Classified Ads Rates and Local Listings in Elgin Echo
An assortment of want ads and notices from Elgin area listing sales like Velvet seed barley and sweet potatoes, farm horses and gear, secondhand ranges, sales books, and jobs. Also includes advertising rates, billing notes, and radio program promotions from WMT Waterloo and KGCA Decorah. Contacts include Blockbus Bros, Fred Nydegger, Henry Frieden, Tom Barron, Capper Hatchery, Falk's Garage, and A G Bauder. Various dates and price details for 80s era classifieds.
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Waterloo
Decorah
Spring Time is Paint Time at Feller's Hardware
Want ads urge quick sales by detailing offerings. Community mentions dinner guests and hospital visits. Feller's Hardware in West Elgin promotes paints and varnishes as low priced for home care.
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Clarence Kohls
Kathryn Kruger
Charlotte Borchardt
Edwin Kruger
Chris Schweitzer
John Etter
Frances Pinney
Fred Pinney
West Union Hospital
Feller
Every Day Not a Holy Day Sabbath Claim Debunked
A Pathfinder Magazine note argues against the claim that all seven days are observed as a Sabbath by some religion. It notes Friday for Muslims, Saturday for Jews and others, and Sunday for most Christians, with uncertain or defunct ancient groups cited to support the idea.
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Seventh Day Adventists
Seventh Day Baptista
Persia
Pathfinder Magazine
The Model Girls and Polite Society Conversation
A witty note on shifting decorum in polite society. The author recalls a colonial dinner conversation where a young lady is described as frank and ready to discuss anything, leaving little room for discretion. The quip underscores changing norms and the allure of unbounded candor.
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Ritcheff
The
London Globe
Mail Expresses Change Yet One Route Stands Slow
For 36 years W. H. Wellorton has driven the mail by buckboard wagon with a jack mule between the post office and railroad station. The rapid rise of air travel contrasts with this unchanged route known for three daily trips and a jack powered conveyance in the federal mail service.
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Edwards
Cole
W. H. Wel-lorton
Federal Mall Service
Noise Abatement Official Recalls Radio Shop Anecdote
Gerald C. Winthrop of the New York noise abatement commission described a humorous incident in which a distressed woman entered a radio supply shop and, after asking if they kept everything for radio, demanded an ax from the salesman.
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Gerald C. Winthrop
New York Noise Abatement Commission
Cross of Allouez on view at Neville Museum Green Bay
A sterling silver cross belloved to have been carried by Father Claude Allouez, pioneer missionary, is exhibited at the Neville Public Museum in Green Bay Wisconsin. The cross was recovered about sixty years ago and was sent to the museum by Mia Millen Lawton Wilson of De Pere.
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Claude Allouez
Neville Public Museum
Green Bay
Wia
Mia
Milen Lawton Wilson
de Pere
Heard on Street Car Quip About Husbands Musical Talent
A Boston Transcript quip notes a street car remark that “My husband is quite unmusical. He can't follow the simprest tune.” A reply adds that “Mine can, but he's navally some distance behind.”
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Boston Transcript
Thrifty Wife Joke Story From Fortieth Birthday
A humorous note about a wife praised for thrift. The tale mentions a fortieth birthday cake with twenty ax candles, underscoring a playful theme of economy and wit. The line suggests a wife's careful budgeting is a running joke in the household.
Through A Womans Eyes by Jean Newton
An eleven year old boy is entertained at luncheon by his mother's friend. He recounts the visit, noting the talk and the joke about soup. The piece reflects on adult fun and how pleasure is sought in games, cards, and sports, comparing adult and childhood enjoyment.
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Bott
Humorous exam notes and late 20th century school quirks
A collage of schoolroom gaffes and social commentary. It cites 1981 events like R. J Carroll’s reelection as Postville superintendent, recalls playful misspellings and jokes about spare the rod and school life, and lampoons consumer trends and racial stereotypes of the era with compact satire.
High School Notes Mention Sickness Speeches and Exams
The report lists students like Alma Opland and Alvina Frieden earning shorthand certificates from Gregg Writer. It notes Helen Mu Rth gradey and others missing days, a senior play Friday, and visits by Melvina Buroden and others. Courses include commercial law, bookkeeping, real estate, and topwriting error charts.
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Melvina Buroden
Esther Kruger
Charlotte Borchardt
John Berndt
Dillis
Irma
Viola
Maria Carpenter
Be patient with the shortcomings of others but impatient with Your own own
A concise aphorism urging patience toward others while emphasizing strict self-critique. The phrasing highlights personal accountability and restraint in judging others. It reflects a moral stance on in-group behavior and self discipline in conduct and speech.
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Want
Blockbus Bros
Elgin
Fred Nydegger
Echo Office
Saie
Henry Frieden
Towa
Rotte
South Bend
Feller’s Hardware
Andrew Dummermuth
Tom Barron
Marehail Helms
Townsip
McCasky
Grosby-Wirth
U. S
Elgin Echo
Falk
Mary Benson
Ole J. Olson
S. A. G. Bauder
Echo and Enterprise
Dubuque
J. C. Schmid
Atlantic Monthly
the Atlantic
Amercia
the Atlantic Monthly
Arlington St
Boston
Rapie
Kansas City Star
Harold
Patroo
Jean Newton
Africa
Jolics Ogesar
Hallowe'en
Bell Byndicaga
WM Barvion
R. J Carroll
Postville
Campbell
As Fell
Helen Mu
Ron
Dean
Robert Kohler
Smiths
Underwoods
Eac
Iowa
A. L. Riley
Company
New Hampton, Iowa
R. P.strauch
Tos
Enuers
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