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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1937
Page
3
A short fragment notes an entry in Clermont Iowa's Fayette County post office records describing a second elasa mate matter. The readable text implies formal postal processing but lacks clear details or dates.
Frost bite presents with a part becoming painfully cold and numb. The area turns white or grayish white, then feeling may be lost. Keep the patient warm but avoid direct heat, apply warm fabrics, gently massage, rinse with cold water, and treat like a burn with ointment to gradually restore temperature and circulation.
The Eiffel Tower built for the 1889 Paris Exposition by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel. After the fair it was preserved as a monument to engineering and a government station for meteorology and wireless telegraphy. Height is 984 feet.
The cinchona tree grew wild on mountain slopes in Colombia Ecuador Peru and Bolivia. Tradition says feverish Indians drank from a pool where a cinchona tree had fallen and were cured, marking the bark's value in treating malaria.
The French sculptor Jules Dalou, who died in 1902, stood as the era's most renowned French sculptor after Auguste Rodin, shaping late nineteenth century sculpture.
Report notes that spikes are installed on house tops in both China and Japan to catch demons and render them harmless, reflecting a local belief in protective measures against malevolent spirits.
Rhubarb was first brought to America from Europe about 150 years ago for planting and cultivation. The note highlights a historical transfer of the plant that shaped early gardening and food culture in the United States.
The weather forecast for President Roosevelt's second inauguration proved accurate as rain and cold enveloped the January 20 ceremony. Senator Robinson swore in Vice President Garner before Chief Justice Hughes administered the oath. Attendance varied as umbrellas filled the capitol steps and many chose not to endure the wet conditions. Prices at the event ranged from four to ten dollars for tickets, while accompanying Washington food costs appeared in a later note.
A Ways and Means Committee chairman Reber Doughton hosts a farm delegation at a shared hotel. They travel from North Carolina bringing Ives pork tus, eggs butter and other provisions from their farms. They rely on hotel supplies for a day rather than Washington.
Aides said the federal government purchased 179,520 dozen eggs to raise prices farmers receive. Wallace announced the program after an unusually sharp drop in wholesale and farm egg prices. A £200,000 fund backs egg purchases, limited to the East Coast so far.
Brisbane employers reportedly favor hiring blondes only outside office hours, arguing that they are "too flighty" for daytime duties. The anecdotal claim highlights biased perceptions shaping workplace expectations in Australia.
In French churches statues of saints receive yearly bonnets matching local provincial styles. The headgear is changed each saint day, reflecting regional fashion and ritual practice.
In the Dutch East Indies the common attire for both sexes centers on the sarong a batik wrap around skirt and the kebaya a coordinating or contrasting jacket. Men wear kain kepala a batik turban headgear while women use a slender sang long shawl called a slendang for carrying infants or decoration akin to a kerchief.
The Washington Post reports pygmies are plentiful in the world with races in equatorial Africa and Pacific islands. Historical tales of European pygmies fueled legends of elves and fairies. The term pygmy is Greek for the distance between elbow and knuckles of an average man. Homer used the word to describe a tiny southern African people.
In Shawnee tradition the Piqua tribe traces its origin to a man formed from ashes who arose from a campfire as the father of the Piqua Shawnee. The legend places the origin of the tribe in an ash-born figure central to their heritage.
The Julian Alps extend as the southern edge of the Eastern Alps from the Carnic and Venetian Alps on Italy's northeast border southeast toward Trieste, Italy.
Cortez introduced the first long horns to North America. As railroads expanded cattle breeds evolved away from the long horn due to feeding and breeding needs.
A Collier's Weekly note on identical twins stating they commonly share perfectly symmetrical faces, a trait rarely seen in fraternal twins or single births. The observation highlights distinct physical kinship markers across twin types.
A description of the third degree as a police method in the United States involving relentless questioning for hours or days to compel a confession from a suspect, detailing the psychological pressure used to extract truth from the prisoner.
The Council of Ten formed in Venice during the fourteenth century became a key element of the city's constitution. Prairie Dog Diet Dissected Forage makes up about 75 percent of the prairie dog's food intake.
The Scroll of the Pentateuch, believed written 12 years after Israelite entry into Palestine in 1451 B C, remains remarkably preserved in Nablus Palestine. Nablus, called the City of the Good Samaritan, hosts this ancient text thought to be 3,387 years old.
The Parthian shaft is a satire explaining an ancient tactic in which Parthian warriors feign retreat and then shoot backward with precise aim, turning a defensive retreat into a surprising offensive action.
Boston born patriot and attorney Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the American Declaration of Independence, was born in 1731 in Boston where he pursued legal studies and public service.
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