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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1928
Page
1
The portrayed platform endorses humane hunting ethics, urging hunters to avoid wounded animals and uphold fair chase. It emphasizes proficiency by seeking the hunter who proves skill while minimizing suffering and environmental impact. The text references Sportsman’s Platform as guiding principle.
A quip from American Magazine questions sensational burglary fears. The author notes people act as though three of five houses are burgled nightly, while suggesting many stories are exaggerated or unlikely in everyday life.
Regular council session at Town Hall with Mayor Muehlethaler presiding. Roll call noted Kohler Yenney Stoehr Falk present, Schari absent. minutes approved. bills audited and allowed by Kohler Yenney Stoehr Falk. several charges listed including pumps maintenance and street lights. Ordinances 162 and 163 introduced, read, and advanced through readings with suspensions. final passage and adoption of both ordinances. motion to adjourn carried.
The town council of Elgin Iowa passes Ordinance 162 authorizing the sale of a land parcel on Elmira Street to Chas Capper and T J Capper for one dollar with other considerations. The mayor and clerk are to deliver a warranty deed. Passed March 5 1928.
Fragmentary ad text repeats Save money and prompts readers to read the ads. The snippet includes garbled letters and quoted speech about a Mr Tropant, with unclear origin or context. The readable portion suggests a vintage newspaper ad or editorial aside urging savings.
The weekly Elgin issue of the Member National Editorial Assn. edited by R. P. Strauch appears on Thursday. The publication is entered as second class mail matter in Fayette County Iowa showing its long running schedule and local ownership.
Fayette County voters will decide the Republican nominees in the June 4 1928 primary. Candidates include W Thom pson of Wadena for Representative and W L Philips of West Union for Sheriff. William F Byers L A Grimes and Martin M Cooney of West Union also seek county offices with primary support.
Ordinance No. 163 of Elgin Town to legalize buying land at Lat 45 Conner's Add to Lutra now part of Elgin from Chas Capper and T J Capper. Consideration one dollar and other valuable considerations. Passed March 6 1928. Mayor F C Muehlethaler and Clerk J Harrington. Published in The Elgin Echo March 16 1928.
Colonial Recollection traces Baybrook as the first English settlement in Connecticut founded by Massachusetts emigrants. Saybrook housed David Bustell who devised a submarine torpedo and the American Tart diving boat, marking early maritime innovation.
In ancient Greece the Agora served as the central gathering place for public assembly and markets. Citizens met there for politics, commerce, and social life, making it the heart of urban civic activity.
Classified column from Postville area listing 31 acre farm near Clermont with buildings, price and terms. Also wanted safes, police pups, loose notes on lost sow near Elgin, two Poland China gifts, buggy parts and Hupmobile crank, various farm supplies including brooders and incubator, dictionaries, grain options, two Elgin lots, Leghorn chicks and hatchery, and scratch pads for sale at Echo Office.
Records indicate a mint for coinage at Trienta in Portugal was set up by the Suevic Goths between 430 and 457. It is thus plausible that jewelry and coins from Portugal bear dates over a millennium old.
The text notes wide variation in dental counts among animals. It cites humans with three teeth in one case, rodents averaging around twenty, and exceptions in hares and rabbits. It compares a dolphin with about two hundred teeth and a garden snail with over one thousand four hundred teeth.
A report alleges Mrs Feodat Wresiller, wife of a Russian peasant, bore many children including Dionere Sale viati of Florence, Judy, and two others, with David Wilson of Madison Indiana fathering 47 children. The item cites 47-Exchange as a credited figure.
The University of South Carolina in Columbia asserts it possesses the oldest standalone college building in America, highlighting its historic ties and architectural significance.
The text notes estimates of artillery shell sizes used in Civil War and World War I, stating average weights of shells in pounds and contrasting older Civil War usage with World War I demands. It references approximate tonnage and shifts in munitions size between the eras.
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