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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
3
An official notice appears indicating the document was entered at the Clermont Iowa post office in Fayette County as second class mail matter.
Gunder and Farmersburg teams played with Gunder winning. The Ole Loftsgard home hosted Rev. S J Strandford and family for dinner. Choir practiced at P K Petersons. Guests from near Waukon and Osage visited local families. Several families attended picnics and dinners at various homes as listed among local residents. Quotations about peace, work, and saving end the piece.
The Oak Grove News lists numerous visits and gatherings across Oak Park and nearby towns. Joe Garris and others stayed with Harold Strong and others hosted guests in Maynard Lima Volga City Elgin West Union Pittsburg Kansas Milan Ohio Westgate El kader Elgin Illyria and more as families shared meals and picnics while neighbors called on friends and relatives.
In a quirky science theater segment in Chicago, Charicp Brown manipulates his hands in the air to coax theremin music from an unseen instrument, delivering a unique performance amid experimental lighting and audience curiosity.
A promotional plea urges residents to spend money locally to boost the city’s growth. It emphasizes staying loyal to home merchants, supporting home builders, and fostering a larger, better city through purchasing at home. The message frames local spend as a personal and communal benefit.
Mr and Mrs Ray Gilbert spent several days last week in the Melvin Hanson home east of Elgin. Visitors included Donald Barker at the D H Craft home, Mrs E S Grimes Irene and Mrs Riley Grimes with Mrs Sarah Helms, Lyle Granger of Kenosha Wis in the Frank Lyon home, Mrs William Nutting at Clarence Tripp, and a group of Patterson Peters and Grimes families in Delvin. The Boyers and Peters attended a funeral near St Lucas. The Gilberts planned an extended visit with Harvey Gilbert in Marshalltown. George Howard family and Patterson were dinner guests in the Peters home. Rev G A Thomas plans a two week trip. Glen Boyer and wife expect to move to their new home in Rocks ford Winds this week.
A national horticultural bulletin urges roadside beauty as a rightful expectation, while Ottumwa Courier quips that the beauty may already be in another’s parked car. The copy ends with a note that sincerity is best manners and to start early to avoid hurry.
Killott James performs a dangerous mouthful stunt during the free science theater program at the World’s Fair in Chicago. The act involves holding a squid ale at extreme cold temperatures near 312 degrees below zero as part of the demonstration.
Entomologists with the U S Department of Agriculture outline distinct mosquito biting schedules. Some bite only at night, others by day, at sunrise, or at sundown, with females the biting sex and males feeding on nectar. Specific types include the rain barrel mosquito, yellow fever mosquito, Mansonia, and malarial species, each with unique day and indoor biting patterns.
An anecdote recalls Horace Greeley finding a manuscript nearly unreadable and a printer declaring alarm at the wall writing. A letter from Prof Morse is cited, noting the difficulty of deciphering handwriting yet praising its lasting charm and the futility of certain notes.
Reports show increased operations of large slave ships in the Red Sea driving demand for more anti slavery patrols by the British navy. Ships travel between Saakin in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan and Jidda in Hejaz with only two small sloops covering vast waters. A fleet slave ship with nearly 300 enslaved people was seen but escaped toward the Arabian coast. Auctions occur along the Arabian coast with thousands sold yearly to labor destinations across the Arabian desert.
London artist Stanley A Burchett formerly of the Grenadier Guards presents the smallest pictures in the world. About an eighth of a postage stamp in size, two miniatures have been purchased by the queen a sea scene with a weasel at dawn and a still life of marigolds in a blue vase. Viewers must use a microscope to appreciate them as real watercolors painted with a brush.
The piece notes about four irredeemable bond issues, led by a Canadian Pacific Railway 4 percent debenture totaling nearly 300 million dollars. The principal is paid to investors, and some bonds never mature.
The British National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty holds 250 properties for public access. One major project is raising 175000 to purchase land around Stonehenge.
A fragmentary note describes Turopolje in Yugoslavia with a 13000 population, claiming every citizen is noble by birth and may display a coat of arms. Included is a stray excerpt from Colliers Weekly and a dialogue about sea dangers and a driving scene.
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