Wanted Ad Rates and Local For Sale Notices
Local classified column lists ad rates per word for notices, with minimum charges and examples. Items include Eclipse wind mill repairs, second hand stoves, dressed chicken deliveries, a Tudor Ford Model T for sale, various livestock, radios, farm equipment, dwelling for sale, and miscellaneous goods and services across Elgin, Clermont, Ossian, and surrounding Iowa towns. Many names and locations appear, along with dates and prices, reflecting a busy rural market page.
Sharpened Laws and Mirthful Maxims in a Quiet Era
The text presents aphoristic musings on memory, civility, and daily life. It notes neat eccentricity, urges prompt action, and playful banter, while touching on professions born from human defects and humorous observations about dogs, weather, and personal ideals.
Fate’s Odd Mixing Of Two Messages
The story recalls Leonard Grover, theater manager, who in 1885 oversaw Ford's Theatre in Washington when Lincoln was shot. Lincoln once signaled Grover by tearing a newspaper margin and noting he and family would attend Our American Cousin. Grover, negotiating with J Wilkes Booth for renewal, kept Booth’s letter. years later Booth’s note was found with Lincoln’s newspaper scrap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Frohman
Leonard Grover
Washington
de Abraham Lincoln
Grover Tosted
Lincoln
Mr. Booth
Mr. Grover
Wiilliam Lyon Phelps
Scribber's Magazine
Giant 70 Foot Thunder Saurian Unearthed at Yale
The late Othniel Marsh unearthed from Wyoming the skeleton of a giant behemoth from about 120 million years ago. The Bryptosaurus or thunder saurian has been assembled at Yale's Peabody Museum and on display, a massive 70 foot long, 16 foot high, over 6 ton creature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Othniel Marsh
Wyoming
Peabody Museum
Yale University
Destoning Land with Electric Blasts in France
M. Andre Piedallu reports a new method to convert sandstone fields into arable land. He describes placing many small blasting charges that are electrically discharged to break up rock formations and allow fertilization for productive farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Andre Piedallu
France
Academy of Agriculture
M. Piedallu
Farm Advice From Echo Column On Poultry And Crops
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture covers corn earworm protection and soil cultivation. Guidance includes breaking pullet roosting habits, nicotine sulphate lice treatment, and risks of sodium fluoride dust for poultry.
Free Your Poultry Flock of Tuberculosis poster issued
The U S Department of Agriculture released a 5 by 8 inch poster titled Free Your Poultry Flock of Tuberculosis outlining key eradication steps. It urges discarding birds over 1 1 2 years old, replacing with disease resistant stock, disinfecting houses after outbreaks, keeping the land clean, and proper disposal of carcasses to prevent spread. Principal symptoms include weight loss lameness droopiness and paleness with post mortem showing liver spots and tuberculous knots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Immunization Plan Promotes PTA Meeting in Gunder
The Gunder Parent-Teacher Association invites all district residents to a Tuesday afternoon meeting on November 8 at 8:80 clock to discuss diphtheria immunization. The gathering aims to share plans and state aid possibilities, noting Gunder’s active PTA role and 28 pupils at the rural school. Officers are Mrs Harold Opland president, Mrs Carl Johanson vice president, and Mrs Ray Jacobin secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunder P. T. A
Gunder
The
Gunder Association
Harold Opland
Carl Johanson
Ray Jacobin
Typhoid Source Determined at Olson Farm East of Elgin
Health officer Dr. T. C. Jerdee of Marton township confirms a farm employee who lived near the Olson family is the typhoid carrier. The man will be observed by the state health department until recovery. Cistern water was unsafe but showed no typhoid germs. remedy made and no further danger expected to visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olson Farm
Elgin
T. C. Jerdee
Marton Township
State Department of Health
Jerdes
Olson
Strauch Suffers Lumbago For Four Days
R. P. Strauch has been a sufferer with lumbago the past four days and unable to do much work. To those who never had lumbago this doesn't mean much but any person who ever had this miserable affliction can symp athize without stretching their imagination to any great extent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. P. Strauch
Debutante Helen Summers to wed banker Calhoun in Washington
Amelia Earhart and guests exchange quips at a Washington dinner as a debutante, Helen Summers, is said to be engaged to the older banker Calhoun, prompting jokes about older men’s appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Eathart
Washington
Helen Summers
Calhoun
Misa Fearhart
House of Glass in Paris Parlea Under Construction
A glass house in Paris Parlea uses bricklike panes set in a metal framework. The walls are translucent though not transparent, allowing light to enter freely while preventing clear visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Glass
Paris
Parlea
One Way If It Works a Young Man Poem Proof
A fragmented lyric note claims a young man asks if effort yields fortune and answers with a quirky line about writing love poems to an heirregs. The text blends questioning motive with odd phrasing, suggesting a personal draft or creative attempt rather than a formal article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortuna
Humorous Exchange on Twins and Facial Surgery
A witty remark about looking alike sparks a joke. The speaker notes that two girls do not twin bodies but share a single plastic surgeon. The quip plays on mistaken identity and cosmetic reshaping.
Death notices recount George Bigler 24 in Decorah area
The Decorah area mourns George Eddie Bigler age 24 of Pleasant Township born June 22, 1907 died October 20, 1981 after a tumor affected his lungs. He leaves father Ernest Bigler and brothers Elmer Lester Harvey Roy and Walter. mother and siblings previously died. He was a St. John's Lutheran Church member at Locust. Funeral held Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiégdeteler
George Bigler
Ernest Bigler
Decorah
Decorah Journal
George Eddie Bigler
Itr
Plésisant Tnp
Clayton County
Ans
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Locust
Elmer
Lester
Harvey
Roy
Walter
Rainfall Range Across United States Varies Widely
The United States experiences a broad rainfall spectrum from as high as 120 inches annually in the Olympic Mountains of Washington to under 6 inches in the southeastern desert regions of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Olympic Mountains
Washington
California
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Eclipse
C. J. Harrington
Towa
Feller's Hardware
West Elgin
Martin Wenger
BE. E. Landsgard
H. &, Landagard
Clermont
Atwater Kent
City Drug Store
Iowa
Otto
Chester White Doar
M. J. Blockhus
Rosa Reed
Poland
J. F. Rosenbaum
Ossian
Volga Valley
Korndyke
G. H. Meyer
John Lantz
Melvin Anderson
Chester
Sun Crest Farm
Lawrence Gehring
Jersey
Oscar Henkes
Farmersburg
Town
Ben Schneider
A. L. Pringle
East Broadway
Sedalia
Olaf
Berg
Birth Control Review
Madison Ave
New York
G. W. Wetherbee
West
Union
Wilbur Lehman
Elmer H. Larson
Echo
Echo Office
New Hampton
Alte
Payal
FATE
Food and Drug Administration
Avain Tuberculosis
Bhnitches
Weibel Mill Company
Elgin, Iowa
Alce
Biglerso
Optometrist
C. W. Heiserman
West Union, Iowa
Jack’ Frost
Jack .Frost
Torkelson Bros
Elgin Echo
the Buyer's Guide
Post Office
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