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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is published every Thursday by R P Strauch. The issue is stamped as battered mail in the Elgin Iowa post office under Fayette County, classified as second class mail matter.
The notice lists foreign display and local display rates per inch and per line, with 30 readers per line at 10 cents and per word charges for special listings. It notes advance payment, a 25 cent minimum for first insertion, no agency commission, and outlines rates for cards of thanks memoriam condolences resolutions society and school notices with admission charges, and obituary poetry at regular rates.
A clipped, era-humored miscellany riffing on consumer debt, longevity notions, old-time gender lines, and wry vignettes. It tangles quips about credit, employment, doctors, aging, manners, and jokes from Kansas City to Burlington, Wisconsin, preserving a local newspaper voice.
On Wednesday at 8:00 AM Rev Father Hehir presided at the Clermont church over the marriage of Margaret Frances Delaney of Clermont to Harry Ford Becker of our city. The ceremony drew many friends, after which the newlyweds began a wedding trip to Milwaukee and other cities before settling on a farm near Elgin.
In a magazine of quips and anecdotes Howard Amberson of Three Forks Mont and a prairie tale of boots and chili powder appear alongside a Twain anecdote and a vanity quip about a mare. Four workers relax at Christmas Eve until the Big Boss interrupts with a quiet reprimand.
A brief Echo newspaper ad urges readers to tell them they saw it in the Echo and promises printing services. It frames the Echo as the source and advocate for local printing needs.
Harvard Fogg Museum displays over 100 photographs showing how X rays infra-red and ultraviolet tools reveal restoration work and authenticity. The Roentgen ray exposes retouched areas, reveals painting order, and exposes cases where entire canvases were painted over.
Forest Service warns fires reduce game and fish supplies by destroying breeding grounds, nests, and aquatic habitats. About 90 percent are caused by woodland users, with heat and ash harming streams, lakes, and streamside life. Green forests support wildlife. fires destroy it.
Homogenizing milk breaks fat globules for uniform texture with a homogenizer using high pressure. The process separates cream and milk serum, causing fat to rise and creating smooth, uniform cream. It is used in sweet milk and cream, butter, chocolate milk, and ice cream.
A solitary bottle of port, sent 150 years ago to three Quakers jailed for tithe refusal, remains unopened at the Friends’ House on Euston Road London. The relics include broad brimmed hats and demure bonnets, preserved alongside the bottle as a link to distant days.
San Diego headline notes Mrs. Hattie A. Fletcher left 10000 to a shepherd spaniel in her 1937 will. A court ruled trusts in perpetuity cannot be fulfilled by a dog, ordered funds to another legatee, and the dog now lives in a veterinarian home.
Elgin Iowa council meets January 6 1941 with mayor pro tem. They approve bills including labor and supplies and adopt contracts with Central States Power and Light for municipal street lighting and electric energy for pumping. The five year terms include options to extend and specify rates and minimum charges.
Thousands jammed downtown as five audacious youths eluded police and lowered from the tenth floor to tear down a large Nazi swastika flag hung at the German Consulate in honor of Foundation Day. An American flag was raised as the five were arrested for malicious mischief.
Police in Cadiz, Spain raided a hidden sausage factory where the owners allegedly made large profits by dodging health inspectors and using inferior ingredients.
A baby has more bones than an adult because some skull bones and tailbone segments fuse over time. The infant’s skeleton gradually decreases from around 270 bones to about 206 as growth completes.
An ancient tree trunk in Vienna’s Stock-im-Blumen Platz is heavily studded with countless nails. Legend says a very blacksmith apprentice arriving in Vienna was required to drive a nail into the stump before practicing his trade there.
Americans living in Bordeaux integrate well through marriages to French families and diverse professions. A dentist, a hotel manager, a grocer, a brewer, and a garage owner are among those cited, all sharing frequent social meals.
A new typewriter enables writing letters to blind persons in Braille. The keyboard is standard. the keys emboss the paper with Braille characters instead of printing printed letters.
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