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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1933
Page
4
Classified notice outlines want ad rates and extra charges. A lost item, a sheepskin lined vest, is described with contact details for J. B. Shipton in Clermont. The notice includes payment terms, insertion costs, and handling fees for late or billed ads.
The text reflects on how great poems yield meaning in proportion to the reader's pace and intent. It contrasts practical audiences who see common sense with the wise who discern wisdom, likening readers to travelers or an army refilling water at a full stream.
Women in China refused to wear the Manchu queue when ordered as a symbol of subjugation, defying imperial dress mandates and asserting agency in cultural attire.
A public hearing on liquor control bills drew many speakers with suggestions and objections. Petitions pour in as legislators face a heated dispute from free water to high license and state handlers. The administration program may be forced through, possibly not before St Patrick’s Day.
Supreme Court decision by six judges holds state legislatures retain exclusive constitutional authority, striking down delegation by highway, fish and game, health, and other commissions. Officials consider a search committee to review defects. experts say penalties by boards are unconstitutional. Separate items note banking bill allowing state banks to join national laws and delayed delinquent tax sales to April 2, 1934. Rumors speak of changes in two major state offices come January. Thanksgiving adjournment approved.
William Schuenke urges hunters farmers and Boy Scouts to set up feeding stations before heavy snows with a natural appearance facing south or southeast. Brush piles near stations offer protection for quail. Feeding should begin before storms, using natural foods if available and extending through mid March. check stations regularly for conditions.
A reader asks why bridge fascinates people, noting how the game reveals true natures and sparks tension. The piece weighs rest, concentration, discipline, and personal temperament, concluding that appeal varies by individual, with some drawn to mental challenge while others seek calmer recreation.
The duck season ends at sunset today with waterfowl harvest allowed only during the open period. Licenses permit keeping birds up to ten days after the close, obtainable from the State Game Warden within five days of the open season’s end. In October, 20500 pounds of rough fish were given to welfare groups for distribution to the needy, with game fish moved to deeper waters and rough fish removed from back-water and small ponds.
Miss Margaret Hoover and Raymond Mays of West Union were married Saturday morning November 18 at 10 o'clock in the Clermont Lutheran church manse. Rev. G Gunston officiated with Miss Melvina Hoover and Ernest Danks as attendants. The bride, a rural teacher for three years, and the groom, son of D W Mays, plan to reside on a Brainard area farm.
The oboe has long been seen as pastoral, associated with green fields and shepherds. In earlier years its tone was coarser, and it served as a martial instrument during bursts of military usage.
Anela Eben jokes that the common sense advice circulated is merely a gesture when people lack any real sense left to share. The remark reflects playful frustration with how most guidance fails to address practical needs.
The Echo invites readers to send reports and happenings for publication. Citizens are urged to cooperate, bringing in news items and general town news to the office to help print general interest content.
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