23 Aug 1934
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1934
Page
1
A brief notice indicates the item is entered in the post office at Elgin in Fayette County Iowa as second class mail matter.
Classified ad rates listed as 35e 30c 10¢ ief 25c with commissions and cards of thanks in memoriam resolutions and school notices. Obituaries and society notices appear under regular advertising rates of $1.00 arch society admission is etry all at.
The Ramsey Journal notes Governor Lehman at Hamilton College said people get the government they deserve. It argues voters rarely sustain effort after elections, with critics fast to judge while praise is scarce, and public indifference still weakens governance.
The McComb Mississippi Enterprise urges readers to maintain optimism despite widespread gloom. It argues individuals require a strong dose of hope and faith to function normally, warning that society suffers from a scarcity of enthusiasm and pessimism peddlers abound.
Iowa farmers are urged to guard valuable dairy cattle as drought looms. Culls should be disposed of, but the state may meet a large future demand for good stock from dry regions. A sound herd could become a farmer’s nest egg next year or after.
The Echo asked several homecoming attendees for their views on how often to hold the event and which parts they valued most. Responses favored a three year cycle, with strong support for Sunday morning union services and reunion ties among old friends and relatives.
Clinton J. Patterson son of William and Ida Perry Patterson was born near Elkader Iowa on October 30 1898 and died August 15 1934 in Calmar Iowa after a brief pneumonia illness He lived in Clayton county Elgin Ames Calmar and Monticello Wisconsin operated a cafe and farmed A Masonic lodge member funeral held at St Pauls M E Church Elgin with burial in Elgin cemetery Remembrance from the Patterson family and thanks to friends and Masonic lodge.
The text defines heat as rapid motions of minute particles called molecules, a form of energy that transfers between bodies. It explains heat intensities are measurable and temperature as a general term expressing heat degree, indicating hot or cold bodies.
In the early days a city to city number request met with toll line reply. Toll road and bridge costs cut long distance use. Now calls are answered with a pleasant long distance offer.
A curious court archive item from Heckington Lincolnshire shows a medicine bill of 55 tightly written columns filed by an apothecary for collection. It records purchases by Samuel Jessup an eccentric elderly Englishman who spent his final years chasing various medicines to satisfy an abnormal craving.
Military service is compulsory in the Soviet Union with 1,200,000 soldiers available each year. About 230,000 are called to serve, the remainder trained under a territorial militia system.
The boundary between the United States and Canada extends over 5500 miles with 3100 miles of land and 2400 miles of water. It is described as the world's longest undefended boundary.
The first gold coins used in England were produced around 1250 during the reign of Henry I.
Bermuda has never recorded a sun stroke case. Authorities state there have been no reports of sun stroke or related illnesses in Bermuda, underscoring the island's climate protection and health monitoring clarity.
A parade lineup lists entrants in order from Indians to Little German Band. Floats include Elgin Furniture, Kohlers Monarch, Schori Bros Corn, and Torkelson Garage. Bands and groups named cover Farmersburg Monona, Elgin Band, Our Portly Cop and a tiny dog act amid the Sugar Bowl Ice Cream display in Decorah.
Era from Wayne County News quotes Thomas A Edison on keeping the brain active. He believed mental effort preserves youthfulness, grows brain power, and that only the body ages. He joked about inventing at 100 if stomach holds.
At 9:00 p m on Sept 1 the season for taking trout in Iowa ends under fishing regulations. The 1934 Open Season saw more trout fishermen and a larger total catch than prior years. Typewriter paper offered at Echo office.
D. D. Wheeler of Lenwood showcases a collection of unusual items recovered from flat tires over years. The pile includes nails, a quarter-round section, a spoon, scissors, a garden hoe, spring leaves, glass, railroad spikes, screwdrivers, an oil can spout, a file, and a chunk of iron rod.
In Grinnell area farmers face drought fears though reports note surprising vegetation growth. Charles Ross found a five husky lambsquarter growing in a brick, suggesting some crops may still fare, while a sermon on prophets ends with a parishioner offering his seat to Habakkuk.
The first Africans landed in the United States as slaves appear to have come from the Guinea coast region in Africa. Most slaves were taken from the interior and marched overland under great hardship. Noted tribes among those shipped include the Zulu or Kaffira, Hottentota, and Bantua.
Baldness tends to run in families and to afflict those with oily skin. The control of dandruff and scrupulous hygiene of the scalp may delay its appearance.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was buried with his young wife. The manuscript of a poetry collection he later helped publish was dug up from the grave and released, shaping his posthumous literary legacy.
Within two hours of Ulysses S. Grant's death in 1885 Chicago began a popular subscription for a memorial. In four days the total subscribed reached $42,000, showing swift public support for commemorating the Union hero.
Uncle Eben quips that a map with little sense talks much yet betrays the maker, warning he won’t fool anyone by oversharing. The remark frames a rural conversation on caution and clever speech.
Michigan's fire zone spans about 19 million acres visible from roughly 150 state fire towers.
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