Want Ad Rates and Gardening Notes From 1930s Iowa
A readable mix covers want ad pricing rules and household tips. It notes 25 word ads at 25 cents, overage at 1 cent per word, and handling charges for office replies. It also warns on washing wool blankets with lukewarm water, cites 1938 poultry figures, and summarizes a Mason City survey on egg refrigeration. It discusses lawn mowing heights, Midwest turf research, and a dry fall to cool spring pattern. It highlights Iowa Soil Conservation Week proclaimed by Governor Wilson with field days and a McGregor soil project tour. It adds farming cost insights, focusing cultivation efficiency and potential acre gains using wider tools and early cultivation before plowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
George A. Wilson
R. K. Bliss
Iowa State College Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Farm Security Administration
AAA
McGregor
Ermine Fur Turns Brown in Summer Change
The living ermine or stoat sheds its white winter coat for a brown summer hue. French King Louis XIV, known as the Grand Monarch, is associated with the phrase L etat c est moi meaning I am the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XIV
France
Had His Share Editor at the Pearly Gates
A poem in which an editor stands before St. Peter at the Pearly gates. The gatekeeper asks what he has done, and the editor replies he has worked as an editor for many years. The gates swing open and he is invited in to choose a harp after tasting a little hell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Man of Fate
Fold
St. Peter
Hell
Rare Kangaroo Mouse Found By Roadside In Iowa
Frank Sinclair found a rare kangaroo mouse during road work near Weldon in Decatur County. He discovered a nest with two individuals, believed dead but later found one breathing as they hibernated for winter. He kept one in a fruit jar and built a cage, noting the animal's long hind legs, heavy tail, and fox like fur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Frank Sinclair
Weldon
Decatur County
Sinclair
Wooden stimulators praised to curb dental ills by Dr Chavers
Dr W J Chavers of Des Moines Iowa argues toothpicks should be called wooden stimulators to pass etiquette censorship Miss Betty Roberts uses a wooden stimulator The device removes food matter from gums and can reduce mouth bacteria according to Dr Charters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Chavers
Des Moines
Iowa
Betty Roberts
Charters
Moseley Linked to Nation-Wide Plot Denunciation Former General
Washington dispatches report Major General George Van Horn Moseley, who retired last summer amid denunciations of the New Deal, has had his name mentioned in evidence before the spies committee as part of a nationwide plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
George van Horn Moseley
United States Army
Spies Committee
Inaugurating Regular Airmail to Europe
Port Washington scene at Pan American base before the Yankee Clipper takes off to inaugurate weekly air mail service to Europe. The Clipper carries only mail for now with 50 passenger accommodations available later, handed to Captain Arthur E. La Porte by New York Postmaster Albert Goldman.
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Port Washington
N. Y
Pan-American
Pan- American
Europe
Arthur E. la Porte
Albert Goldman
New York
Elgin Social Notes Include Visits and Picnics
Elgin residents hosted and visited friends across town with dinners and Sunday calls. Alfred Stolle of Seattle, former Elgin resident, stopped by Tuesday. Helen Wegner organized a senior picnic at Schori Springs. Frank Pringle and son from Monrovia visited relatives Friday. Portable Feed Mill now at Mrs. France De Sart home on Pleasant Street. W C Falb and Walter Kohler returned from Chicago with cars. Winnifred MecMillan’s Brackin school program marked closing. she plans ISU summer study. Hardware ad promotes interior and exterior paints from Bradley and Vrooman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Hellum
Peterson
Francisco
Clifton Wilson
J. F. Lane
West Union
Herbert Ash
Alfred Stolle
Seattle
Wash
Elgin
Bert Allen
Mabel Holzer
Miss Holzer
Helen Wegner
Schori Springs
George Anderson
Bradley
C. O. Christianson
Elcader
Frank Pringle
Clermont
Frank, Jr
Monrovia
Calif
Emma Jansen
W. C. Falb
Klingman's
Pleasant Street
France de Sart
J. Herbert Ash
Walter Kohler T
Chicago
Falb
Winnifred MecMillan
Mother's Day Party Observed for Mrs Herman Mallwitz
Sunday gathering at the William Heitman home in Madison South Dakota honored Mrs. Herman Mallwitz for Mothers Day. Family dinner followed by visits and photos including four generations. Eldest daughter Mrs Henry Holzer of Elgin and youngest daughter Mrs Al Heitman of Hibbing Minnesota could not attend but sent greetings. The group included Mr and Mrs Arthur Mallwitz Mr and Mrs Paul Mallwitz Mr and Mrs Charles Rowland and Mr and Mrs Will Heitman along with grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Mallwitz
William Heitman
Madison
Henry Holzer
Elgin
al Heitman
Hibbings
Minn
Wool Growers Plan Fayette Pool Sale Friday
Otis Rothlisberger and others from Elgin Clermont and Wadena, Fayette County Wool Growers assoc iation members, will attend the pool sale at Fayette Friday afternoon. Organized in 1918, the group has held many sales, outselling local buyers by three to four cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Rothlisberger
Elgin
Lars K. Osmundson
E. L. Carlin
Clermont
F. J. Lchroeder
Wadena
Fayette County
Elgin Farmers Dairy Amends Articles at Special Meeting
Notice states a special meeting of Elgin Farmers Dairy Company stockholders on March 18 1939 at Elgin Wisconsin to amend Article VII. The change replaces per share voting with one vote per stockholder regardless of shares, enabling voting by proxy. The document is signed by President Robert Wilson and Secretary Fleet Frieden.
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Elgin’ Farmer At Dairy Company
Elgin
Twa
Elgin Farmers’ Dairy Company
Robert Wilson
Fleet Frieden
Meaning of the name Orlando and early English composer Orlando Gibbons
The name Orlando derives from the Italian form of Roland meaning fame of the land, interpreted as great hero. Orlando Gibbons (d. 1625) was Westminster Abbey organist whose early English anthems such as Hosanna to the Son of David remain popular.
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Orlando
Roland
Orlando Gibbons
England
Westminster Abbey
David
Miners Guarded in Totz Mine Confront National Guards
In Harlan Kentucky miners drive their car into the Totz mine shaft under the protection of 1100 to 1200 National Guardsmen. This region remains uncontracted with the Congress of Industrial Organizations and guards are on duty in the Appalachian soft coal area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Kentucky
National
Totz
Harlan Central Coal Company
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Hunter Out Too Late Treed by Three Bears
In Elgin, N. B., hunter Mike Layden, returning after sundown from a belated deer hunt, faced three bears. Lacking his guns he climbed a tall tree and was held captive for nearly six hours until a farm hired man, hearing his noise, frightened the bears away and rescued him.
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Elgin
N. B
Mike Layden
Layden
Mike
Fox Terriers Bred for Fox Hunting Roles
Fox terriers were originally bred for use in fox hunting with fox hound packs. The terrier was bred to a size that would allow him to wiggle into a fox den and drive the quarry out where the hounds could chase it or the hunters could catch it.
The Ninth Century Cart Drum Measure Mile Device
The Chinese of the ninth century reportedly used a cart with a drum struck mechanically after a set number of wheel revolutions, a device described as the measure mile drum cart.
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Richard Brackin
Mary Schultz
Waukesha
Wis
Mary Benson
A. G. Bauder
Cedar Rapids
Echo Office
Eli Metzger
Mae Bopp
Olson
Albert Gehring
S. F. Baker & Co
Keokuk, Ia
Max Medberry
Elgin Farm Coop
Elmer Pinney
Bridge
West Elgin
Echo
Telegraph-Herald
Elgin Feho
Elgin Echo
Grange
Towa
Philadelphia
Boston
Mid-Western
Bradley and Vrooman
Feller’s Hardware
Dave O'Connor
Pine Tree State
Barbara Connors
Maine
Betty Brown
Oxfords
Elgin Clothes Shop
Mel Kohler
Elgin, Iowa
Ames Experiment Station
BON Earmers Cou
Abe
John Falb & Sons
St Emr S
Nea
Hunter
Lover's Lane
Schori & Kuster Lbr. CO
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