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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise notes Elizabeth Priest serves as local editor and member of Towa Press Association and National Editorial Association, with publication as a weekly Thursday morning edition and mailing as second class matter in Clermont Iowa.
A compilation of maxims on patience love and ethics. It contrasts indulgence with restraint, warning that pride and temper harm others, and notes human capacity to shape heaven or hell by choices. It cites a war’s fragility and the power of small acts to end conflict.
The Dahlonega mint in Georgia operated from the 1830s to the Civil War era. Located in the gold region among the Blue Ridge foothills, its name derives from a Cherokee phrase meaning gold. Coins minted there were gold with the mint mark D.
In Fear of Volcanoes the capital, like the other cities of El Salvador, has no skyscrapers. Proximity to several active volcanoes has taught Salvadoreans the wisdom of constructing low, solid buildings. Even San Salvador a cathedral is made of heavy timbers, painted to give a stone look appearance.
The text explains that children of brothers and sisters are first cousins, and children of first cousins are second cousins. A child is a first cousin once removed to the last generation described, though these relations are often mistakenly called second cousins.
The Colosseum was built with travertine blocks for the outer walls, concrete inner walls with brick facing optional, and strengthened by peperino and travertine piers at stress points. Marble adorned the pedestal, columns, and seats, while the arena had no roof.
The note explains that blasting gelatin is very powerful and is made by dissolving nitro cotton and nitroglycerin. It states there are about 100 different commercial explosives in common use.
German authorities consider a marriage between couples to require proof that there is no racial impurity in their families up to their 10 great great grandparents. The measure aims to ensure lineage compliance for forthcoming nuptials.
Excavations reveal the mosque at 43 St. George's columns was built by victorious Turks on the site of an ancient Christian monastery dedicated to St. George. The Serbs in the Petch district continued the candle ritual despite the monastery's removal, seeking no known explanation from ancestors.
A New York Herald Tribune scientist argues life is a sequence of growth processes and that heavy hydrogen can slow or halt growth by suppressing key steps in the chain.
The Victoria Falls on the Zambesi river in southern Ithodesia are over a mile wide and sit more than 500 miles from the ocean on all sides except the north. The falls, at their highest in April, plunge 400 feet into a deep cleft forming a zigzag canyon through sand rock, creating the continent's outstanding scenic attraction.
The pronghorn antelope does not shed its horns, unique among deer family members. Horns are hollow with a bone core attached to the skull. The horn texture shows eight longitudinal ridges, unlike moose elk or deer horns.
The four point term refers to weight in Canadian measure, with a point just over a pound. Hudson Bay blankets are heavy all woolen coverings used by trappers and traders, similar to army blankets but heavier, often gray tan or patterned, with red as a favored color.
The text notes the Honey Bee laboratory sa. on iTH Tre introduced into the United States in Massachusetts between 1638 and 1640. It mentions reports of apiculture introduction into the Southwest by the Spaniards earlier than these dates, which have never been verified.
The kilowatt hour is the unit of electric energy used in power sales. It equals 1,000 watts flowing for one hour or any equivalent watt hour combination. This measure multiplies watts by hours to yield 1,000.
Shortest peoples include Australian Bushmen, Andaman Islanders, Laplai ners, Malays, and Burmese. These groups are described as comparatively short lived, reflecting a dated ethnographic view with brief remarks on longevity.
A New York Tribune writer notes the Mississippi by Fulton’s Claremont era spurred many sidewheelers. Downstream travel was easy as current aided boats, but upstream return demanded months of labor by crews. Early steamers were crude yet labor saving and quickly replaced keel boats.
Andorra, a Pyrenees enclave, traces its charter to 805 A D given by Charlemagne to mountaineers. The republic, neutral in wars, kept laws, built Andorra la Vella, and kept ore-rich mountains untapped while literacy remained rare.
The article notes owls woodpeckers swallows bluebirds nuthatches and chickadees rely on insects pecked from dead bark and trees for food and nesting. Vultures hawks and toucan-tailed pigeons favor tall leafless trees for roosts while eagles may increasingly settle on dead or partially dead trees rather than cliffs or rocks.
TheName John Doe originated in early English common law as a fictitious or unknown plaintiff with Richard Roe as defendant. They were widely used in the thirteenth century during courts busy with business. Earlier forms include John Stiles and Johns-Nokes, common in the sixteenth century.
The text describes hawk moths as varied in size with powerful wings. They fly swiftly at twilight and hover over flowers to extract nectar, resembling hummingbirds. They are often called hummingbird moths but more commonly hawk moths due to long narrow wings and strong flight.
The Jivaros, a warlike tribe famed for head hunting, shrink and dry enemy heads through an elaborate ceremony. The finished head retains a striking human expression and is about the size of a small monkey.
A home city preference is urged for purchases to keep dollars circulating locally. The ad asks readers to trust local merchants for honest goods at honest prices. A joke follows about a drunken man who jokes his adhesive tape on the mirror reveals his inebriation, then a Tax Commissioner Fox quip about unlisted cars in the state and gasoline business.
Wood and coal heating equivalence shows two pounds of seasoned firewood provide roughly the same heat as one pound of high grade anthracite coal. This measure highlights efficiency differences for home heating choices.
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