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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1930
Page
4
A garbled thoughtful collection notes insights on temper, vanity, ambition, and social norms. It muses that silence aids peace, wisdom equals common sense, and self‑provision comes from education. It jokes about habits, jealousy, and the quirks of human nature.
A 1980 Stockholm exposition will glorify Swedish home life as an object of international admiration. Architect Te G Asplund designs a building on Djurgaarden island featuring modern homes from cottages to villas, model gardens, streets, shops, and bubble rooms. The display will showcase Sweden’s latest industry products including textiles glassware metalwork silver and jewelry.
A mannequin with a marked half fifty and half thirty face attends English race meetings, dining at fast food spots, and visiting hotels as a curiosity. A doctor reshaped the right side near the ear and scalp while leaving the office check intact. The operation cost about $500.
A San Francisco Chronicle reader notes a news boy on Market Street who chased a man who accidentally dropped half a banknote and then refused half the reward. The letter praises honest youth amid concerns about crooks and embezzlers.
D L Davis of Wresno California is praised as a skilled shotgun marksman who rarely wastes a shell. He astonished himself when a single shot killed both a rabbit and a quail as the quail flew into the pellet path, ending the hunt with two game in one shot.
A Montreal Star quote depicts a strained household where a doctor promises a new lease of life, but the husband counters that little remains to pay the rent, illustrating a bleak domestic gag.
A playful exchange imagines holiday greenery as a scheme of decoration with mistletoe favored over laurel while a character prefers mistletoe over yew. The dialogue hints at seasonal whimsy and poetic plant choices.
A light quip from Tit-Bits unfolds a short about a pair both claiming marriage after one asks for a call. The humor rests on mutual commitment, delivering a brief, period-voice gag.
A compact humor column surveys quips on marriage, etiquette, and lifestyle. The snippets include jests about weddings, editors, cooks, and advisors, with quick wit about courting, manners, and everyday situations. Notable lines reference a judge, a wife, and humorous misfires in social banter.
Scientist J H Jeans reports to the Smithsonian that future technology may heat a large house all winter with a single lump of coal by extracting energy from ashes. He notes that ashes contain vastly more heat than the burning fuel and cites that perfect combustion could power Britain for a century through heating, lighting, and transport.
A Soviet arranged exhibit opened in Berlin features over 130 Rusaldn icons spanning 118 to 1795. The collection, mostly original works with some full-size copies, traces iron painting from Vladimirskaya Mother of God to the Novgorod school and later forms, attracting art and religious circles.
Two boys observe a man step onto store scales that show only ninety pounds. They tease that the man must be hollow, noting something is wrong with the scales. The brief humorous scene captures their astonishment at the unexpected reading.
A playful exchange frames a memory of courting days when the husband would bring candy. The wife sighs that since marriage he has eaten less, contrasting past sweetness with current routines in a light domestic vignette.
A humorous quote features Mr. Chuggins lamenting his inability to calculate the distance to the next gas station after running out of fuel. The line captures a humorous confusion over mileage per gallon and travel limits.
Fragmentary note from Die Markt or Die Muketo Vienna recounts a patlceman guiding a bride away from an altar while the groom fled. The brief suggests a rushed wedding escape rather than a completed ceremony. The source language is unclear but centers on a disrupted marriage scene in Vienna.
In a terse Bits item, Mince Dorothy is noted for changing habits after marriage as her husband disapproves of her high heels. TD quips that she would be lowering herself by marrying that man, reflecting the era’s social sniping.
A fragment shows a sharp exchange where a speaker mocks efforts to restrain folly while a woman poses a poetic retort about not forcing a rose to bloom as a flower of contrived meaning. The tone hints at irony and whimsy.
A humorous piece about a hen that relentlessly digs for worms and lays eggs regardless of conditions. It contrasts pessimistic forecasts with the hen’s hard work, noting she thrives in any weather and turns worms into profits through eggs and broilers.
Eliza Pulfer suffered illness from shingles while A Scotchman changed his name to Pullman to match towels. Postville banks total two million, footings $2,156,412.23. Residents and visitors: Bess Stohr resumes work for Krank Co. Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Walthers and Leo visit Elkader. Wm Sutter family relocate to Albuquerque. Tireman of Fayette headed to California. Frances Bailey and Verne Bailey install O E 8 officers at Poplar Bluffs. organization has 230 members. The column notes loyalty to employers and warns against disloyalty as a sin.
Caution against choosing laxatives by guesswork warns of risks from improper selection. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is presented as a safe, effective, physician recommended laxative made from herbs and pure ingredients, available in generous bottles at drugstores.
Iowa aims to build over 750 miles of all season roads without direct property taxes while expanding federal road funding in 1980. The state projects major post office construction in multiple towns, and expects 1930 vehicle license fees and gas taxes to top twenty million dollars. Agricultural output in 1928 totals over 166.9 million in crop value plus 662.4 million from livestock and other farm income, with hogs, cattle, eggs, milk and poultry contributing substantial sums to county earnings.
A garbled excerpt discusses wellbeing and illness dynamics and notes that the human body is largely water though not always in the usual physical sense. It mentions water bound in chemical interactions and hints at mental effects on illness.
An OCR readout advertises a subscription deal for Telegraph and Telegraph-Herald. It promises savings and a bundled price of 95.00 for both papers, urging readers to act to avoid delays and secure the two newspapers in one payment.
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