Want Ad Rates and Local News Bits in Echo
Rates for want ads explained with word counts and charges including 10 cent weekly handling. Advertisers urged to pay by month end, telephonic submissions allowed. Also notes Albert Kohlmeyer, Hawkeye, youngest fiddlers entrant at Iowa state fair, took second place. Harmon's rain day altered fishing trip plans, delaying return from New Martinsville to Hawkeye area. He spent over two weeks with relatives before leaving for home.
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Albert Kohlmeyer
Hawkeye
Iowa State Fair
Harmon
Waukon Junction
New Martinsville
W. Va
Bermuda Onions and Jokes In A Light Column Mix
A compact humor and notes page blends quips about jokes and manners with a Bermuda onions market snippet. It covers a Texas Bermuda crop advantage, yields per acre, and trade implications, plus a rural anecdote about Nell and a plow in a humorous Southern storyteller style.
Fragmented musings on manners and world affairs
A jumble of aphorisms on etiquette, politics, taxation, and Asia. The piece weaves scattered observations about clever speech, punishment, golf, neighbors pets, and social norms, concluding with old-fashioned views on gender roles.
Contemplative Mirth and Modern Ironies in Prose
A fragment of reflections on happiness justice criticism and memory. It muses on being content with life, the fate of rights, gratitude, and the oddities of aging and culture from Egypt to postcards at the Pyramids. It notes the limits of wealth and the value of restraint in flattery and humor.
Indian Mounds Golf Hazards At Newark Land Gift
Two tracts totaling 200 acres were donated to the Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society by Newark city and Licking county. The parcels include prehistoric earthworks once leased to a local country club, whose golfers faced hazards posed by the ancient mounds during play.
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Indian Mounds
Misaixstop Valley
Ohio State Archeological and Historical Society
Newark
Licking County
Moundbullders’ Country Club
Pottery 500 A.D. Found in Monument Valley Cave
Archaeologists led by T R Kelley report ancient pottery from basketmaker culture in Monument Valley northern Arizona and Utah. A member of the party risked a 40 foot descent to reach a sealed cave where two pottery fragments and animal bones suggest prehistoric habitation and a past battle.
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Monument Valley
Arizona
Utah
T. R. Kelley
California
Robert Braintead
Melley
Cave
Kelley
Burglary Ghost Turns Out to Be Everyday Thief
In Istanbul suburbs residents feared a white clad specter patrolling a cemetery until Pollen Investigations revealed the so called spook was a skilled burglar using white robes to frighten households while continuing his robbery work.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Sooner or Later Fall Visitor Who Knows Everybody
A witty backroom exchange frames a country constable as the town known figure who arrests speeding, prompting a playful contrast with a presumed society editor. The line hints at local character dynamics and humor in small town life.
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Sparkley
Variability in Rural Talk at the Fairground
In a slice of frontier humor Farmer Corntessel notes Josh is athletic only when in regular work clothes. A wag at Extremes contrasts speakers with a temperamental cook, joking about whether angel cake or devil's food will appear next.
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Josh
Farmer Corntessel
So Your Wife Chose Your New Secretary For You
A humorous dialogue line notes a husband reacting to his wife picking a new secretary. The exchange hinges on appearances, contrasting blond versus brunette. The brief item captures a light domestic moment characteristic of syndicated humor pages.
Electrical Transcription Distinguishing Broadcast Features
The Radio commission requires broadcasters to label features as mechanical transcription electrical transcription or phonograph record. Electrical transcription means broadcasting a phonograph record, with the microphone disguising the program as live content rather than a real feature.
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Radio Commission
Honest Tom the horse refuses to retire after years hauling coal
A coal horse named Honest Tom in Tredegar Waiea left a farm ten miles away to rest but returned to the mine after escaping. He jumped fences and broke a gate during his long trek, finding a path he had once traveled when taken away. The loyal animal resumed work, defying retirement.
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Horss
Honest Tom
Tredegar
Waiea
Tom
Float replaces pontoon on seaplanes for buoyancy
The term float is now used and pontoon becomes obsolete. A float is a completely enclosed waterflight structure attached to an aircraft to provide buoyancy and stability on water. In float seaplanes the hull is carried in a fuselage or nacelle separate from the float.
Compliments Yancey guard and mule clash tale
A terse tale notes how Old Pete Diamake teased Cuthbert and, in a humorous arm of history, kicked a mule provoking a surprising reply. The line about the mule’s compliment echoes frontier humor and rough justice in a rustic setting.
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Yancey
Pete
Cuthbert
Would She Do That Surprise For Fiance Birthday
A reader asks if she should reveal a surprise plan for her fiance’s birthday next Saturday. The response suggests delaying the reveal and keeping the gift a secret to preserve the surprise and avoid spoiling the moment.
Ultra Violet Lamps Aid Doctors
An article describing a low cost method to improve ultraviolet lamp effectiveness for medical treatments. It explains using very thin glass windows in standard bulbs to pass concentrated ultraviolet rays, avoiding expensive quartz bulbs.
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Scientific American
Homespun Woolen In Early America And Modern Uses
Homespun played a key role in keeping the country clothed and warm in the early Republic, but as time passed it became little known. Today fine wool is used for woolens and worsteds, while coarser medium wools supply woven fabrics, blankets, tweeds, flannels, saltings, and knitting yarns.
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Our Republic
Pathfinder
Population fluctuations of Rome through the ages
G R Turner writes in the Kansas City Times that Rome’s population shows dramatic shifts from about 1,200,000 at Christ birth to a medieval low near 20,000, then a revival past 1,000,000 by 1931. Milan leads as Italy’s most populous city.
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Rome
G. R. Turner
Kansas City Times
Milan
Doctors Say German Worth Based On State Value
Dr Reiter, head of the German health office, told the Nazi Doctors league in Halberstadt that a human’s worth ranges from ten thousand to thirteen thousand marks if they possess full working powers. He urged doctors to treat patients according to their value to the state.
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Doctor Reiter
Doctors’ League
Halberstadt
Try Hie With a Peanut Girl
A playful exchange turns on compliments and a joke about a great man. The banter features a boy and a girl with a cheeky line about Darwin.
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Callil
Darwin
Handicapped at Start Panting Mac-Do backs Manchester express
In a terse exchange a horse named Mac-Do asks if it can catch the Manchester express. Porter answer suggests it won’t be easy, noting the express already has a three minute head start.
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Mac
Manchester Express
Porter
Eaay
Alyce and George Betrothal Shines At Wedding
A wedding in town featured Alyce and George as the couple exchanged vows. The bride wore a stunning gown and guests praised the festive setting, while the groom stood proudly beside her. The event highlighted family and community celebration.
Tin ware misnomer in kitchen and toy articles
The text argues that tinware is misnamed as it includes items made from tin plate or thin iron sheets coated with tin. It describes the process of tro ning dipping sheets in molten tin, notes tin is a white ductile metal, and explains its value in durable utensils and toys that endure heavy handling.
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Kansas City
250 Different Cherry Varieties
The article notes more than 250 cherry varieties, broadly categorized as sweet and sour. It explains that composition and flavor vary by variety and are shaped by climate and growing conditions.
Earth age claims from radioactivity readings
The article asserts earth is 330,000,000 years old and the universe between 500,000,000 and 8,000,000,000 years old. It explains these ages derive from calculations based on the radioactivity of read, theorium, and uranium.
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Earth
The Three Ball Sign and Its Pawnshop Roots
The three bal fate sign of the pawn broker traces to the Medici coat of arms. It evolved humorously to imply two to one odds you could never redeem your pledge.
Market Prices Shallow Readings From Market Ledger
Market prices listed show varied figures including six to ten dollar ranges with several decimals. The fragmentary data reference values such as 6.60 10.76 8.25 4.50 and 8.00 0.80 75, lacking clear items or dates.
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