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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1941
Page
6
Elgin residents welcomed guests and relatives over the weekend with many dinners and social visits. Local families hosted gatherings at the Hanson, Grover, Dummermuth, and Habeger homes while others traveled to Clermont, Clermont and Oelwein for meals and events. varios.
Joe Hanson and partner tour Mexico with customs scrutiny and narrow streets. They note few cars, people walking or riding burros, and language barriers hindering communication. Sightseers visit Monterey Acapulco Mexico City and El Rancho Blands while observing street life and traffic dangers.
Sir Richard Paget unveils a device that feeds air through tubes to mouthpieces to utter simple words, but says the hardest talking demo yet. He argues speech hinges on gestures. a robotic voice could broadcast uniform messages from town to town, removing personal vocal traits for use in courts, phones, and public discourse.
William Balamuth of the University of California reported at the AAAS on a tiny organism, stonyrophnia, that regrows legs after loss. The many leglike structures form via a coordinated cellular factory producing materials, guided by nervous signals to prevent overproduction.
A seagoing aviary built over 20 years by Capt John Stamperius arrived in Seattle aboard the motorship Delftdyk of Rotterdam. Forty specimens in lower bridge cages were saved after tiring mid sea and landing on the ship. Species include Japanese thrush saffron finches Colombian canaries a Holland blackbird Cuban doves Clarke's crows and others. The crows puzzled ornithologists and the voyage occurred in tropical Gulf of Tehuantepec off Lower California.
This piece explains how colors convey traits in interior design. It notes red as energizing, blue as tranquil, yellow as cheerful, and green as soothing yet exciting, suggesting readers weigh color meanings before changing color schemes in homes.
Methodist St Pauls Elgin holds worship at 10 a.m and church school at 11. Community Church Mlyria offers church school at 10 a.m and worship at 11:15 a.m. Union Church Clermont proclaims worship at 7:30 p.m. Joseph C Warton minister invites all to attend.
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday morning worship and communion at 10 o clock with Sunday school at 11 o clock and a 2 pm worship service. Junior meeting also at 2 pm. Wednesday February 5 features Women's Missionary Society at 2 pm and a prayer service at 8 pm. Choir rehearsal at 9 pm. Paul F. Zoschke is minister Chrystal Miller pianist.
An early sales pitch touts economy and easy shopping with clearly marked shelves spelling ECONOMY. The note encourages customers to save money by visiting a store arranged for economical purchases and promises pleasant service.
Clayton county board of supervisors names personnel for appointive county posts with monthly salaries. Appointments include D. E. Hoover as county engineer at 2280 yearly, M. W. Uecker assistant engineer 140 monthly, Mary Lucille Losch stenographer 75 monthly, Ray Cousins garage mechanic 125 monthly, K. J. McLane courthouse janitor 87.50 monthly, H. W. Schoulte couple as steward and matron 125 monthly, Harold E. Gipe relief director 105 monthly plus travel 5 cents a mile, Theresa O’Hara stenographer 75 monthly, Doris Cassiday assistant county superintendent 80 monthly. County office staff salaries list Donald Hirsch deputy auditor 125, Lloyd Biederman auditor clerk 100, E. F. Seifert assistant in auditor 125, Alvin Swanzinger deputy treasurer 125, Glen Gilford auto clerk 100, James Peters assistant treasurer 125, Floyd L. Lau assistant treasurer 115, Vincent Stence assistant treasurer 1st month, R. H. Fliehler deputy clerk of courts 125, J. E. Shaffer deputy clerk of courts 90, Arnold W. Mueller deputy sheriff 125.
A dusty lightweight blanket often feels warmer than a heavy flat one, showing that weight does not always equal warmth. The idea that heavier coverings provide more heat is challenged by common experience in practical bedding choices.
Donne Lacher advises young housewives on simple meals using can openers and canned goods. As official hostess to pea canners in Chicago, Miss Lacher’s attire signals peas as a trusted reader in the canned fruit and vegetable sector.
A fragment notes an English island in the English Channel famed as a winter resort for Americans, where locals speak French and hail the King of Wage and the Duke of Normandy, with mentions of linguistic and royal associations.
Uganda game department reports a strange three elephant death caused by one bullet. No. 1 was shot on a slope and slid downward. No. 2 moved into the bullet’s path as it toppled, and both fell into the valley, killing all three elephants in a chain reaction.
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