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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
1
The 1938 Decorah post office receipts fell short of first class by 150 dollars, with Decorah having first class status in 1931 and some prior years but dropping to second class in 1932. The piece notes long-standing class fluctuations and a local burglary report from Calmar.
Indianapolis born freshman co ed in Home Economics program was selected as one of the universitys most alluring young women by the Debris beauty board. Her photo will appear in the 1938 39 edition and she is a Kappa Kappa Gamma pledge.
The journal recounts Calcutta life with bamboo scaffolding and ground-level barbering, notes on sewage, queen Victoria memorial, and 60 jute mills. It describes a train journey to Darjeeling, Mt Hermon School, and a Tiger Hill sunrise view of Everest, with missionary hosts in Daljeeling and a close brush with a rock incident.
Claude E. Fothergill has served Monticello State Bank for 25 years. A former Elgin native, he started as a bookkeeper in a Manchester creamery, joined the Monticello bank in 1911, resigned due to illness, retired two years later, and returned on New Year’s Eve 1913 to become assistant cashier. His cheerful greeting is known to hundreds of customers.
Reports from Boone and nearby counties indicate residents are already plowing for spring while radish and onion planting has not yet begun. Madrid News notes the activity is early but not widespread.
A dental field, mechanical dentistry, covers making artificial restorations like crowns bridges inlays and plates from impressions taken by dentists.
The article notes that tomatoes were not eaten until the mid nineteenth century and were once considered poisonous. It highlights a shift in culinary use from fear to inclusion in diets, reflecting changing perceptions of the fruit.
A census shows France has more castles than any country, totaling 761. Most are located in the Touraine district.
Murray Kiple and family, including wife and two children, are sick with the grippe. Only young Dick remains seemingly immune as George Bartholomew visits from St. Paul Nebraska. Post storm and local notices follow with community events and updates.
A vast southeastern Alaska ice reservoir contains more ice than all Europe's famous glaciers, overflowing into ice streams and reshaping regional ice flow patterns.
The Danube river is formed by the junction of three smaller streams in the Black Forest of Central Europe, creating a notable continental waterway through multiple nations.
Echo exclusive photo shows five subjects reading left to right at Governor W. Lee O'Daniel's inauguration in Austin. Ex Governors Ross Sterling Pat Neff James E. Ferguson and W. P. Hobby stand with Governor O'Daniel in a grouped arrangement.
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