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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1936
Page
3
The Clermont Enterprise in Clermont Iowa publishes weekly on Thursday mornings with Elizabeth Priest as local editor and member of the Iowa Press Association and National Editorial Association. The brief masthead lists the paper’s community focus and professional affiliations.
A postal entry from Clermont in Fayette County Iowa records second class nail matter mail. The note indicates it was officially entered at the local post office for processing under postal category.
Campbell Soup Co. president Arthur C. Dorrance asserts that canning owes its discovery to military needs and becomes a civilization force. He traces origins to Napoleon's wartime rations and Nicolas Appert's heat sterilization, calling modern canning the backbone of cultural leisure and global exploration.
The Guatoan Indians cultivate the Akuri palm tree, believed to be the sole complete Aquor producing plant. Fig sap is made to drip into small cups where it ferments into a strong intoxicating beverage.
Oak Grove residents share Christmas dinners and oyster suppers with numerous relatives. The Dennler and Chapman families host gatherings with extended kin including Pollocks, Tho mans, Dennlers, Wilsons, and Smiths. Visitors and callers arrive from nearby towns, with many households hosting dinners and attending funerals and church events through the week.
The piece notes that memorial rings were bequeathed to friends in historic wills. Richard I left rings to nine executors, Shakespeare and Pepys willed rings to friends, and followers of Charles I wore rings after his execution. In the eighteenth century a halo device from the deceased’s head appeared in designs.
In 1789 the future Cincinnati was briefly called Losantisville near Fort Washington a hybrid term denoting the city opposite the mouth of the river. Early the next year the settlement was named Cincinnati in honor of Gen St Clair, then governor of the Northwest Territory and president of the Pennsylvania Society of the Order of Cincinnati.
John Bull was a celebrated organist and composer. Born around 1502, he died in Antwerp on March 12 or 13, 1628. A certain ayre resembles his tonal anthems, linked to his repertoire.
Canada’s highest peak in the Canadian Rockies is Mt Robson. At about 12, N72 feet above sea level it is described as a monumental arch of the Rockies. The origin of its name and the person commemorated remain unanswered questions.
Reflects on life’s paradoxes where each shadow or pain carries a hidden gain, every night hints at dawn, and weakness holds a core of strength, suggesting a continuous, balancing rhythm through human experience.
The existence of platinum was first made known in Europe by Antonio de Ullon in 1736. It is usually found as grains, but sometimes in masses the size of a pigeon's egg. Pieces weighing 10 or more pounds have been found.
An Egyptologist notes the Mohammedan lunar year of 454 days has no natural counterpart and is an aging system. It has persisted for 1,813 years or, in Mohammedan counting, 1354 years.
On the chalky Dover cliffs in England the samphire gatherer collects the aromatic plant used to flavor and preserve pickles. The inaccessible ledges hide the herb from casual pickers and add to its allure.
The scarlet tanager shows bright scarlet plumage across most feathers, with wing and tail feathers in darker tones. Its mate is dull olive green and yellow. The bird’s song is sometimes confused with the robin’s call.
The text surveys how European nations view food as culture and daily task, noting French food as science, British eating as routine, Italian dining as gymnastic, and Spanish meals as endurance. It also references Fibonacci's borrowing and repayment sequence used in 1202, tracing its possible eastern origins.
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