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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1933
Page
4
Classified notices and ads from the Elgin Echo outline rates for wants and club offers, plus various items for sale and services. Mentions Lost-Green Schaefer pen, Rawleigh routes, publishing discounts, and office supplies. Includes advice on writing ads and a Sorghum sale. States prices and contact details for local commerce.
A 1825 mint marks commemorative coins named Fifty cent coiny feature a miner and gold pan on one side and a bear on the other. They celebrat third California diamond jubilee and the seventy fifth anniversary of statehood with one hundred fifty thousand coins issued.
Silhouette artists known for speed. Hubbard finished in twenty seconds while William Henry Brown paused a minute before slicing one of his famed outlines.
In a column attributed to Motorist, readers are urged to compare declining train accidents with rising automobile crashes. The piece ponders why engineers aren’t always paired with firemen and asks for explanations from Safe Work 1, highlighting evolving transportation risks.
The article traces the word risque from the French rinquer meaning hazardous risky. It explains the original sense of danger and a figurative use now tied to impropriety or indecency. The piece notes the shift in common usage over time.
The honor roll remains the same with top spellings achieved by Vern Sires Anns Schupbach Lois Miler Betty Strauch Batty Schori Otia Torkelaan and Betty Miller. Betty Schori Anna Schupbach had perfect arithmetic. second grade and fourth grade students also posted perfects and high ratings while lessons include a Sleeping Princess dramatization and safety posters.
Grammar room pupils with A plus spellings last week included Les Martin Lillian Nelson Louise Blum garter Helena Boleyn Evelyn Den nler Lois Dean Helen Mueklethaler and William Schupbach The eighth grade average was 8 and the seventh grade 5 The grammar room elected a council Louise Baumgartner Keith Thoma Dean DeSart and Marine Hunsberger for this semester Lurs Dean and Louise Evans were named to plan a Valentine party Other committees were formed Clarence Haas and Arnold Johnson finished exams The 7th grade wrote descriptions and Robert Kohler’s was judged best.
High School reports sixteen students from the eighth grade tested last Thursday and Friday including Alma Friederich Eva Bennett Lester Luchsinger Virginia Hop Arnold Hop and others. County Superintendent Meyer notes 239 eighth graders statewide. Magnetism and electricity study underway in physics. Elgin High drew a bye in county tournaments at Fayette next week. Home economics class hosted a faculty dinner prepared by the students.
The Commercial Department conducts a 10 minute speed test as prep for longer assessments toward Cresco spring district commercial contest. Both shorthand classes have been
Reading from New York Gregg Writer certificates, the past week saw Roth Gruver reach 54 words per minute for 10 minutes, Erma Jane DeSart and Susie Stillman dictation at 80 wpm for 5 minutes with 88 percent accuracy, and Ruby Boyle at 100 wpm with only three errors. The clans in typing T reported five tests with 75 percent correct punctuation and spelling.
The Fayette county cage tournament runs February 16 to 18 in Fayette with referee BE A Billings of Upper Iowa University. Drawings show Elgin and Maynard with byes, Delwain vs Randalia Hawkeyeys, Fayette, Waucoma vs Arlington, Oran vs Clermont, West Union vs Stanley. semifinals Saturday afternoon and finals Saturday night. Girls draw Hawkeye vs Waucoma Maynard vs Arlington Stanley and Clermont receive byes.
A series of brief Elgin items report a postponed basketball game due to a blizzard, local illnesses and visits, and a weather outlook near zero in Iowa. Community efforts include transients helping shovel streets, a Sioux City electric rate dispute settled, and Winneshiek county planning 500 in scrip for public works with a reduced transfer fee to encourage circulation.
Mount Vernon features two main entrances facing east and a long veranda at Mount Yann. The east entrance overlooks the Potomac, while the west entrance opens onto the lawn and garden.
The text reflects on labor, purpose, belief in a future state, and unwritten laws across towns. It laments overreaching philosophies, warns against grand schemes, and notes how everyday work and recognition shape happiness. It also hints at miscommunication between speaker and listener.
A block of cellular concrete floated on water at the University of Toronto school of practical science during an experiment by Prof G. Anderson. The Nordic method involved mixing a ferment with water to cause the material to rise, with the concrete said to resist sound more than wood.
Chief Engineer B. S. Dean of the metallurgical division and coworker Joh Gross announce a steam explosive method to separate minerals from worthless rock without full pulverization. The process is in the experimental stage but may have commercial feasibility according to Bureau of Mines officials.
Arkansas Senator Robinson spoke in Little Rock framing Shirkera as transparent. A quoted exchange between Mrs Soult and John in a small burra echoes a domestic scene as the baby wakes, illustrating a moment of whispered dialogue.
Charles 8 Hall of Rockland Maine reports a theft at his cottage on Spauldings Island a two room log cabin built three years ago. The thief removed furnishings doors windows partitions and part of the roof.
Senator Sorghum quips about ears on the ground and wearing earmuffs to keep out the Alscord, as Heard Easogh notes the exchange in a compact political aside. The dialogue hints at vigilance and strategic caution in a tense era.
Fragment from the Montreal Star presents garbled dialogue about borrowing money and mistaken memory, with unclear characters Pat Mike and a daughter. Text suggests a dialogue excerpt or transcription error, lacking coherent narrative or identifiable events.
Readable fragments show unclear phrases about wit and songs. The garbled OCR lacks coherent names dates places or events to identify a concrete person or incident.
Fragmentary text shows disjoint phrases about places and people. No clear event, date, or names emerge to define a full news item.
A fragment discusses Hoge and Polson Hoge not immune to poison, noting their thick skin and fat layer. It claims blood circulation prevents poison from entering the bloodstream in a hog attack, implying danger to humans and others. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or verifiable facts.
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