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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
1
An item listing offers Cards of Thanks and In Memoriam Cards priced at $1.00 each. The short ad presents a simple catalog line likely from a small newspaper notice.
A guest column by E. HS reflects on blustery winter weather and small joys. Readers are urged to answer Alumni questionnaires, plan spring planting, and share garden and home tasks while appreciating simple things. The piece touches on birds feeding, a lone junco, a red squirrel, barbers, whisker clubs, and a cue to plant flowers or trees.
A long, satirical column from Rich recounts Gladys guesting again, pokes at Alden Pinney's printery ads, names several local figures, and reflects on editor appreciation, NYA youth efforts, and a political note on Independence district Republicans urging younger leadership.
A roadside verse urges planting Magnolia trees to lift hearts of travelers and ease weary lives as they pass by. The piece presents a hopeful, pastoral appeal to improve the landscape with flowering trees.
A shattered steel frame holding a page of type broke just before printing. Half the page spilled across the press and floor, forcing workers to restet or reassemble the scattered lines. After an hour of frantic effort the page was restored and the press could operate again.
Ernest A. Prehm of Northwood drove through Strawberry Point en route to Elkader for an educational conference, but the event was postponed a week. He became stalled in a snow bank and traveled via West Union Fayette and Oelwein before reaching Elkader, where he learned of the delay. Attempts to reach him failed. the paper notes the journey and scenery.
A wedding ring found inside an imported hot dog in Richmond Virginia was traced to a New York importer and a Danish packer, confirming it belonged to the rightful owner in Denmark. Elizabeth Leafs aided the discovery and delivery process.
Fred Stanford of Salt Lake City, returning from a long trip, tried to drink a quart of beer. The force dislocated his jaw as he raised the stein. Patrolman Clarence T. Smith, a Salt Lake police weight-lifting champion, helped secure his mouth.
New Orleans report on Fort Boulaye lighthouses from 1721 and early American lighthouse history. It traces coastal lights from Bayou St. John to Northeast Pass, Mobile and Pensacola, noting the Lighthouse Service era and Coast Guard transfer. The eighth district, from New Orleans to Texas, now maintains over 750 lit aids and 1,180 unlit aids with radio beacons.
Dr Henry Gideon of the Philadelphia board of education asserts delinquent girls are three times as bad as boys. He notes gangs of delinquent boys are largely gone, leaving the issue as individual cases, with one bad girl posing a real problem for schools.
Nantucket mass. A whale sighting record in the Walter Scott log shows 5,000 whales sighted in the South Pacific after leaving October 31 1840 bound for the Pacific. The finding was made by WPA historical records survey workers from Augustus L. B. Fisher’s antique collection.
The Ouachita Citizen argues that banks and newspapers both endure harsh criticism for prudence or sensationalism. It contends professionals must run their operations as they see fit, despite critics, noting banking and journalism provide essential services to the nation and public.
The 4th General Assembly approved a 500000 appropriation named the Agricultural Land Credit Fund. It provides a tax credit on agricultural land in independent school districts when the general fund school tax levy exceeds 15 mills, excluding consolidated districts. From Jan 1, 1940, claimants must file certified statements with assessors, or with affidavits to county auditors by June 1.
Senator Borah of Idaho, dean of the Senate and champion of fairness, died in Washington D C from a cerebral hemorrhage. Nearly 74, he spent over 25 years in Congress and left the capital nearly penniless, with charity gifts drawn from his $16 000 yearly living allowance.
Barach reports therapeutic use of helium oxygen mixtures as a calming inhalation treatment. The gas, about thirty one percent oxygen and seventy percent helium, is lighter than air and can pass through constricted passages at half the pressure needed for air systems. Severe asthma patients have shown favorable responses in many cases.
The government is reported to support a new fruit and vegetable can featuring cellulose sides to reduce tin usage. The move aims to lower metal demand and promote new packaging technology.
Torger Tokle of Brooklyn N Y set a new 195 foot record at the Cary NL ski slide during the Norge Club meet. He has won 13 consecutive meets since arriving in the United States from Norway a year ago. More than fifteen thousand fans braved cold to watch nearly one hundred top skiers compete.
A Los Angeles television station celebrates eight years of broadcasting with current programs and ongoing community engagement. The milestone underscores stable local service and steady viewership across the city.
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