Want Ads and Local Shop Rates Include Bargains
A compact notice listing want ad rates and methods of payment, plus local bargain offers at Echo Office Elgin Iowa. It covers pricing for ads per insertion, handling charges, telephoning payments, supplies prices, engraving cards, and limited time offers from Feller's Hardware and local grocers Clermont. It also promotes a nine-paper club deal for Echo Enterprise and Dubuque Telegraph-Herald.
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Want
Elgin Echo
Elgin
Echo and Enterprise
Dubuque
Farm Bureau Meeting Dates Listed for Five Townships
Community notices set Farm Bureau meeting dates across Fairfield, Illyria, Clermont, Union-Dover and Pleasant Valley townships from November sixth to twenty-eighth. A humorous quip on Mae West and Hollywood hints at light local wit amid the period’s public notices.
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Fairfield Township
Illyria Township
Clermont Township
Union - Dover Townships
Pleasant Valley Township
Elgin and area residents gather for visits and events
A long list of social entries describes visits and travels among Elgin families and neighbors. Bessie Anderson plans to follow a winter move to Cedar Rapids with her Echo. Mr. and Mrs. Schweitzer visited Manchester. extended family trips to Milwaukee and Monroe surface. Chas Ulish to occupy a farm near Elkader. clusters of relatives from Randalia West Union Postville Clermont and Fayette attend a Clermont dance and a Hallowe en party in Waseca. Relatives from Baltimore visit Elgin and Maine connections relate to Will and Clif Christ.
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Hawkeye
Lawrence Capper
Frances Brackin
Carrollton
Ohio
Dan Brause
Edward Krueger
I. C. Peterson
Muscatine
Borchardt
Elgin
J. I. Phillips
Milwaukee
Wis
Fred O'Dell
F. D. Welch
Monroe
Chas
Ulish
Elkader
W.T. Price
Chas. Wenger
Wenger
Florence Smith
Randalia
C. S. Kniel
Kniel
University Hospital
Iowa City
Jimmie Koevenig
Postville
C. J. Harrington
Davenport
Fred Knight
Nora Talley
Edna Bopp
Fred Messerli
Elsie Smith
West Union
Wm. Smith
Lena
Wolfgram
Clermont
Opera House
Fayette
Louis Klingman
Ed Anderson
C. O. Christ
Susanne
Louise Christ
Baltimore
Maryland
M. W. Hemmingway
Frank Kiesler
Waseca
Minn
John Falk
Rob ,Grimes
Jim Bailey
F. E. Bell
George White
Benj. Manthey
John Christ
Chicago
Minnesota
Waseca Herald
Will
Clif Christ
Manner of Eating in Humankind and Other Creatures
The text contrasts humans with other creatures noting that while animals focus on food and heat, humans mix smiles with meals. It suggests four reasons: custom, aiding digestion, fun, and extending the pleasant process to its full length.
Rats Devastate Tanganyika Town After Crop Destruction
A Tanganyika town is ruined by rats that first devoured the cotton crop and then swarmed through the town compelling residents to abandon their homes, leaving the area largely uninhabitable.
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Tanganyika
Outdoor Iowa Trapping Season Opens November 15
The trapping season for fur bearing animals opens November 15 with species including badger mink raccoon skunk opossum and civet. Muskrats may be taken in the Mississippi river up to the high water mark and in southern counties. Water sets are banned in muskrat areas and dogs cannot be used in trapping in the 30 days before the season. Fees: $1 resident license for up to 15 traps. $1000 for more than 16. A special permit tag from the Fish and Game Commission is required to ship or receive skins.
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Mississippi River
Fish and Game Commission
No Quail Shooting This Year Under Iowa Regulations
Under tentative Iowa Quail Regulations there will be no open season on quail this year, with hunting barred until 1934.
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Iowa
Skulls Bows Prohibited For Migratory Waterfowl
The Fish and Game Commission clarifies that skull boats, or skulls, are forbidden when pursuing game birds. Citizens urged to plan winter feeding for upland species and erect shelters and feeding stations now to aid birds through cold weather with consistent food and grit. The department offers a leaflet by mail and calls sportsmen to join the winter feeding program while noting cool weather improves Iowa fishing, with anglers planning trips as ducks depart south.
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Fish and Game Commission
Fish and Game Department
Iowa
New Silo Filling Method Demonstrated at Arlington Farm
A new all-in-one silo filling system was shown at the Louis Nus farm near Arlington. Glen Nus and Frank Dempster operated both soy bean processing and corn shredding via tractors, feeding soy beans and shredded corn into a silo. A large fanning mill cleans beans into a separate bin while water-infused feed is pumped for proper moisture. the setup mirrors World’s Fair concepts and drew many spectators from Volga City News.
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Louis Nus
Arlington
Glen
Frank Dempster
Chicago
Volga City News
New Hampshire Turnpike Began With 1796 Legislation
New Hampshire's highways trace to 1796 when lawmakers authorized a company to build the first turnpike. The act marked the start of a transportation network linking towns and fostering trade during early state development.
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New Hampshire
Netting needles and lace making in history
Pathfinder Magazine notes that eighteenth century women used netting needles to make narrow lace, starting as an expensive pastime. Later needles grew elaborate and many women spun their own lace. Only a few netting needles remain today as operating know how faded. Anne Boleyn, Henry VII's second wife, reportedly had a slight deformity with an extra finger on one hand, often concealed by gloves during court life.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Anne Boleyn
Henry VII
Catherine
Eoe
Pheasant hunting dates announced for multiple Iowa counties
Dates for pheasant hunting in adjoining counties were released. On November 10 11 17 and 18 hunting is allowed in Worth Carroll Greene Mitchell Floyd Bremer Chickasaw Black Hawk Grundy Butler Franklin Wright Humboldt Pocahontas Buena Vista Cherokee Plymouth Woodbury Monona Ida and parts of Sioux O Brien Clay Palo Alto Kossuth and Hancock counties south of Highway 18. Additional dates November 25 and 28 permit hunting in Lyon Osceola Dickinson Winnebago and parts of Sioux O Brien Clay Palo Alto Kossuth and Hancock counties north of Highway 18.
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Worth
Carro Gordo
Mitchell
Floyd
Bremer
Chickasaw
Black Hawk
Grandy
Butler
Franklin
Wright
Humboldt
Pascahontas
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Plymouth
Woodbury
Monona
Ida
Sioux
O'Brien
Clay
Palo Alto
Kossuth
Hancock Counties
U. S. Highway
Lyon
Osceola
Dickinson
Emmet
Winnebago
Sioux, O' Brien, Clay, Palo Alto
Monoxide Poisoning Alert from State Health Dept
The State Department of Health warns of increased carbon monoxide poisoning risk with Bee Satna, noting four Iowa fatalities this year from unventilated private garages where a car runs. Motorists should treat exposure as a daily danger and cultivate avoidance habits in congested traffic.
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State Department’ of Health
Iowa
Ancient Orient Papers Found From Fourteenth Century Textiles
Ancient papers from China and Japan, made of distinctive orient fibers, dating back to the fourteenth century, have been discovered. The find highlights traditional papermaking techniques and regional material use.
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Orient
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Chester
Lawrence Gehring
Albert Butikofer
Echo
Castalia
Tom Cummings
Jersey
Elmer H. Larson
Olaf Berg
Otto
McGasky
Crosby-Wirth
U. S
Weibel’s Mill
B. F. Douglas Grocery
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Farm Bureau
Mae West
Hollywood
California
Betdyndh
Pheasant
Anne
Schort & Kuster
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