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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
3
Marjorie Scheel, local editor of the Clermont Enterprise, serves in Clermont Iowa and is a member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association.
Severa warns that a major crossing accident occurred last weekend and stresses one sure prevention: stay off the tracks. He urges people to stop, listen, and wait to avoid being struck by trains.
Venom circulating in the bloodstream rapidly proves fatal, crippling all contacted areas. It disintegrates red blood cells and causes swift, widespread damage beyond a single organ.
Warming up for the new session, Republicans seek a strong showing while Democrats plan measured actions. Veteran leaders like Garner and Bankhead preside, with Farley and Rayburn guiding the House. New faces join seasoned insiders as the 1934 Congress opens amid a tide of election shifts.
In Washington a $100 per plate Capitol dinner drew partisan jabs as Democrats fundraised for the national committee. Rep Sabath printed the Jackson Day speech in the Congressional Record while Rep Knutson quipped about the Mayflower Hotel menu drawing laughs. Iowa Society plans address by Henry O. Talle at Shoreham Hotel on the 19th, as 3000 Iowans in the capital stay active.
The piece notes New York's congressional split with two Democratic senators, Wagner and Mead, and 25 Democrats, 19 Republicans, with Vito Marcantonio listed as American Labor. Among NYC area representatives only two Republicans remain: Leonard W. Hall of Oyster Bay and Bruce Barton, a noted writer and businessman.
A government printers report for the year ended June 30 shows total disbursements of 16,870,205 dollars. Labor accounts for over eleven million, and paper costs exceed four million. Public printer A. E. Gregengack oversees an organization of more than 5,000 employees praised for speed and volume.
Town Democrats who paid twenty five dollars to attend the Jackson Day Dinner in Des Moines will receive a meal and related program benefit. The event highlights party fundraising and community engagement with local organizers coordinating the dinner.
Agriculture department assigns 389177 acres to Iowa for 1939 wheat, far less than Kansas 11067349. Minnesota nears 1.5 million, while district counties yield 14.7 to 19.4 bushels per acre, Worth county posting the high average.
Report by the House Select Committee on wildlife conservation notes a rise in waterfowl since 1934 due to shooting restrictions. It cites the Mississippi refuge from Winona Minnesota to Dubuque and stresses patrols, cover, and food. The committee tentatively backs a multi‑million dollar appropriation to aid the Biological Survey funded by migratory waterfowl stamps.
The Nashua Reporter notes a world famous wedding site set a new record with 1151 marriages in 1938 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale. Pastor Rev Wm Kent officiated 1079 ceremonies, including his daughter Mary's December 31 wedding. The Riceville Recorder also mentions local civic notes and prominent obituaries.
Kenneth Farmer of Anderson Indiana drove a Chevrolet off the highway crashing into a tree at the Ruckdaschel corner in Postville. He was bruised and cut, treated at Postville hospital with five stitches and two above the eye, then transported to Prairie du Chien Wisconsin to catch the Burlington Zephyr home. The crash was the worst at the corner since the incline change and suggested high speed.
The rocky crust to ten miles deep is made up mainly of eight elements: oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium. These eight elements comprise over 98 percent of the lithosphere, according to the American Chemical Society.
The government sells the first completed People’s Car to the public on small installments. The aim is to bind average Germans to the state for at least six years through debt and obligation.
The greenish purple pitcher plant forms a jar like chamber filled with sweet secretions in which to drown victims. Curved hooks and sensitive hairs line the death house to trap and seal exits. Darlingtonia Californiica on the West Coast can drown small birds and mice.
The term bank derives from banco used for a tradesman's counter in Italy, then money-changer benches. From this, the idea of bankruptcy emerges when a moneylender could not continue business and his bench was broken up, giving rise to bancorotta and bank rupt.
From the summit of Snowdon England's highest peak, observers claim vision of about 36 mountains and 32 lakes when weather allows. The statement notes clear air and good visibility as prerequisites for this expansive panorama.
A report places the world's richest radium mine on Great Bear Lake near Radium City in Canada. The discovery highlights vast ore potential and could affect mining interests and regional economy.
A collage of dated snippets covers etymology of Manitoba from Algonquin roots, a questionable claim about African American ancestry, a line about Schubert, and a brief history note on Quebec’s citadel. It ends with a remark on carp intelligence and fishermen’s views.
Neville Chamberlain visits Rome for talks with Benito Mussolini aimed at forging European appeasement. The reception at the railway station features Ciano and Viscount Halifax, with the British party shown arriving alongside Italian leaders.
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