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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
4
A dense list of notices and small ads from the Elgin Echo offering rates for notices, farm goods, livestock, equipment and services. Items include cream and poultry buyers, trucker receipts, dictionaries, construction paper, horse blankets, oats, cash registers, a pure bred Chester White boar, sales books, a hammer mill, and subscription savings for the Echo and Dubuque Telegraph Herald.
The word pekee derives from a Chinese phrase meaning white hair or down. It refers to early spring tea plants with down on new shoots. Pekoe tea is made from young leaves picked while the down remains and then roasted at a low temperature.
The law defines misprision of treason as knowing of others treason and not disclosing it. Penalty includes up to seven years imprisonment and a fine up to $1000, or both.
A Country Home snippet notes a guest feels flat at a hostess’s effort while the true reaction remains unspoken. The piece hints at social expectations and quiet relief that no fuss or commotion occurred during the visit.
A speaker reflects on hearing a man sing in the court and bathtub each morning for six months. The takeaway is that it’s better to forget a popular song entirely the morning after hearing it than to remember only half of it.
Local residents shared Christmas with family and neighbors across Volga City and nearby towns. Multiple households hosted visitors from Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Sumner, Fairbank, West Union, Elkader, and others. Holiday meals and calls filled a busy schedule with new births noted and plans for upcoming events at the Elgin Opera House.
Mrs L G Lehmbti has been ill with jumbago this past week. Elkader residents visited friends in Strawberry Point and West Union. Mask Ball advertised for Elgin Opera House January 8. Otto Olzon arrives from Detroit to visit family. Numerous dinners, visits, and church gatherings noted at Baumgartner, Nicklaus, Weibel, Herrling, and Lehman households. Christmas gatherings with large families, gifts, and a tenth anniversary party highlighted.
Mrs N M Frits and Della Chep man were dinner guests at the Fred Reichert home. Mr and Mrs Chas Feiler Mr and Mrs Myrlin Feller Mr and Mrs R W Muehlenthaler and Mr and Mrs Franc DeSart were dinner guests Christmas day in the Ray DeSart home. Hazel Davis of Minneapolis returns to visit her parents Mr and Mrs J A Haboger. A death notice: Sam Scharlach of Fairbury Illinois dies after months ill. A party at the China J Anderson home near St Olaf Saturday evening with about forty attendees including Erma Jane DeSart Ruby Boyle Opal Dummermath Forest Shaffer and many others.
A mosaic of aphorisms and quotes covers duty, dignity, charity, equality, and restraint. It critiques material charity without virtue, cautions against covetousness, honors older wisdom, and reflects on education, fashion, and personal restraint. Named thinkers and implied voices weave through a collage of short maxims.
A Detroit graduate asks which career offers a longer healthy life. The editor replies a professor has the better odds since he does not have to show microphones but only teaches them, highlighting a witty debate over brain versus brawn.
Climate for long life in Tceland and northern Siberia shows extreme longevity around 70 years. Temperate regions are best for extended lifespans, with notes on Ireland and Bulgaria having notable elderly populations reaching centenarian ages.
A reflection on belief in life after death noting that a sense of future existence lives in minds, rooted most deeply in great minds and exalted souls. Quoted thought by Joseph AdiMison dated 1872 to 1718.
A fragment quotes Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown warning that offering onwelcome advice reveals foolishness and a lack of deserving confidence. The remark is attributed to Washington Street era prose, reflecting cautionary tone about giving guidance blindly.
A compact note from Woman's Home Companion remarks that the carefree notions of young girls can, with time, veer far from mature women's realities, highlighting shifts in attitudes toward marriage and sweetness versus anxiety.
A compact item from Everybody's Weekly notes the uncertainty of cash flow as many people depend on irregular payments and worry about when their next check will arrive or be replaced. The brief critiques reliance on police escort and timely access to funds.
A chaos moment disrupted a New York Symphony concert when a tourist's pocket alarm clock, forgotten in his pocket, rang loudly during Toccantil’s baton performance. The disruptive sound echoed through the hall as the instrument was mistakenly struck in anger.
A 1920 report by the Diphtheria Commission under Dr. Shirley W. Wynne criticizes modern publicity and allied measures as insufficient in New York. It argues the disease could be near extinction and notes past high fatality rates, highlighting gaps between principles and practice in public health administration.
An eight year old Leicester boy named Leslie Gray saved a younger child from drowning in a deep canal. His quick actions and calm head under pressure helped secure the other boy’s safety as adults struggled nearby.
The practice began as a rain protection for statue and painting heads rather than a sign of divinity, with halos made from metal plates.
The Washington Star quotes Jud Tunkha saying he visited a fortune teller out of curiosity. It notes the abundance of free advice and praises anyone who earns money for such service.
The oldest bank in New York City is the Bank of New York and Trust Company, noted as one hundred forty six years old.
A fragment notes that dragon flies lack stings and belong to the neuroptera order, which also has no stinging members. The text underscores their stingless nature within the insect group.
A rough estimate links national strain to annual health expenditures surpassing 16 billion dollars. The analysis notes Maris as a key reference point for cost projections and frames the burden as widespread across the system.
England's oldest clergyman Rev. Denham J. Norman of All Saints' Warwick vicarage celebrated his 102nd birthday. He is not a co totaller and smokes three pipes of tobacco daily. Born in Chester, he is one of eleven children.
A recently taken 9 film captures an interior lung operation at Charita hospital Berlin. Doctor Siebert directs lighting through a sow reflector, and the records claim the film clearly shows details of the procedure.
A line from Stray Stories features Gerald admitting fear of losing control while his aunt, a hesitant passenger, asks if he worries. He responds he is already two installments behind, hinting at ongoing financial or narrative suspense.
A garbled dialogue excerpt shows Riley debating what a man’s dreams say about his marriage status. The text hints at social expectations and a joke about bachelorhood and disappointment, but is severely corrupted.
A fragmented notice describes an Indian planting rule and a garbled sentence about Patil and oak trees. The readable parts reference Indian roles, walt patterns, and tree sizes but lack clear event or outcome. No verifiable entities beyond Patil and generic references appear.
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