Elgin School Notes and Arbor Day Activities
Elgin School notes cover weekly visits by Lillian Wels and Miss Nell Lane, sixth grade reading progress, and Arbor Day yard cleanup with free sandwiches by Domestic Science. Junior Camp Fire girls serve ice cream and frail Seniors enjoy a dinner from Freshman Girls amid lavender décor. Recipes for corned beef brine provided by Mrs. Hanson and Mrs. Lincoln with instructions for brine preparation and storage. County Demonstrator Katherine Miller presents details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Wels
Margaret Allen
John Grover
Clermont
Nell Lane
Mono- Ti
Dorothy Gilson
Violet Trade
Bessie Chapman
Who Wants Plants for Spring Orders by April
Vegetable plant requests must be sent by mid April to ensure timely orders. Those not sending in may miss desired stock. Notify for outdoor flowers or church decorations and I will provide cut flowers or potted plants in bloom if given enough lead time. Mrs. Rosa Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Reed
Mrs. Tubbs Does Her Bit at Opera House
A patriotic 15 character play Mrs. Tubbs Does Her Bit will be presented by Myria home talent at the Elgin Opera House Friday April 11 with a 20 minute Myria Orchestra concert preceding it Admission 15 and 36 cents Proceeds go to the Illyria church piano fund Also notes a family gathering at W J Kohler home celebrating anniversaries and a farewell party for Mr and Mrs John Allen who will move to Elgin for a repair shop. mentions William Hohenzollern quip and local social notes including barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching 75 cents per setting of 16 eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Kohler
Warren Harrington
C. J. Harrington
Frank Shipton
Waycoma
Harrington
Shipton
John Allen
William Hohenzollern
Miss Meek
Whetstone
Edith Keiser
Rothlisberger
West Lnion
Plymouth
Frank Hunsbercer
Tubbs
Opera House
Baboons Employ Sentries to Guard Maize Fields
A London writer notes baboons in South Africa exhibit human like behavior. In a field article a troop uses a sentry to warn of attackers, counting members and signaling an attack. Three gunmen confront the troop, and the third man shoots, thinning the herd when ripe maize is in reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
London
War on the weevil and other farming notes
The article discusses the weevil as a major pest threatening grain crops and cotton in the southern states, with its eggs hatching into larvae that devastate harvests. It notes global spread, wartime grain losses in Australia, and efforts including poison gas attempts. It also covers local items: a parish house project in Oelwein, social visits, housecleaning musings, a Bellevue bull advertising sale, a drum corps formation, a Vermont tree story, and casualty list compilation by military authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Europe
The Hottest City of Hyderabad Described
The city of Hyderabad in the Indian desert is noted as the hottest place with shade temperatures around 127 degrees in summer. Residents use shipboard like ventilators and airshafts to bring cool air to living rooms and bedrooms, yet nights barely offer rest before dawn heat resumes.
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Hyderabad
India
Papal Guard a Picked Body in Swiss Tradition
The papal guard is described as an hereditary honor in Zurich and Lucerne families. Candidates must be fiwial citizens, at least 6 feet 8 inches tall, unmarried, healthy, and free from disfigurements. They need baptismal and home certificates plus parish character references. After a year of good conduct, travel costs to Rome are refunded.
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Papal Guard
Zurich
Lucerne
Switzerland
Rome
How Flying Fish Fly They Use Tail Propulsion
The article challenges the idea that flying fish use wing wings for flight. Captain Barrett Hamilton states the fins act as parachutes, while the tail provides motive power as the fish glides. Wing flutter and occasional tilting are not propulsion, just air current interactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett Hamiltton
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Allen
Elkader
Elgin
Allen i
Mr. Allen
Allen
Falk
Buick
Iowa
Titan
Monona
W. C. Harrington
Schori Bros
H. S. Hadsel
M.D
Glasgow
Citizens” State Bank
C. O. Fothergill
M. D
Realign
Elgin Hotel
Elgin School Notes
T. L. Hanson
G. W. Lincoln
Katherine Miller
First Christian Church
Oelwein
Arlie Holzer
Myrtle Olson
Merle Klingman
West Union
J. D. Shaffer
Lime Springs
Guy Whitford
Bellevue
New Hampton Gazette
George Vaughn
Decorah
Maynard
L. Culver
Hydeville
Elgin Clothes Shop
Max Thoma
Lion Brand
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