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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1930
Page
7
The Clermont Enterprise is listed as a second class matter at the Clermont post office in Fayette County Iowa indicating its archival mailing status and official handling classification.
Clermont area residents share news of visits and relocations including Dan Burke and Phyllia Dibble. Death of Fred Appelman noted in San Francisco while Dr. Skarshaug moves to New Orleans. Local basketball doubleheader results and promotions at Northwest Bell. Birthday party, showers, and a mock wedding highlight community events at Ossian and West Union.
A historical look at how Louis Braille, blind from age three, invented a dot based system enabling reading, writing, shorthand, and math for the blind. The Braille method, created at age 20, faced slow adoption but is now widely used. The National Institute for the Blind plans centennial celebrations.
The article notes a close relation between cattle supply and early airship construction. It states 1.5 million cattle would be sacrificed, as gold beaters skin from cattle intestines supplied the strong flexible material for balloons. It cites English experiments before and during World War I proving effective.
The United States Bureau of Mines conducts tests in Texas to reduce oil storage tank mortality. Corrosion stems from high sulphur content in crude oil and hydrogen sulphides. Aluminum is being tried as a substitute for iron and steel to withstand the corrosive action.
A New Yorker unable to recall dreams during daily psychoanalysis uses a dictaphone by his bed. Each morning waking, he records subconscious thoughts and then transcribes them for the analyst before destroying the wax cylinders.
A Londoner recounts on a visit to America. Somerset Maugham invited a millionaire to luncheon chosen dishes and the bill. When it arrived the American reached for his pocketbook. Maugham insisted the guest could not pay, saying the meal was his guest. The anecdote ends with the astonished guest realizing the gesture.
The Luther League of West Clermont Lutheran church holds a Sunday meeting January 19 with program including songs scripture reading prayer remarks and collection. Rev G Gunston leads the observance with readings by Myrtle Amundson Ellen Bilden and vocal by Martin Nelson.
Clermont Valley Creamery Company reports 1929 business of 148 557 95 dollars with 117 435 59 returned to patrons in cash and 3 920 11 spent on butter. They received 992 342 pounds of cream containing 262 876 pounds of butterfat, produced 324 236 pounds of butter at 44.11 cents net per pound, average cream test 26.44, and aim to raise test and deliver higher grade product.
East Church holds Divine service with Holy Communion at 11 AM. West Church offers Norwegian service at 2:30 PM and Luther League evening at 7:80 PM. Funeral for Orm Larson, pioneer resident, at West Clermont church Friday 1:00 PM and home 12:30 PM, cemetery interment East church. Also report on Koopman home gathering near Castalia with about 25 relatives and friends. names listed. Echo want ad will add it.
Orm Larson died at his home last Monday evening after a year marked by declining health. He had remained mobile until the past week when a serious illness worsened.
Southern railway of England tests fabric covered passenger coaches to compare with painted and varnished vehicles. Fabric’s quick application is the main advantage, surpassing the time needed for applying 16 coats of glaze, paint, and varnish.
A civic report from Pittsburgh notes the city consumes three times as much water on Saturdays as on any other day, highlighting a unusual weekend surge in demand. The Kansas City Star mentions the finding as part of its coverage.
A Women’s Home Companion remark notes that only household chores electronics cannot do are making beds and dressing the children.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows Milas Cayenne advising on a marriage proposal to young Van Bobr. The phrasing is obscure and jumbled, offering little coherent action or outcome beyond a tentative acceptance and a suggestion that he may be seated later.
A humorous exchange features a diner asking if the order has been taken and a waiter replying that both the order and a childhood photo were taken, captured in a playful misquote from a Boaton stranger.
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