Elgin HiG Tumbling squad season tally and letters
Elgin High grid notes a 5 2 1 record in eight games with 122 points for and 19 against. Key players include Nutting Borting Whitney coach Patterson Kiple Lehman Schupbach Schori Muehlethaler captains Larson Grether Shaffer L Muehlethaler and letter men Knudtson Anderson Snyder Olson R Kruger E Kruger. Capt elect Grether.
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Patterson
Kiple
Lehman
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Schori
C. Muehlethaler
Larson
Grether
Shaffer
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Boyle
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Feller
Steele
Anderson
Knudtson
Snyder
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Elgin
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Glermont
Fayette
Wadena
Kipie
Bunting
Schaffer
Dummermuth
Mumerale
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Olson
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Elect
Prosperity Speech Echoes On Radio Benefit
A fragmentary view notes radio broadcasts praising prosperity. It mentions farm relief topics in campaign coverage and a farmer's awakening likened to a grocer's hiring test. The grocer Wells sought bright boys who could reason and think, posing a question about a million dollars.
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Wells
Wise and Otherwise Pranks on the Beach Scene
A beach meeting in Atlantic City sparks quick exchanges about sports, kissing, Sunday habits, and a Marine Corps kiss. A doctor prescribes sun and air to a young woman, while a joke about a man refusing a drink cites three reasons, including a vow to his wife and timing. We want your News Items.
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Smith
Brown
Dover Mills Social News Reflects Oelwein Visitors
Dover Mills reports visitors from Oelwein including John Borland and Mia, Hadley Johnson, Earl Becker family, and Julia Everson. Local guests include Ludwig Anderson, JH Johnson, G Brause, Hardy Harland family, Ole Kloster, John Saboe, Hadley Yohnson, Ole Baronson family, Marion Scott group, and W H Scott household. Amy Nelson and Millard Nelson also visit Rose Johnson's family. Henry Hills and Clarence Nesvick visit. Elizabeth Rounds shops in Oslwein. Glen Kerkestue and Gunder Kloster stay with Ira Rose family.
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John Borland
Oelwein
Mia. Hadley Johnson
Earl Becker
Will Middlestar
Oellen
Julia Everson
Marion Scott J
Melvin Everson
Homelwein
Ludwig Anderson
JH. K. Johnson
G. #. Brause
R. F. Learn
Marion Scott
E. 0. Wagner
W. H. Scott
J. C. Matthews
Amy Nelson
Clarmont
Rose Johnson
Millard Nelson
John Nelson
Vette
Henry Hills
Henry Hangon
Thursdey
Clarence Nesvick
Elizabeth Rounds
Glen Kerkestue
Gunder Kloster
Glen
Ira Rose
Mr. Kloster
Subscriptions Offer For Echo and Telegraph-Herald
An offer promotes subscribing to the Elgin Echo and the Dubuque Telegraph-Herald at the Echo Office with combined annual price of five dollars saving nearly two dollars. The notice also mentions local dinners, visitors, and shoppers with various names and addresses. Puzzles Parliamentarians notes a London committee debating the word eleemosynary in a health insurance bill.
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Elgin Echo
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London
England
Bee Wing Vibration Speeds Vary During Flight
The Department of Agriculture notes that a bee’s wing vibration rate changes with motion. When leaving the hive it runs about 460 vibrations per second, while entering the hive loaded shows about 820 vibrations per second.
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Department of Agriculture
Tasters and Their Fortunes in Tea and Coffee
The piece describes tea and coffee tasters in large importing houses, noting their palates as fortunes and their expertise in judging blends. It highlights how masters identify berry name, age, country, and family history of the coffee, with tasters consuming large quantities without ill effects.
Horseshoe Symbol Of Luck Across Cultures And Times
Universal belief in the horseshoe as a lucky emblem spans centuries and continents. Ancient myth credits it with threefold fortune, its iron strength tied to horses and saints, with notable mentions from Washington at Mount Vernon, Nelson on Victory, and its widespread use as a sign of good luck in England, Europe, and Hindustan.
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Europe
Hindustan
Jacana Dance Impresses Birds in Washington Star Description
The Jacana Dance showcases a male jacana courting behavior aimed at winning the attention of a chosen female. The display features wing spreading and feather flashing to create a striking visual effect as mating season nears.
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Washington Star
Welsh language at risk as nationalism forecasts erosion
Students of Welsh nationalism warn the language may nearly vanish in coming years. They cite Cardiff's 250,000 population with about 45,000 natives and estimate only a small percentage can speak read and write Welsh.
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Wales
Cardiff
Footprint Theory Prompts Detective Guesses by Foot Size
Nathan Hack of Hack's boot shop cites a Foot Index of Character claim that footprints reveal a man’s size weight and strength. He says modern detectives can infer physique from prints, a notion said to be known by Indians and ancient peoples, per the Boston Herald.
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Boot Shop
Boston Herald
Traitorous Words in Dictionary Accord Over Title Page
A French lexicographer compiled 400 traitor ous words and a collaborator added 700 more. A lawsuit over whose name appears first on the book title page ended with the court ruling that the originator’s name should appear leftmost, then the collaborator’s, side by side.
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Aide
Bullheads Show Unyielding Lifeforce After Catch
Disjointed clipping notes bullheads or horned pout exhibit remarkable tenacity outside water. The fish can breathe and twitch for hours after being caught, while most fish perish within minutes. Fishermen often toss bullheads aside overnight only to find them alive in the morning.
Sleep All Winter Long Raccoons Pack In Warm Hollow Trees
The America Forestry Magazine of Washington notes raccoons often sleep through winter in large groups inside hollow trees. Families may cluster together in the same shelter to endure the cold.
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America Forestry Magazine of
Washington
Fine Natural Harbor Puget Sound Adlery Description
A description extols Puget Sound as a vast natural harbor with depths from sixty to one thousand feet. It is protected on all sides, making it one of the world’s greatest harbors. Its coastline allows ships to land at nearly any location along its edge.
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Puget Aduide
Home Style Humor and Local Notes from Florida Hurricane
A quirky 1920s style column recalls hurricane damage in Florida with notes on brick versus frame houses, slogans about coffee brands, and light anecdotes. It includes a joking mother’s meeting, a line about a “Home of Your Own,” a picket fence corn crib sale, a Scotsman asking for the Detroit Free Press, and a father scolding his son for torturing a rabbit while the boy explains rabbits multiply.
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Florida
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