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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
3
Thursday morning note honors Marjorie Scheel a prominent local editor and longtime member of the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association for her service to journalism and the community.
A man asks his son about report marks. The boy quips that his grades are under water, explaining they are below the C level. The exchange captures a witty schoolyard moment.
A wry exchange contrasts two states as a father explains that prosperity brings wine, women and song while low mood yields beer, mamma and the radio, highlighting social contrasts with humor.
Hygeia Health Magazine notes Sydenham rejected the idea of one disease with varied symptoms. He argued each set of symptoms belongs to a separate disease with its own natural history, as cited in the magazine.
In Hillside Caverns Spain two and three room cave apartments house troglodyte families opposite the Alham bra. Owned by gypsy families, the cave homes are spotless and noted for being warmer in winter and cooler in summer than standard houses.
In Iceland, houses heated by hot spring water provide a controlled climate for horticulture. The system channels geothermal heat to warm homes and greenhouses, enabling year round production of flowers and fruit despite exterior chill.
The article traces a long historical bond between music and healing. Ancient Greeks and writers claim music aided cures, affected emotions, and even influenced behavior in various ailments from madness to pain. Biblical, medieval traditions also show music shaping mood and aiding recovery in distressed individuals.
Emeralds were Cleopatra’s favorite gem and many green stones were called victory stones by old writers. Amethyst, named for its Greek meaning, was thought to prevent drunkenness and decorates episcopal rings. A myth ties amethyst to Bacchus, transforming Amethyst from a maiden into a purple stone through wine.
A reminiscence from Readings in Indiana History recalls 1817 conditions with two railroads, no canals west of the Alleghenies, no telegraph, fire by spark, forests instead of fields, and travel by horseback. It notes husbands carrying children and wives with a cover on the horse, highlighting the era's hardship and improvisation.
The Laurentian mountains span a vast crescent of over a million acres between the St Lawrence River and Hudson Bay toward Labrador. They command a mysterious, ancient appeal as geologists note these ranges were among the first to raise summits above the seas as continents formed, making them older than the Alps or Himalayas.
Tungsten is praised as a metal of extremes for lamp filaments with a melting point of 3400 degrees Celsius, low vapor pressure, and a worked tensile strength of 600000 psi. An expert later drew the metal into a bendable wire at room temperature after it had been deemed brittle.
The Suri nam toad breeds unusually with the male placing fertilized eggs on the female s back. Eggs are spread, pressed into skin pits where young Surinam toads are born. There is no tadpole stage, unlike other frogs and toads.
The writer urges sane enforcement of traffic laws with officers on roads and judges in courts who enforce drunks and reckless drivers. Two drunken driving cases were dismissed, a condition the public should protest as leniency encourages highway danger to citizens and children.
Clermont residents welcomed visitors and relatives from Wisconsin Iowa and Washington during the Thanksgiving period. Albert Halverson and others called on Helen Osmundson and Mrs Larson as families traveled to La Crosse Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Rochester for visits and medical appointments.
Before 1825 Ohto's schools were subscription schools with a traveling teacher. Trustees often examined a prospective teacher to judge qualification due to lack of formal requirements.
The term murrain covers outbreaks such as anthrax rinder pest pleuropneumonia foot and mouth and other diseases affecting livestock. It explains the historical use of the word to describe animal plagues in agriculture.
Grand Meadow residents and relatives gathered for dinners and visits across multiple homes this Thanksgiving weekend. Families including Reiergen, Holm, Lyngan, Amundson, Larson, and Erickson shared meals, while students and travelers remained with relatives in Cedar Rapids, Anamosa, Clermont, Kensett, and Vinton. Echo advertiser notices urged patronage as East church hosted a well attended dinner and sale with broad local turnout.
Special photo shows Carl G. Olgan beside his car with a chicken hawk perched nearby. The bird had a wingspan over four feet and created a large hole in the windshield after smashing into the vehicle.
The piece notes uncertainty about the rodeo’s start and mentions a 1888 Washington Post claim that Mexicans included rodeo in their annual cycle. It cites early feats such as wild cow milking and basketball on horseback as later innovations.
The workers who ran stations on the underground railway were mostly prominent, law abiding citizens who violated no laws except aiding fugitives to freedom. They acted within a network that facilitated escape and assisted those seeking liberty.
English poet Algernon Charles Swinburne endured persistent epilepsy and deafness, shaping a life largely spent in comparative retirement and distant from public life.
Dorothy Quackenbush a 22 year old Kansas City woman has been signed for the movies. She has been an airline hostess model for two years and last spring won the title Miss American Aviation of 1938 at a contest in Birmingham Alabama.
Special CFI photo from Menard Texas shows Congressman Charles L. South of Coleman bidding farewell to the Texas Champion Livestock Judging Team as they depart for Chicago and the national competition.
A Los Angeles officer aids Gwen Stone as she flees the flames from Topanga Canyon. The fire destroys many fine homes and forces hundreds to flee. Sparks ignite Malibu Beach houses, spreading destruction along the swank Malibu district in one of California's worst fires.
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