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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1938
Page
3
A Manhattan man explains his wife reads the Mercury each evening. She scans the front page then locals and society pages, studies the advertisements, and does her shopping from those ads. Her bargain picks save him money.
Two men from St. Louis to Herrin Illinois were driving when the driver dozed and lightly struck a turb near Marissa. The passenger awoke and asked their location. The driver replied undecided and offered to continue driving if the other man stayed alert.
A street car scene captures a woman and a boy in dialogue. The boy, with a cold, tells the woman he cannot control his nose but can keep it out of other people’s business.
A fledgling Chicago, then a village of huts by Lake Michigan, sent riders to Shawneetown on the Ohio River seeking a $1,000 loan. Bankers refused, saying Chicago was too far to amount to anything, as Shawneetown celebrated its relocation after floods.
The passage emphasizes that success in life and work requires cooperative effort. It argues individuals must contribute sincerely and loyally, and that organizations prosper when employees work in harmony, with shared welfare reflected in each member’s well being.
Ohio had three capitals Chillicothe Zanesville and Columbus. Chillicothe served 1803 to 1808 and again 1811 to 1816 before Columbus was laid out and designated the capital in 1816. Zanesville hosted the seat from 1808 to 1810.
Ventriloquism has ancient roots with traces in Egyptian and Hebrew archaeology. Eurycles of Athens was famed as a ventriloquist and his followers were called Eurycleides. The art is also known in Hindustan and China.
The Irish name prefix Fitz derives from filiUS meaning son, but originally signified a suckling. In Gothic the form thilious also meant suckling, later entering English through Anglicization as dairy or place of sucklings. The f and th sounds shift across dialects yielding the modern prefix Fitz.
Five simple cautions urge steady habits and vigilance. Hold onto objects to prevent dropping them and potentially harming others. If unsure of the safe method, pause and learn it. Do not take risks. Focus on the task at hand and keep safety on your mind.
A white man in Cincinnati was convicted of stealing a horse from an Indian in March 1798. He was ordered to return the horse, pay a punitive fine of $1 to the Indian, receive 39 lashes on his bare back, and publicly bear a sign declaring his theft through the village.
The source of electricity for early telegraphy was the blue stone or gravity battery. It used zinc and copper in a copper sulfate solution in a glass jar to generate the current for many years.
A man asks an information clerk where the men’s rest room is. The clerk replies it is around the corner. The man complains he does not want prosperity but relief. The exchange is humorous and concise.
A mechanic at Real Service Garage asks Mrs. Newdriver what the trouble is while she explains she has a short circuit and requests a lengthened fix as she waits.
A compact, period tone piece portrays a stout fortyish woman who, though fading, wields one decisive asset a sharp scouting eye. Her resilience and practical skill emerge as her trump card in a challenging situation.
In a puzzling incident, an Irish citizen questions the ownership of a package whose recipient name is obliterated. Claiming the tag is not hers, a second person asserts, My name is O'Brien, rejecting the apparent match. The exchange centers on rightful possession and unclear labeling in a local goods handover.
France honors its gastronomic heroes with monuments in villages near Grasse Vimoutiers and Mont St. Michel. A statue honors the peach Melba inventor and the camembert discoverer while Madame Poulard the famed omelette maker is enshrined at Mont St Michel.
Rome, a city aged 2600 years, sits on seven hills and embodies the peak of many earlier Romes. Its enduring monuments emphasize past splendor while marking the decline of former capitals.
Jud Tunkins notes a man who believes the world is against him admits he himself is against the world in a succinct philosophical quip.
Heinrich Graetz is regarded as the greatest Jewish historian. He began his work in 1953 and completed it in 1875, and it has been translated into many languages.
Sir Thomas Gates served as the first colonial governor of Virginia, marking the establishment of English governance in the colony. His brief tenure laid foundations for later administration and settlement under English rule.
Monterey Tennessee special photo profile of Uncle Fed Moore, age 102, one of the state’s oldest residents. He has seven living children ages 11 to 70, thirty five grandchildren, sixty one great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren. He has never ridden a train or an airplane and has farmed his entire life as his father did before him. all of Uncle Fed's sons are farmers.
The piece notes that many claimants from faith healers to yogis and quack doctors use psychological appeal to attract followers. Hygeia Magazine observes that the more fantastical a fad, the greater its popular pull.
Cracow, located on the left bank of the Vistula in a fertile plain, was once the capital of Poland. It features one of Europe’s largest markets and the superb Gothic church of St. Mary nearby, with the famous Cloth Hall in front of the church.
The flame at the Ursuline convent in Quebec has burned since 1717. Sighted by Marie Madeleine de Repentigny as she entered the convent after her fiancé’s death, the flame has been tended by the nuns ever since.
The text notes Albania is only slightly larger than Vermont and mountainous, while the Zog kingdom has about three times Vermont's population. It contrasts land area with population size familiar to readers of the period.
A science note explains that sound vibrations travel through solids liquids and gases but not through a vacuum, clarifying how absence of matter prevents sound waves from propagating.
A perpetual lamp in an old palace in Travan core, India, has burned for about 1200 years in memory of a ruler said to have ascended to Heaven while resting on a stone couch. The note mentions Oman and Muscat as a small Arab principality with Muscat as its capital and Saudi subsidies.
Odebolt Iowa feature on a 1300 pound Poland China hog owned by Martin Berg. The two year and three month old animal gains about 50 pounds monthly and may be entered at the 1939 World's Fair if health and weight gain continue.
Douglas Corrigan appears at an Advertising Club luncheon with Mayor LaGuardia pointing out his notoriety for doing the wrong thing at the right time. He receives a silver tray and bowl from the association of Men with Wings as cameras roll.
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