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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1934
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise lists weekly edition details with editor Elizabeth Priest and affiliations with Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association. Notices include Clermont Fayette County mailing and second class matter.
Uncle Sam urges early Christmas mailing with postmaster Geo Rounds assistant Mary Agnes Paulson and rural carrier George Belschner ready for loads. Rounds asked to prevent packages in the post office on Christmas day to aid enjoyment. Belschner fears frozen hands and coin theft from rural mailboxes.
Mr and Mrs Harold Landsgard called in Decorah on Monday Evelyn Nord stayed Thursday night at the Sperry home Marjorie Olson spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Bob Larher Mrs Ed Gass and son Le Roy visited the A G Frederick home last Saturday Mr and Mrs Norman Reinertson welcomed a son Rodney Norfine born Sunday Dec 9 Mrs J W Crowe spent Wednesday visiting in Oelwein with local acquaintances
Word was received of the death of Mrs W A Folk of Waterloo and notes on visiting relatives in West Union. Leo Wolf and wife welcomed an 8 12 pound girl named Frances Irene born December 5. The Ladies Bridge Club met at Mrs E L Crowe with Crowe high scorer. Dr and Mrs L L Carr hosted a dinner for faculty. bridge followed. Catholic Daughters helped serve supper to West Union Commercial Club. Multiple visits and dinners noted at the John Wells home. Dan Burke learned of his aunt Mrs Joe Sheehy’s death in Bordulac ND. Cedar Rapids visitors at Claude Gress home. Lyle Gress an A grade law night student. Glen Olson noted as Luther College trainer. Union church board elected D R Cottrell president, J E White treasurer, Mrs Lucian Appelman secretary. other members named. National Musical Ensemble gave a high school gym program with first-place soloists. ensemble's instruments listed. Public attendance called it a rare musical treat.
Moe, superintendent of the Decorah trout hatchery, outlines the annual spawning schedule for Brown Brook Rainbows. Eggs fry and hatch in running water, then are reared in tanks and ponds. They are fed beef liver and hearts, with some continued feeding before release. The piece ends with a reflection on advertising as an investment.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer notes the Articles of Confederation left Congress weak, with nine states needed for action and no chief executive or national judiciary. The piece argues for a new Constitution to create a unified national government with legislative, executive, and judicial branches, replacing a loose confederacy of jealous states.
A discussion of snake reproduction notes most nonpoisonous species lay parchment-shell eggs buried in earth, logs, or compost while garter and water snakes retain eggs within the mother until birth. Venomous snakes like rattlesnakes copperheads and moccasins bear live young, ready to bite, with venom fangs fully developed.
The Mont re ss Herald notes London zoo animals resist cold. Polar bears refuse baths below 50 degrees and back away from icy water. Elephants are oiled to protect skin against cracking, pests, and discomfort in winter.
Archaeologists uncovered a Rouen cemetery artifact dating to A D 395 showing Gallo Roman women used perfumes and makeup like rouge and talcum powder. A seven foot deep sewer excavation yielded a jade coffin with a bone-less urn and four battle items once used for beauty.
The term tintinnabular traces to Latin tintinnabulum meaning the ringing of a bell. It appeared in Middle Latin around 1787 and dates to the fourteenth century as a descriptive form of bell sounds. Derivatives proliferate from this root according to Literary Digest.
A fragment notes that only natural born citizens may hold the presidency and cabinet officer roles under the Constitution. It discusses eligibility and a succession scenario if a non citizen or non natural born candidate were to seek office. The text is unclear and appears garbled.
A brief note from Literary VAgeet on how to pronounce the word thither. It argues about initial value sounds in examples like this, attempting to guide readers toward the proper vowel or phonetic approach.
Rudolf S. Hecht of Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans and president of the American Bankers Association asserts bankers faced criticism but uniformly united to repair the nation’s financial system. He pledges courage cooperation and full aid to reconstruct the economy under the current crisis.
Local social roundups list visits among the Wharrams Osmundsons Lyngaas Olsons and many others in Grand Meadow Oelwein and Clermont. A Sewing Circle sale at East Lutheran and a Luther League social hour are noted along with church Sunday activities and Christmas program practice. A Bumner business crew hauled snow for two nights. charity sales fund health education and tuberculosis early-detection efforts.
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