06 Jul 1939
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1939
Page
1
The Elgin Echo is published every Thursday by R P Strauch and is entered in the Elgin Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
Reports from 1905 recall Emil Engbretson dying in Colorado Springs at 26 and Mae Pringle Walds formerly Miss Mae Pringle remembered from Elgin. Glavus Johnson a Wagner township farmer dies of typhoid fever. Personal items note Harry Gilson’s Nebraska visit, Gottlieb Dennler and John Christen travel to Switzerland, Ida Schari’s Cedar Rapids trip, and G W Pringle of San Francisco visiting West Union with daughter France DeSart.
Quoted snippets from Rich's column and local jests appear in Guthrie County Vidette Panora. The piece riffs on Lincoln quotes, anecdotes about neighbors and editors, and humorous quips from Fayet te Aliamakee area writers. It notes Diogenes lanterns, pessimist optimists, and shifts in language from Men and Women to Kings and Queens.
In the Hub City a group of longtime friends enjoyed a reunion but a chance sighting of Mr Pringle in Elgin caused a delay. Robert Evans of West Union read in the papers that Pringle would be in town, and the trains carrying both men passed each other, postponing their meeting for several hours.
A collage of snippets links a modern club using Spanish motif wording, an anxious Midwestern businessman seeking directions, and a pun about the word hombre. The page also recalls a Letter and Pointer tease, Fourth of July reflections, aging in youths, banker jokes, a stiff orchestra moment, and a banker’s fatal “broken neck” pun.
John Pope Ruckdaschel was brought to the county jail from Dubuque after a 60 day federal liquor sentence. A state charge of illegal transportation of liquor followed his release, he appeared before Judge Go heen, pled not guilty, and was freed on a $1000 bond. He was arrested March 2, 1939, west of the Postville creamery when illegal liquor was found in his car.
Mrs. Jake Falb died suddenly at her home in West Bend on Wednesday afternoon after finishing a telephone call. The death appears due to a heart attack. Funeral services were held at the Apostolic church on Friday afternoon. The West Bend Journal reports the incident.
Elgin Iowa council met in regular session at town hall with all members present. Bills were allowed including rip freight, sand labor and supplies, street lights, signs, salaries, and marshal fees. A resolution authorized deposit of funds up to 10000 in Elgin State Bank, budget hearing set for July 24 1939, beer bonds for Class B dealers approved for Miller Wenger and Evans, clerk J Harrington adjourned the meeting.
A century old science note states a human body emits enough heat in one hour to raise two quarts of water to its boiling point even during winter. The observation highlights consistent metabolic warmth regardless of season and useful implications for early thermoregulation ideas.
The flavor and color of honey vary with the flowers visited by nectar gathering bees. A century passed after the potato’s discovery in America before it became common on European tables.
Historical note recalls Hippocrates calling mustard Nah-Poo meaning that’s the end of that, reflecting a playful mistranslation in ancient medical lore. The anecdote highlights how early physicians described remedies and their limits.
The first turnpike act passed in England in 1063 allowed a private company to build a road and charge the public for its use, marking an early milestone in toll road policy and public infrastructure.
A conservatory is a small glass house attached to a residence used for growing and displaying foliage and tall plants in a greenhouse setting. The term also describes a display area for cultivated plants within a home or garden context.
The passage notes bankers walk a morale line where conservative behavior marks them as tightwads while liberal conduct risks accusations of extravagance or recklessness. It frames public perception as the central tension in banking conduct.
A Rochester Indiana widow asked police to stop three divorced wives from decorating her husband’s grave saying, He was mine last, and it’s my privilege to say who should place flowers there. The case highlights disputes over grave visits and image rights after a spouse’s death.
A Mississippi man offered to sell to Kansas a remedy for tornadoes for 500. To prove her nerves are steady, Mrs. Corrilda Davis, 85, walked a girder across a bridge at Muncie, Indiana.
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