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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1923
Page
4
The article explains infant ambidexterity in the first six months with movements using both hands, notes a drift toward right handedness inherited by many, and links hand preference to brain centers controlling limbs and speech with right-handed people often having left brain speech centers.
A long forgotten song, submitted seven years ago by an unknown composer, was printed by a music publisher then vanished. A modern plugger rediscovered the bundle, tested it on piano, and the song became a huge hit with a million copies sold, echoing through time.
The text reflects a solitary meditation on memory and mood, praising a pine tree and a vast, peaceful landscape. It speaks of paradise, calm waters, and nature’s silent comforts as a refuge for emotions to be hoarded for lonely days.
A wartime home care tip explains washing wood with a homemade asbestos paint to prevent range scorching. Mix three parts gumlac four parts sodium borate seven parts powdered asbestos twenty parts water heat dissolve add gumlac borate then asbestos. Apply half a dozen coats between applications for durable protection.
A Virginia aunt’s reputation for frugality is tested when a neighbor suspects deception. While scrubbing her piazza, she explains that clean floors would hide her kitchen misdeeds, revealing a humorous lie about housekeeping.
A centennial note honors King George IV as cabs enter public service in London a century after their introduction, commemorating the monarch’s birthday with a civic salute and festive tone.
An average of 100 passengers daily are carried by airplane from Paris to London.
Sunday social visits fill Illyria area as families host kin and friends from Wadens, Fayette, West Union, Randalia, Volga City, and nearby towns. Notable mentions include Eddie Medberry at the C D Medberry home, Grace Medberry visiting Fayette relatives, and multiple Rothlisberger and Gehring households hosting. Illyria Church notes report strong attendance and a lively program, with Sunday school at 10:16 and service at 11:20.
Martha Dennier hosted at Rob Lehman home while Rose Dennier visits Mrs. Ben Denier. Fred Frieden and daughter Lena shopped in Wikader Thursday. Elia Frederick weekends with Mrs. Ward Brabham. In Elgin, Mrs. Ern Meyer and Mrs. Harry Reichert visited Thos. Hangen. Numerous locals attended church and joined family gatherings, with many calls and visits across Elkader and nearby towns.
Excerpt from Days of Fly Fishing (1828) celebrating early spring wanderings through calcareous ground. The scene paints streams, buds, lilac scents, violets, primroses, and daisies by shaded waters. Trout, water birds, and May fly rhythms set a tranquil pastoral mood.
An account describes Lukebun in Tur kestan as a below sea level desert filled with ruins of past civilizations and vast mines and farms. It links Atlantis demise to Gulf Stream shifts diverting storms to Turkestan and triggering desert formation across Asia and Africa.
The article recounts the first women’s school in the American continent begun by the Oranline ring of Quebec in 1689. It describes Great White native American accessions from New England via Indian agencies, and the 1686 Maine Abe oak raid that captured 11 year old Mary Ann Davis, adopted by a tribal sachem, raised in Indian ways, rescued in her seventeenth year by Father Raste, who sent her to the Uraline convent at Quebec where she became a nun in 1698.
A Chicago Daily News item recalls Pat as a good husband and father who charmed neighbors with his steadiness yet could have a spree. After his sudden death, a neighbor praises his principle while his wife Sara recounts his habit of arriving late with an empty pay envelope but punctual in work ethic.
A factory chief encounters a boy idling in the packing room. He asks his weekly pay and, after a brief reply of five dollars, orders him out with a week’s wages in hand. The manager confirms the boy has never been employed there, having just delivered a note from another firm.
Residents from Manchester New Hampton Hawkeye Cedar Rapids and nearby towns visited multiple homes during the weekend. Mr and Mrs Henry Veal and Raat fly were guests at Bartletts. James Martin visited O Niel home Myn day. Frank Lyonk and family attended a picnic near Wert Union. Several others called on Grimes and Hovey households and traveled between West Union Cedar Rapids and Clermont areas.
Henry Guttenberg proprietor of Lily Creamery left his Ford outside the creamery Saturday night after loading a shipment from the north. In the morning the car was found damaged with the spare tire, tube, tools, and spark plugs stolen. Harry Kelser, recently of Cedar Rapids, returned home for a short visit and is now with Boynton Drug Co. Fayette County creameries plan a county organization.
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