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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1934
Page
4
Local notices from Elgin Iowa include dental exchange offers, hog and corn feed deals, hay and oats sale, rental notice for a Mrs. Hughes residence, and club advertising offers. Also items on dog teams and farm statistics, a humorous anecdote about gas money, plus reader notices from the Fayette County Union and Osage Press with job tales and window maintenance tips using paraffin.
A fragmented collection of aphorisms and reflections on life, manners, and society. The items ponder patience, honesty, aging, independence, and daily folly, with wry observations on Oscars of character and the quirks of modern life.
A playful collection of short quips and humorous exchanges funny lines about politics, dreams, radios, and everyday life. The bits feature family banter, marital jabs, and light dental humor reflecting a period snapshot of social wit.
Ultra violet rays, sometimes with visible light, are used in many industrial processes. Textile bleaches fine new fabrics. petroleum removes odor from oils. leather uses it in patent leather production. Ultraviolet may disinfect water, aid beverages, preserve foods, and enhance vitamin D in foods. It is applied to foods, medicines, scrimoy to linoleum, and oil bleaching for technical uses.
Only 36 of the ancient obelisks survive. Karnak hosts four upright and two prostrate, Saan holds nine prostrate, Philae has one upright, Rome has twelve including St John Lateran’s largest. Flory contains two, New York Paris dries Constantinople each have one. England holds four with two at the British Museum, one at Alnwick Castle, one at Kingston-Lacy. Cleopatra's Needle companion remains from Alexandria.
Rapid City reports Sioux Indians on the Rosebud Reservation received 10000 dollars from the federal government for ponies stolen by white men sixty years ago. Most claimants are dead, but High Bald Eagle, age ninety, got thirty dollars for two horses stolen when he was thirty. The theft occurred during uprisings when Indians were prisoners of war, with an army lieutenant keeping a record of stolen ponies.
Canadian fisheries seaplanes survey streams in British Columbia to verify salmon reaching spawning grounds, assess egg deposition, and determine if further conservation measures are needed to maintain stocks. The effort reports on spawning area conditions and parent fish migration.
PathFinder Magazine reports on Nav al Observatory observations claiming San Diego may have shifted about 40 feet in seven years. If confirmed, the data bolster the theory that land drifts westward due to Earth's eastward rotation, bending crust into mountains and potentially triggering earthquakes.
A playful exchange on a honeymoon setting unfolds with Jack predicting trouble ahead. A Sbhrand Politician quips about reputation, noting a skill in predicting and then favoring those outcomes. The Washington Star quote underscores political rhetoric.
A new 2000 mile road named for Simon Bolivar connects the Atlantic coast at La Guaira Venezuela to the Pacific at Guayaquil Ecuador. The route passes through Caracas Bogota and Quito the capitals of Venezuela Colombia and Ecuador.
A fragmentary dialogue centers on a speaker remarking to another that they resemble Brown. The reply denies likeness, followed by the assertion that Brown owes four dollars, revealing a comic aside about a debt.
A terse plea from Horn O. K. warns a rider to proceed cautiously as the hill remains unsafe due to brake failure. The exchange emphasizes calm and assurance that the situation is under control despite the risk.
In a playful exchange, Jack and Lucille tease about love while a photographer quotes fifty dollars per dozen for pictures. A bemused “How much will these pictures cost me” line follows as they pose.
Local tabloid style note cites harsh remarks about a man named Brown calling him the meanest person, with questions about alleged acts and a claim of deafness and secrecy surrounding his bar dealings. The fragmentary text hints at a public confrontation and rumor spread in the community.
A brief, humorous exchange about a wife’s status and a speaker’s mistaken reference, capturing a moment of casual conversation and miscommunication. The dialogue hints at everyday domestic life and light banter without weighty stakes.
A tense household moment unfolds as a mother tells a guest to be courteous while the son notes the guest was not invited and only arrived unannounced. The dialogue centers on manners, inclusion, and social boundaries within a family setting.
A peculiar scene described as a waiter guiding a goat to a table over milk in coffee, with a note on service style and unexpected animal involvement in dining. The event highlights odd dining theatrics and customer reactions.
The 160 acre farm near St Lucas was sold by the closed bank for Waucoma to Chris Schwabmann for 5000 dollars. The only improvement noted is a barn. The report also includes a column debating hitchhiking safety with anecdotes and opinions urging caution while acknowledging rare dangers.
The Oelwein Register argues that Fayette county tax receipts for 1934 show $104.89 per farm unit and project yearly totals of $1,258.56, warning that lower rail revenues and railroad layoffs threaten local livelihoods, urging readers to consider the broader impact on bus lines and taxpayers.
A Pocahontas coal car is shown on the track awaiting orders. Call to place yours now. The ad promotes Red Top Steel fence, pasta and wire for cattle fencing.
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