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Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1941

Page

3

Highway Casualties May Force Uniform Examinations

A long excerpt notes Iowa health and demography details including a 90 percent rate of defective teeth among schoolchildren due to poor early care, plus county medical societies backing anti smallpox and diphtheria campaigns. It cites twins and triplets births in early 1941, lists 46 reportable diseases, and surveys reapportionment practices across states with varied criteria.

Ment Iowa Health Department Iowa State Medical Society Department of Health State Health Department

Reapportionment rules across states summarized

The text surveys how states handle representation by county and house, noting limits in several states, periodic reapportionment every ten years in most, variations for New Hampshire Rhode Island five six year cycles Kansas six years Indiana six years Arizona six months prior to governor elections, and divergent authority in California South Dakota Maryland Arizona Ohio Arkansas. It cites Iowa as a case where laws were not followed, with 1911 and 1941 legislatures acting late and re-enacting existing lines.

Iowa Public Administration Clearing House of Chicago Maine New York North Carolina California Oregon Minnesota Washington Wisconsin Indiana South Dakota Massachusetts House Senate Rhode Island Tennessee Arizona Idaho New Hampshire Territory South Carolina Ver Mont House of Representatives Connecticut Maryland Montana New Jersey Vermont Wyoming Alabama Florida Texas West Virginia Kansas Delaware Nevada Ohio Arkansas Supreme Court

Alika-Seltzer Promises Relief Beyond Indigestion

The ad touts Alika-Seltzer as a remedy for stomach discomfort and heartburn with buffering action. It claims relief for headaches, neuralgia, colds, and muscular pains due to its analgesic sodium acetyl salicylate, enhanced by alkaline buffers. It urges consumption after hard work or exercise and notes availability at drug stores and soda fountains.

Local Notes From Clermont and Surroundings

Des Moines business caller Fred Cline and dinner guest Wm Calahan. Cedar Rapids business callers J A Erickson. Ossian aide Mabel Barness helps at Rev E E Ramsey home. Decorah visit by Martin Clausen. Alfred Jacob’s wife visits husband ill there. Eva and Edwina Olson dine with Oran Brandt near Castalia. Grasshoppers invade southwest Iowa with millions crossing the state. Tony Ayala of Clarion fined for illegal possession of a dead pheasant and gun violations, with other fines suspended. A W Crouch of LeMars marks 70th wedding anniversary. Betty Slocum at Simpson college pledges Delta Delta sorority. Humboldt County schools thanked by London evacuees. Ernest Krause family’s windmill top torn by freak eyellone near Eldora. maple trees damaged. no buildings harmed. 1880 barn moved to new foundation on John Berman farm near Lemons. rests on 16 tall pillars. oak pins intact. Sell it through a Want Ad.

Fred Cline Des Moines Calahan J. A. Erickson Cedar Rapids Mabel Barness Ossian E. E. Ramsey Art Martin Clausen Decorah Alfred Jacob Eva and Edwina Olson Oran Brandt Castalia

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