strauch
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