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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
3
Businessmen review stock and urge personal inventory of driving habits as 1936 nears. An all time automobile accident and death record is expected, with some communities showing increases despite safety work. The human factor in driving causes crashes and the safe driver avoids difficulties by not entering them.
Noah Webster, born in Hartford, Connecticut, son of a farmer, failed as a lawyer and turned to teaching and text book writing. At twenty six he published Grammatical Institute of the English Language, a spelling book reader and grammar that made him famous. The speller funded his family for two decades, selling over 65 million copies, while he mastered 23 languages for his dictionary.
Collier's Weekly recounts a bizarre afternoon when Vice Admiral Sir George Tyran commanded HMS Victoria in the Mediterranean. A mysterious maneuver led to Britain's battleship being rammed and sunk by another battleship within thirteen minutes, costing 358 lives including Tyran.
A fragment notes a biblical verse from Jeremiah twenty two about building a wide cedar house with vermilion paint. It reflects ancient home decoration symbolism and royal imagery linking to dwelling and luxury.
The author notes Washington climate differences from Decorah with early January travel and describes magnolias staying green through winter. The House organizes with Speaker Bankhead elected 323 to 84 and sworn in by A J Sabath, marking a pivotal session. remarks salute Utterback and discuss Farm Tenancy and rent pressures in the capital.
A collection of brief items includes Glover H Cary and William V Orage of Kentucky, John J Ma Swain of South Carolina, and Fred Bidkmann as a shopper. Also noted are pork sales by Harris Bros near Postville, hog weights and earnings, Berg's January bargains, Harold Gray now Pan-American Airways captain, a snail in a glass jar as a novelty, and long distance weddings in Waukon following Iowa's five day law repeal with Honolulu and La Crosse residents married by Rev Stucki.
Over the last 15 years U S automobile accident fatalities neared 400000, more than 55 percent above the total deaths from all wars combined. Travel era Insurance data show deaths rising from 21628 in 1915 to over 36000 in 1935, a 67 percent jump as cars grew 31 percent and population 11 percent.
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