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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1939
Page
4
A warning on carbon monoxide risks notes the gas is invisible tasteless and deadly. It urges leaving garage doors open when engines run and keeping car windows open while driving to prevent fatal exposure.
The Frieden closing out sale Tuesday drew steady bidding with cattle driving prices near 70 dollars. Traders reported high cows at 72 dollars, Chester White bred gifts to 17.75, oats 40 to 37 cents, corn 41 to 42, alfalfa hay 8.50, and a 4 year old mare at 90 dollars.
Clayton county auditor Ernie F. Siefert, 59, was recovering from injuries after reportedly slashing his throat with a penknife. He was found by a courthouse custodian as he returned to the building after an evening at the Bayless hotel. Siefert, also town clerk, had appeared despondent in the prior week and was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
The passage argues that a chair should be paired with a lamp and a table to enhance the seated person’s comfort. It emphasizes reading light and a surface for books, cigarettes, or an ashtray, advocating a practical grouping for better room arrangement.
A compilation of farm guidance covers hen feed needs, dangers of sudan grass sprouts due to prussic acid, grasshopper pressure in Iowa, lime timing for legume seedings, corn storage moisture, frame backing for pictures, wheat variety standings, turkey market trends, genetic broodiness, sweet clover plowing timing, and annual plum tree bearing issues.
The report describes Prague rioting by students linked to Eduard Benes supporters. Nazi forces closed most schools for three years and Einsatz troops were deployed to quell disturbances nationwide. About 1,200 students were allegedly placed in camps and thirteen executed.
Architects report a trend toward the European idea of facing a full wall with polished plate glass mirrors to create spaciousness. A single mirrored wall doubles a room’s size while two mirrors at right angles expand perceived area, with color choices like blue, peach, green or bold hues adding visual effect.
Harrisbury Pa This exclusive image shows Al Capone after eight years in federal custody. A metropolitan paper trailed the G men from California to Maryland covering their pursuit as they chauffeured him to a private 30 dollar a day hospital suite where he receives treatment.
The article advises placing plum blossoms in water to aid pollination, notes increases in lamb feeding and stocker sheep movement, and emphasizes winter watering to prevent frost damage. It recommends wire wraps around young trees to deter mice and rabbits, warns that dry weather threatens trees and evergreens, and urges thorough watering before the ground freezes to keep roots moist through winter.
The American Institute of Baking at Rockefeller Center New York reports cake as we know it today originated around 1680. Before that time cake referred to a flat thin loaf or wafer, the type often mentioned in biblical texts.
A reflective maxim on making the most of today to counter past errors and prepare for tomorrow. It asserts diligent use of time and opportunities to gain wisdom and wealth, framing advertising as an investment rather than mere expense.
A salesman aches for authority while an office boy jokes about power. A humorous piece mocks marriage ideals and money-saving devices as Fred Muehlethaler and Gordon Mosby tout “almost human” printers. Two theatergoers critique a poor film, noting how pictures have advanced from silent to talkies to smellies.
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