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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
1
A dated 1933 meditation urges daily duty to build temperance and will, noting energy separates strong from weak. A Detroit doctor labels noise a major occupational hazard, while a French publicist predicts closer democratic nations in a year. Hopkins aims for 90 percent, warning about the rest. A quip about geese and golden eggs closes.
Elgin Canning Co to start machinery on Monday Aug 3. H L Griffith Jr, Elkader Register editor, becomes a father to a daughter. West Union game attendance, upcoming wedding Alma Reichert to Colegrove. Ernest Allen, Mrs Will Allen host High Kensington club. Joe Shadle becomes Elgin blacksmith at Rudy Lehman shop. Kohler family to Des Moines for state fair. Ernest Bauder to Ames Iowa State College. Local fishing trip to McGregor via Knudtson and Lisher party. Charles Boyer injured, three ribs broken. Frank Greenley buys new dray horse. City council okays pole regulation ordinance.
In a Vosges village girls test wedding prospects by tossing pins into St. Sabine's fountain. A floating pin signals marriage within a year, while a sinking pin means no prospects for at least 12 months.
The article explains brokers' brokers as firms or individuals who handle business for other brokers with little direct public interaction. It emphasizes their role as intermediaries within the wholesale stock trading system.
Pocahontas reporter Matt Sefcik found four large eggs weighing about 10 ounces each. One egg broken revealed a complete normal egg and yolk inside. The find is noted in a special photo for Echo by Record Democrat.
At Backbone State Park meeting on August Thursday the Republican Women of Fayette County reached a 500 new member target in five weeks with 150 Fayette County women active. Aims grow to 2000 by October first as a Four-County rally follows. The group announced new officers and committee chairs and heard reports from precinct chairs.
A Styra women’s committee met at Mrs. Charles Gehring’s home on August 15 to arrange for 1938 39 projects titled Child Development and Family Relationships III. An open homemakers meeting is planned for late September or early October with date and place to be announced. Committees chosen include Place and Arrangement J H Wilson and Reynold Strong Hospitality Walter Rothlisberger and Harold Strong Lunch Joe Dinan and Clyde King Program Ella Foxwell and Ed Wenger District cooperators were appointed for five districts with named coordinators.
The term psychology comes from the Greek psyche meaning mind or goal and logos meaning study or discourse, forming a field name that describes the science of mind and behavior. The definition traces back to early philosophers and scholars who linked mental processes with observable actions.
Selma Ekrem's Library Notes reviews Unveiled a tale of family life in a Turkish household and the drift of modern Turkey amid women’s push for freedom. Also covers Sean and Shula by Marian King a juvenile picture book of Ireland and Dublin Horse Show tales in a collection of stories about children abroad.
East Cler mont Luther League presents a Sunday evening program on August 21 featuring talks by Michael Blockhus Jr and Millard Bilden, solos by Hulda Berg and Irene Erickson, readings by Josephine Bilden, Palma Gilbertson, and remarks by Rev. Ramsey, with collection and closing.
The United States tidal shoreline totals 21 862 miles including mainland and islands. The given name Marianne derives from Hebrew origins meaning bitter grace. Termites are not true ants and bear no relation to them.
A historical note explains that the first watches used coiled springs, marking a key development in timekeeping during the seventeenth century.
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