Want Ads and Club Offers From Local Papers
An old-style want ad notice explains pricing for classified inserts at 25 cents for up to 26 words, with 1 cent per extra word. It notes additional handling charges for office replies and monthly billing, plus a farm and real estate listing section. A club offer combines Echo and Enterprise with the Dubuque Telegraph Herald at a discount, while a humorous quote from Frankly Speaking ends the item.
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Want
Emade
Echo and Enterprise
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Land bargains in Fayette and adjoining counties
Farm listings from Fayette and nearby counties highlight dozens of parcels for sale or rent. Properties include 109 acres east of Fayette with buildings, 60 acres near Clermont, 105 acres near Clermont with school potential, 80 acres between Clermont and West Union, a modern 23-room hotel, 184 acre West Union farm with utilities, and multiple large tracts along No. 11 and near Elgin, Oelwein, Postville, Hawkeye, and surrounding towns. Prices range from modest to premium, with terms offering down payments and long-term financing. Many listings emphasize productive soil, barn complexes, school access, and potential for education facilities.
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Fayette
Clermont
West Union
Elgin
Modern Co
No. 11
Fayette County
Upper Town University
Olavus Knudtson
Oelwein
West End
Postville
Hawkeye
Bremer
Blackhawk
Chickasaw
Butler
Floyd
Madrid bull ring tops arena list and other notes
A digest of world curiosities lists Madrid as the leading bull ring with 14 000 capacity. It notes Ben Salvador island near the Bahamas, the term acrost, a Southern Ocean weather station at Laudiesland, and a note on Athenians forbidding questions about strangers origin or business.
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Arena
Madrid
Ben Salvador
Columbus
Bahamas
Staten Island
New York Bay
Laudiesland
Orkneya
Antarctic
Argentina
The Tarascans and their archery prowess described
Collier's Weekly notes that the Tarascans, a Mexican Indian tribe, are among the world’s greatest archers. It claims they can split a grain of wheat at a distance of 30 feet with bow and arrow, illustrating extraordinary skill.
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Collier’s Weekly
Raiding Haboons Display Coordinated Forays
In their native haunt, raiding haboons move in bands of hundreds, credibly reported to cooperate in raiding plantations and to defend themselves.
Limerick Asserts Beauty Rule In Irish City Lore
The third city in the Irish Free State, Limerick, is praised for beauty with Danes said to have built it. The piece extols Limerick as home to the prettiest Giria in Ireland, claiming beauty dominates the city’s character.
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Limerick
Irish Free State
Ireland
Pheasants Hold Dances In Jungle Habitat
The Argus pheasanta of Slam build dancing floors in the deep jungle. They engage in mating season behaviors described as dancing, reflecting their seasonal courtship rituals.
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Slam
Eli Whitney Wealth Origins Debated
The record notes Eli Whitney did not gain wealth from inventing the cotton gin but later profits from firearm manufacturing. It highlights questions about how his income was earned and the sources of his fortune.
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Eli Whitney
BU Whitney
Ant
Bahamas Charts Treasure Islands Name Confers Mystery
In the Bahamas there are 3,000 islands many uninhabited. This group is often called The Treasure Islands or The Fragrant Islands.
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Bahamas
Japan's Raid on Manchuria Seizes Coal and Iron Assets
Manchuria holds essential raw materials for Japan's industry coal and iron plus wealth in foodstuffs. The strategic capture aims to secure resources for manufacturers and bolster economic strength.
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Japan
Manchuria
California High School Built Like a Log Cabin
California Has Lag High School in Happy Farm believes it is the only log cabin style public school in the country. Residents built the structure and maintain it as a local landmark.
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California
Happy Farm
Calif
Power of Sound in Politics and Finance
A brief note discusses how sound and vibration affect perception in politics and finance, noting high pitch effects on attention and influence. It reflects on the relationship between communication, public opinion, and economic decisions in shaping governance and markets.
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Atarch
Surar
Reflections on character and society in aphorisms
A late era style collection of maxims on trust, manners, temper, humor, and progress. It contrasts prudence with distraction, praises listening friends, and muses on civility, truth, and living standards, ending with thoughts on civilization and daily life.
Freak Trees in Prospect Park Disturb Brooklyn Park
Four trees near the Quaker cemetery in Prospect Park Brooklyn grow fused in odd pairs a beech with a cherry another locust with a beech and a cherry branch protrudes twenty feet through the beech while a section of the cemetery iron fence passes through the cherry tree none of the causes are known to the old caretaker after about 75 years the unusual growth has complicated the trees offshoots and structure.
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N. Y. Park
Prospect Park
New York
Brooklyn Eagle
Palra
Antiquary Confesses Gargoyle Heist Near Grenoble
An antiquary near Lyons France admits stealing two Abbey of St Antoine artifacts a 13th century gargoyle weighing 220 pounds and a stone chimney both removed with a chisel and found in his shop beside his car. The theft was traced to the Abbey near Grenoble and the man reportedly used a motor van for transport.
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Lyons
France
St. Antoine
Grenoble
Elda
Cincinnati Enquirer
Coconut Fighting Craze Grips Philippines Coins On Risky Nuts
In the Philippines a coconut fighting craze grows as street vendors hawk sturdy coconuts at high prices. Players push coconuts face to face until one cracks, with heavy odds and gambling raising the game's popularity.
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Manbajo
Philippines
Ohio Enacts Old Age Pension Law Expands State Coverage
An old age pension law passed by Ohio raises the number of states with such laws to 28. In 13 states applicants must be 70, one state requires 68, and others 65. The measure implies that well under one third of employed women aged 65 or older nationwide are covered by state pension provisions.
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Ohio
Improvements in Josh’s Music Trade Sparks Farmer Jest
Farmer Corntos wel answers on his son Josh’s music progress. He traded his saxophone for a ukulele, noting the instrument is easier to play and less audible over long distances. The remark reflects a humorous, rural exchange about musical tastes.
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Josh
Farmer Corntoswel
Hie Fault Magistrate Hearing Biting Accusation
A brief Argus report quotes a curious magistrate scene where a person explains biting their husband’s mother as a fault born of constant provocation and disrespect, capturing the local flavor and oral cadence of the era.
Market Prices and Local Social Visits Reported
Market prices for eggs butter hogs and steers appear in a brief notice. Local clerks Mrs Beulah Brabham continues at J A Boleyn store. Mason City visitors, the DeSarts and Fellers, travel to Chicago for a Century of Progress trip and return.
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Francia DeSart
Mason City
Franc DeSart
Ray DeSart
Henry Feller
Clifford
Forest Feller
Chicago
Century of Progress
Dinner Guests at Rudy Yunker Home Highlight Local Social
Rev. and Mrs. Ph. Lauer, Mrs. Rosa Muehlethaler, Katie Bauman, and Hetette Mercer were listed as guests for dinner Friday at the Rudy Yunker home. The item mentions the Three Wise Monkeys Mizaru Akazam and Speak No Evil, using a parable to illustrate prudent behavior and avoiding scandal.
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Ph. Lauer
Rosa Muehlethaler
Katie Bauman
Hetette Mercer
Rudy Yunker
Mizaru
F i
Akazam
Ieee 2
Mon Acey
Broadcaster's odd quips and patient Noah on deck
A quirky column recalls a broadcaster's humorous remarks about men ducking for pockets and women with bows legs, then contrasts with Noah guarding animals on a deck to prevent gambling, highlighting a playful, era voice.
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Noah
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Nelico
Tucson
Wm. E Baumgartner
Iowa
Ssee
R. P. Strauch
Weibel Mill Company
3Tfe
Fred E. Butikofer
Echo
George Butikofer
Weibelmi Company
Echo Office
Carr && Gehring
White House
Mabel Knudson
Towa. Atfe
McCormick Corn Binder
Adolph ‘Anderson
Etkader
Towa
I National Farm
Emee
J. D. Raftis
Elkader
Chas. Felter
Weibel Mill
John Sutter
Farmall
Elgin Echo
Hans E. Grether
Town
Stu
Grether
Literary Digest
Athens
Los Theame
Billy
O.P. Stoshr
Hulda Stoehy
John Falk
Libbie Beucher
Esther
Sherman
Marquette
E. L. Morris
Letiue
Schori
Kuster
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