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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1930
Page
6
Local Elgin Iowa newspaper fragment lists want ad rates, notices, sales items, and small classifieds. Items include sale of livestock, furniture, books, a milking machine, a dictionary, and office supplies. A pistol duel report and civic booster call appear among catalog-like notices.
An intensive investigation by the U S Department of Agriculture and Mexican entomologists studies the pink cotton boll worm in the La guna district of Mexico at the Thihuaila plantation. Airplanes equipped for moth trapping scout distant regions to determine travel distance and some planes dust fields with insecticides.
A historical note recalls Chinese weddings that once spanned six rites over several days, featuring a flower decked sedan for transporting the bride. It now uses a sedan and auto style vehicles, with many six day ceremony features shortened. Guests sometimes attend a movie during the journey, and western honeymoon ideas have begun to appear.
Canaries were kept in domestic form by the late fourteenth century though not common, Gesner noting he had never seen one in 1555. Variation started early with partly yellow birds in Nuremberg 1614 and wholly yellow with white varieties in Augsburg, Germany. Distinct geographic origins produced many forms. though some near extinction, a devoted following has existed. Currently at least 14 distinct strains and many varieties are known.
Prof. E. E. Morenn of the University of Southern California has developed a reducing camera process. Large books can be reproduced on a small plate and shown on a screen. pages copied at 3 cents each, with prints made in under ten minutes.
Rats began fleeing an elevator in Cranmer Manitoba in large numbers prompting local boys with rifles to shoot many. The elevator housed 55,000 bushels of wheat and barley and collapsed shortly after midnight following the exodus of the rodents.
In a recent interview Lour Clemenceau known as the Tiger of France says he is finished with politics. He condemns political life as rhubarb and applesauce, calling it worse than rhubarb.
A humorous exchange from the humor page notes a wife scolding a husband for loving poker, insisting he recalls their wedding day, which he confirms was the day after her straight flush. The item captures light banter and casino life flavor.
A playful exchange centers on a woman’s statement about not caring how she looks and the risk of summoning a doctor. Mrs Benham quips that a married doctor might not care, while Ethel notes her father is outspoken and warns young men to leave.
A fragment from a London Calling exchange features a humorous dialogue about letters to women and the caution learned from past correspondence. The brief vignette underscores social etiquette and evolving communication.
A claim from Not Really New Inventors describes a mechanical man that can talk without thinking, though similar ideas have surfaced previously.
A collection of pointed aphorisms reflecting on kindness, virtue, work, manners, gender roles, and social behavior. The quips cover happiness, resilience, politeness, bravery, and the foibles of men and women, with observations on public life and human conduct.
Information from the U S Department of Agriculture notes winter barn comfort at 45 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit, shelter belts can raise farm value, and windbreak advice. It covers winter feeds including shredded corn stover for cattle and sheep, ventilation needs for poultry houses, and both dry and moist mash feeding for hens with guidance on balanced intake.
Crosscup Pishon Post commander Tip Carman at a recent gathering introduced himself as a former assistant district attorney of Middlesex county Massachusetts. He recounted Irvin Cobb story of a dog biting an ADA a butcher and a junk man to get the taste out of its mouth.
Scientists in Pathfinder Magazine explain the basin around Great Salt Lake as a remnant of the drying Lake Bonneville from the Pleistocene. Clear wave-cut cliffs and terraces reveal two former shore lines, the Bonneville shore about 1000 feet above today's lake and the Provo shore around 625 feet higher.
When rejoining a worn carpet width, align patterns, turn over and sew each edge with buttonhole stitching using flax thread, then oversew firmly to draw the Pletes together. The seam becomes perfect and ridgeless.
A fragmentary dialogue resembles a cartoonish street exchange. A young housewife contends about a cake while a tramp tests boundaries with a quip about eating wood and cake. The lines imply a humorous bargaining moment between two unseen characters.
A fragment from Everybody's Weekly shows a domestic exchange about trust and appearances between a wife and husband. The brief dialogue hints at skepticism toward a new housemate while cautioning not to judge by looks.
A short Ohio State Journal item notes a girl in a new fur coat saying she is warm nearly down to her knees. The comment reflects humor on gratitude and comfort in cold weather.
Virginia Doty of Center Point spent the weekend with Frieda Freiburghaus at the F. C. Muehne thaler home. The two women returned to Edgewood Monday and resumed teaching duties Tuesday.
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