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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1937
Page
4
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that on August 19, 1818 the Ohio Penitentiary held 70 inmates, sparking alarm over an enormous increase in felons. By August 19, 1918 the population reached 1,944, with convicts rising three times faster than the state population.
The article notes that glass largely uses soda lime and sand, with proportions similar to those used thousands of years ago. It emphasizes the consistency of material choice across eras and hints at enduring traditional formulas.
A large typewriter pad advertised at Echo Office priced at 10 cents each with bundle offers.
A collection of farming and road safety insights covers winter skidding dangers and passing on icy roads, grain as hay substitute, grain feeding for layers, poultry losses, beef prices, dairy prospects, oats smut tests, egg production and handling, and warm weather storage. It notes 15 mph on icy roads without chains, 30 mph with chains, and forecasts weaker fruit and vegetable profits in 1938 due to consumer demand and economic recession.
Sponges, among the simplest animals, differ widely in habitat, color, and size. They inhabit deep and shallow waters in seas, rivers, and lakes worldwide, coming in red, blue, brown, green, and yellow hues, with weights from a fraction of an ounce to a hundred pounds, according to Collier's Weekly.
Emil Snyder among the sick at home. Erwin Miller injures his foot while timberwork. Mabel Frieden to spend Christmas at Frieden home. John and Mrs Schner welcome daughter Marilyn Ruth born Dec 17. Paul Peterson and Mary Goetz visit family in Fort Atkinson. Rev C C Brenna and Ruth Brenna visit Gus Gunderson. Oscar Gunderson visits from Wood Lake. Betty Kohler ill with mumps. LeRoy Steele assists at store. Alvina and Eva Frieden return for two week vacation. C Dravis buys New Hampton grocery. Postville grocery suffers $2000 fire loss. Grimes family moves to Loftsgard house. Janice Mary Feller born Dec 13. Erwin Miller family attend funeral in Buffalo Center. Lawrence Howard moves to upstairs at Max Medberry home. Glen McKellar home for holiday. wife visiting in Guthrie Center. Langsdale family news and trips. Baumgartner and Hack siblings visit Elgin. Constance Hutchinson ill in Lafayette hospital. operation not performed yet. Mrs Fritz installs furnace. Wa Baumgartner building boiler issue. Mrs Ball dies at 87 in Vinton.
Fayette county Federated Clubs will stage a four pageant of brides at West Union school auditorium on Thursday evening January 13, 1938. A wedding match and parade of women in costume will feature ushers flower girls and ring bearers oldest costumes to latest bride. Participants may wear their own dress or have a relative wear it. Lectures on marriage vows health and finances accompany the event. A state contest offers 20 prize to 5 for best personal reactions in under 100 words.
Andrew Carnegie began as a telegraph messenger boy in 1851 and learned telegraphy while employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, later becoming a telegraph operator.
A search from West Union Iowa is underway for 16 year old Donna Mae Howard who disappeared Monday after a man and woman in a brown car asked a student to call her. Donna Mae, daughter of Bruce and Mrs. Howard, left school at 1 p.m. and has not been seen since. Her parents reported the case to Sheriff H. J. Nehring at 7 p.m. The boy’s family ties position her father within a Fayette county family.
The Echo corrects an earlier notice that the Elgin school would open January 4 after Christmas vacation. Supt. Roberts confirms the start is Monday, January 3.
The letter a bears heavy use in Hawaiian, appearing singly and in sequences. Examples include kaa a thread, laana devoted, and maa a breeze, illustrating vowel abundance and repetition in native terms.
Alden Pinney of Bentot Missouri reports receiving a mixed nut shipment described as a cross between pecan and hickory. The handwritten note laments the difficulty of determining which nut predominates and playfully wonders what Missourians will cross next.
The Doukhobors arrived from Russia in 1898 and 1899 and the government allotted them land in Canada’s provinces of Assiniboia near Yorkton and in Saskatchewan near Thunder Hill and Prince Albert. They originated from Russia.
On Friday December 24 customers paying cash receive a free Candy Bar with every $1.00 purchase. A 10 percent discount applies to all book ae cornta settled on the same date at Kiple's Service Station.
William Hardy, 37, survived a 600-foot fall into Shavers Fork river. cousin Cleland Hardy, 43, died after being ejected on impact. A woman passenger was trapped for three hours before rescue by boat. William, a Franklin lumber mill operator, was treated at a local clinic.
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