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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1932
Page
4
Want ads rates explained with per word charges and weekly handling fee. Notices include farm trespass ban by Wm Kohls Jr of Elgin, plus multiple sale and rental listings for Elgin area items and services.
The Northern Zone open season on raccoon and opossum runs from October 20 to December 1. Hunters warned against jumping opening dates for birds and mammals, citing fines from recent violations totaling 50 for five and 180 for seven pheasant cases. Ducks were plentiful on opening day, with grebe wing teal and other species present. Fish rescue crews saved millions of fish in September, including 1.5 million game fish and 2,926 bass, with yearlings and crappies also relocated to safe waters.
Wayne Thomas of Marshalltown aged 13 wins second prize in a local essay contest for boys 9 to 16 on observing fish and game laws. He argues against undersized fish removal, explains size limits, careful handling, and the value of hatcheries to ensure future bass and other fish remain plentiful.
In a Hollywood garden set, leaves were sprayed with glycerine to dampen noise as a singer performed. The leaves vibrated with orchestral sound, causing rustle on the microphone, so glycerine was used to soften the counter-vibration.
Ohio State Journal notes the lasting humor in the phrase prolonging the agony as dentists reassure patients to relax while they finish with another patient. The remark captures a lighthearted take on a routine dental procedure and echoes broader hospital and clinic banter.
A companionate friendship between two men grows naturally from constant happiness in each other’s company rather than a formal plan. The bond strengthens through shared humor, trust, and mutual support across daily life.
The Famous Bronze Spioario is a statue of a boy with a thorn in his foot housed in the Palazzo del Conservatore in Rome. The original is a bronze sculpture.
In Quail Adair Guthrie and Audubon counties C C White deputy warden of Harlan reports a marked rise in quail numbers. While patrolling along Middle River he flushed twelve coveys ranging from six to fourteen birds. Farmers note more quail this year than in many years and pheasants are also increasing, thriving in the region.
Dr. E. S. Parker of Ida Grove and president of the state Izaak Walton League division released four pair of Reeves pheasants north of Ida Grove. The effort, described as possibly the first planting west of New York, aims to establish a sustainable upland game bird population in Ida County.
Outdoor Iowa clarifies a misinterpreted piece on hunting rights on the Mississippi River. Open migratory waterfowl seasons govern the reciprocal arrangement. Illinois dates apply within Illinois waters, with the Illinois season starting October 16. Iowa hunters must follow Illinois season dates in Illinois jurisdiction.
A Florida Times Union item notes a young man visited a girl past a good day, sparking observed by the mother the next morning. The report claims sparking is no longer practiced, now done on a single chair.
A saying notes a baby fears loud noise but rarely recovers from loss of support. The Haverhill Evening Gazette attributes the remark to its era and reflects on infant resilience and dependency.
A reflective line about home as a domestic construct forged from desire and memory. It emphasizes family unity through shared labor, blame, joy, and sorrow within a domestic setting, invoking a Country Home sentiment.
A London humor item notes the coins in the South Sea islands weigh about half a pound each making it nearly impossible to avoid earning large sums there.
Only fragmentary relics survive of the seven wonders with the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus mostly gone the pyramids alone endure as a remnant of ancient marvels.
The article describes Orion as a grand constellation with a vast enveloping nebula. It highlights the Great Nebula in Orion, its central star, and the trapezium Theta Orionis, with nearby Theta Milonis and multiple star systems amid nebulous haze. Isabel Martin Lewis notes in Splendors of the Sky.
A hotel keeper's son nearly drowns when he falls into a fish pond at Bad Frienwelde. A heroic terrier leaps in and drags the boy to safety. The German Animal Protective League awards a blue and yellow enamel collar with a Life Saver plate while General von Kuhlswein proclaims the tribute and the dog replies in his ancestral tongue.
The Washington Star reports that U S. Department of Commerce data show many woods used for crossties include heart white oak heart Douglas fir heart pine heart cedar heart cypress heart redwood heart chestnut ash hickory red oak sap white oak sap cedar sap Douglas fir hemlock tamarack sap pine sap redwood beech birch cherry gum hard maple sap chestnut elm soft maple spruce aut amore and evan magnolia. Over 35 million ties were produced in 1929.
Old-time desert rats guided hundreds of unemployed men in Yuma Aziz who grubstaked themselves to pan gold after rains washed away desert soil. Returns averaged two to eight dollars a day, enough to eat while awaiting better prospects.
Europe’s mystery man Ble Basil Zsharoff donated fortunes over years to advance aviation research. In five years he reportedly devoted most of his wealth to promoting air transportation and related aerospace interests.
A brief dialog captures a patient and doctor in a tense moment with a taunting remark about drinking. The exchange shifts toward courtesy as the doctor advises calm and gratitude for avoiding a harsher comparison to playing the piano.
The article discusses people wondering whether a hot drink or a cold one better cools the body. It notes advice from Woman's Home Companion on physical well being and heat management.
A concise editorial praising sportsmanship and ethics in athletics, asserting standards exceed those in business and public life, attributed to American Magazine.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls greeting a woman named Mrs. Taylor and meeting her with a father figure last week. The exchange includes affectionate phrases and a casual life moment. The text hints at family ties and a familiar social scene without fuller context.
Well the speakers discuss planting carrots and spinach in a home garden with a playful exchange about the home plot. The fragment hints at domestic activity and garden planning without clear events or identities.
Fragmentary OCR suggests a local Ada ballot item urging support for a sheriff candidate. Vague phrases reference paying costs and telling others about the notice, but essential details and full names are not readable.
The notice lists prices and requests orders for storm sash and coal deliveries. Humorous and fragmented quotes appear, referencing Venus De Milo and a girl who got the breaks. The message emphasizes obtaining a good deal and urges inquiry before acting.
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