Elgin Post Office Records Notice
R. P. Strauch is entered in the Elgin Iowa post office as second class mail matter according to local mailing records.
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Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1939
Page
1
Pipe Dreams and Remarks on Life in a Syndicated Snippet
A collage of quotes and aphorisms on life, work, and human nature. Observations range from vitamin A and onions to vanished people who feel unwanted, the cost of cars, and wit about aviation, manners, and tyranny. The piece weaves humor and caution, noting social pressures and the varied drift of daily thought.
Slow Down and Stay Safe The Nation’s Quick Quips
A collage of humorous quips and anecdotes from a 20th century column. Jokes about driving and sewing dangers, a chorus girl on a broken bottle, Thanksgiving notes, mistaken signals, golf missteps, fire siren mixups, a bunga low misnomer, romantic tension, and a punny uncle baby joke. Includes light social commentary and playful wisdom from local columnists.
Marriage notice for Bertha Weibel and Jerome Mealey
Cards announce the marriage of Miss Bertha Weibel to Jerome A Mealey in Fairbank on Wednesday November 10 with plans to reside in Fairbank after December 1. Miss Weibel, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Weibel of Elgin, studied locally before moving to Fairbank where she has a job. Her brother E A Weibel works in Fairbank. Also noted is contractor Joseph Butler advancing the Ern Schori house project and a hunting trip by Max Thoma J H Williams and F W Hughes, which ended with Hughes accidentally shooting Thoma in the face and neck as a covey of quail was located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Weibel
Jerome A. ‘Mealey
Fairbank
Weibel
Ben Weibel
Elgin
E. A. Weibel
Miss Weibel
Joseph Butler
Gunfire wounds Mr Thoma near weeds and brush
A hunter fired while birds crossed near hiding ground. Mr Thoma, unseen behind thick growth, took pellets to the face and body. The shooter expressed regret and hoped for non serious consequences. Also notes local builder Murray Kiple’s completed Efford Hunsberger house, Delbert Bakeman’s Dakota trip, cemetery fence purchase, Swiss visit by Felix Miller, rising ad rates for Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal, and Harriet McKellar with Mrs F W Hughes set to visit Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Mr. Thoma
Thoma
Murray Kiple
Efford Hunsberger
Main Street
Hunsberger
Delbert Bakeman
Dakota
Roy
Frank
Ladies’ Cemetery Assn
Ben Schori
Felix Miller
Switzerland
Saturday Evening Post
The
Ladies’ Home Journal
Post
United States
Harriet McKellar
F. W. Hughes
Chicago
Johi
ME Kellar
Full 25 mill homestead tax credit for 1940 payments
Iowa homeowners gain the full 25 mill homestead tax credit after the tax commission announced on October 1 that the 1940 property tax payments will reflect the restored credit. The move follows an administrative tightening in the Republican era and an improving state income without new taxes, as reported by the Iowa Falls Citizen.
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Iowa
The
Tax Commission
Board of Assessment and Review
Iowa Falls
Battle Boxelder Bugs With Kerosene
Boxelder bugs swarm in crevices and around trees and homes. They can be controlled by kerosene spray or scalding water or crushed at bases of trees, as reported by Ossian Bee. W D Yager named manager of the State liquor store in Calmar, second publisher to switch professions after Fred Huebsch McGregor. The War Department report for 1923 lists 415 British military medals awarded to American soldiers who served in the World War.
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W. D. Yager
Calmar
Fred Huebsch
McGregor
U. S
Secretary of War
Redwood Groves Guarded in California Preservation
Forty nine redwood groves are safeguarded by the state HB preservation effort in California.
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California
Corn and alfalfa best lamb ration for winter feeding
Extension bulletin from Morris University Farm outlines profitable lamb diets using corn and alfalfa, with high quality feeds often eliminating supplements. It advises daily grain 1.5 to 2 pounds per lamb, 1.25 to 1.5 pounds hay, and a protein supplement when prairie hay is used, plus guidance on alternative grains and growth targets.
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WE. Morris
Lanten University Farm
St. Paul
WNU
Causes Of Soft Shelled Eggs In Hens
Several factors can induce soft shelled eggs in hens including fright inbreeding and diseases such as fowl pox cocci diosis and laryngotracheitis. Excess weight and fat layers can cause rapid passage of eggs preventing proper shell formation. The Missouri Farmer notes low lime assimilation as the main cause, even with oyster shell available.
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Exiu Fe Online Dargis
Cab.ge
Missouri
Soy Bean Hay For Horses Feeds In Daily Rations
A. L. Harvey of the University Farm St Paul says well cured soy bean hay free of mold can be fed to horses. Horses may eat as much as they will, with beans ground or chopped and mixed with other feeds. Feed one to two pounds of beans per horse daily.
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A. L. Harvey
Division of Animal and Poultry Husbandry
University Farm
St. Paul
Winter greens for poultry feed from hays and meals
Winter greens for poultry include alfalfa hay, lespedero, and clover hay if cured to retain color. Bright green alfalfa leaf meal is acceptable but should be limited to 10 percent of the mash. Feed in racks so birds eat leaves. leftovers can be discarded. Green alfalfa hay is the most satisfactory option.
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North Carolina Agricultural College Authority
Red Mites Attack Poultry at Night in Crevices
The piece describes red mites hiding by day and emerging at night to bite hens during roosting, feeding on blood and becoming distended and red. It explains their return to crevices to multiply, interpreting the name red as a result of filled bodies.
Mining Lingo Reveals Peculiar Language of the Ore Field
A study notes mining terminology such as cage for passenger elevator and dialling for surveying. Terms like blow outcrop cradle dinky dolly dog grass roots race upcast sump stall country rock and horse or rider describe mining features, tools, and operations.
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Eches
Chicago Tribune
Government Library Not Completed Until in 1897
The Library of Congress began with an 1800 act and $5,000 for books. John Beckley became first librarian in 1802, cataloging 964 volumes. After the 1814 fire, Thomas Jefferson lent his 6,700 volumes in 1815. The current building, designed by Smithmeyer Pelz and modified by Casey, was completed in February 1897 and opened in November.
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Library of Congress
Washington
Congress
John Beckley
Virginia
Washington Star
Thomas Jefferson
J. J. Smithmeyer
Paul Pelz
Edward P. Casey
Falcons in Early England Hunters’ Finest and Inferior Birds
The term Falcon described hawks trained for royal hunting, with laws guiding the best birds to kings and dukes and poorer birds to commoners. Nobles carried pet falcons on gauntleted wrists and set out with hounds to flush quarry. Falcons attacked quarry in midair and returned carcasses to owners, even taking on large prey like antelopes and wolves in some regions.
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England
Washington Post
Papermaking by Old Paper: From Pulp to Plaster Form
The process describes making papier mache chiefly from recycled paper by boiling into pulp, pressing, and adding glue or starch. Articles are formed in oiled molds, dried, treated with linseed oil, then dried at a higher temperature. Variants include layered sheets on metal cores, treated and polished, and carton pierre from paper pulp with whiting and gum.
Pessimist Thomas Hardy Viewed as Realist Writer
The passage deems Thomas Hardy a realist and uncompromising pessimist of the Victorian era. Halleck notes Hardy’s gloom driven by modernity, replacing early zeal for existence. His view portrays sorrow as inherent to life and human error, with no escape suggested.
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Thomas Hardy
Halleck
Hardy
Om Cape
Attack on tollkeeper prompts manhunt in Iowa counties
Tollkeeper Harry Schott of Marquette was assaulted Sunday evening on the Marquette Prairie du Chien bridge over the Mississippi. Two men in hunting clothes returned to the toll house after a 10 minute trip uptown Prairie du Chien, dragged Schott by the necktie 100 feet, then fled. He escaped with bruises and torn clothes and provided a car description, a yellow sedan with a Town dealer's license, and the attackers’ details to authorities.
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Iowa
Harry Schott
Marquette
Prairie du Chien
Mississippi
Schott
No Partiality Here in Local News Reporting
The editor asserts the newspaper presents all community news without bias, stressing readers and contributors should supply items for comprehensive coverage. It claims no partiality in printing local news across the paper and others.
Pompeii Glass Windows Show Use Before AD 79
Archaeologists uncovered intact window glass amid Pompeii ruins indicating use of glass panes before AD 79, suggesting advanced domestic glazing earlier than previously documented. The discovery clarifies daily life in the ancient city and enriches understanding of Roman construction practices.
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Pompeii
Brazil Moves Medicines Production to Government Labs
Brasil shifts drug manufacturing to medicines laboratories owned and operated by the government, now producing most medicines used in Brazil.
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Brasil
Brazil
Chain Store Rent Bill Drains Landlords Nationwide
Frank O Hara, president of the Real Estate Association of the State of New York, says landlords nationwide collect about 450 million dollars in rent from chain stores annually. About 140000 landlords share roughly 3 214 dollars each on average.
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Frank O'Hara
The
Real Estate Association of the
State of
New York
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Battle Boxelder
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Elgin Clothes Shop
Mel Kohler
Furniture
Elgin Furniture Store
F. C. Muehlethaler
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