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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise is a weekly Thursday newspaper from Clermont Iowa with Elizabeth Priest as focal editor and membership in state and national press associations. It is printed as second class mail matter in Fayette County Iowa.
Fred Biermann notes a road trip through Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Indiana and Illinois to Iowa. He praises Iowa as the best, citing greener pastures and home pride, with corn looking good though a touch behind. He highlights Iowa roads as superior and well marked compared with other states.
In Virginia, Tennessee and Illinois large scale tree planting along highways is noted. Illinois areas use hollyhocks on fences where trees can’t grow and grass can’t be mowed, creating decor. Cradling grain is observed in Virginia’s farming regions amid rough fields and small patches.
A patch contains two cradies and a binder drawn with a modern tractor. In southwestern Virginia oats were good though rye and wheat were thin. Corn did not resemble Iowa corn.
Virginia bans advertising any beverage containing alcohol and even window signs are forbidden for restaurants advertising beer. The policy mirrors Iowa in state control of sales while prohibiting marketing and notices for alcoholic drinks.
A reliable observer notes Tennessee Duck River valley may rival Iowa in corn output, claiming up to 25 barrels per acre. He adds much of the Tennessee corn was drilled and weeds are less troublesome there, allowing cultivation with a single pass.
A travel vignette recounts Andrew Jackson at The Hermitage near Nashville with his tomb inscription and his wife's tribute, plus Abraham Lincoln’s Springfield home and a lease door. The piece also reflects on Tennessee Valley Authority dams Norris, Wilson, and Chickamauga, praising gov’t-led projects for electricity, flood control, fertilizer, navigation, and bridges.
Norris Dam can raise to 14 feet to hold back vast water volumes, averting major floods months earlier. The structure protects the Tennessee valley and extends benefits to the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Government owns about 112,000 acres along the Clinch River, kept wooded to prevent erosion as a public park, with a highway bridge across the dam.
The project price leaves Norris Dam at 36 million dollars with the 122 thousand dollar acre park and the highway included in the total.
A fragment mentions a figure equaling about half the cast of the latest authorized battleships, implying a comparison between a shipbuilding order and the number of actors associated with a production or event.
Fred Biermann writes that the T V A offers low cost electricity to thousands of farmers. Costs include interest amortization and 5 percent gross tax, with a total outlay around 94 million dollars. The program, though costly, is praised as beneficial and aimed at fair treatment of private interests.
Collier's Weekly notes extreme tropical rock weathering, where rocks with hardness like granite soften to depths of hundreds of feet. Such rock becomes diggable with a spade, illustrating remarkable geological processes in hot climates.
The body of violinist Niccolò Paganini, born 1784 and died 1840, was reportedly buried eight times. Col lier's Weekly notes that as late as 1896 he was exhumed in Parma’s Church of the Madonna della Steccata to confirm the corpse remained in the coffin.
Collier's Weekly notes ancient and varied prints across China with silk pages for one paper, red paper for Socialist papers, gold for royal family publications, and black paper for spiritualist journals.
The term vaudeville stems from the French Vau de Vire, a Normandy locality where popular humorous songs were composed in the fifteenth century. The name reflects a cultural link to early regional verse and theatrical traditions.
A concise want ad helps both sides: those wishing to sell find buyers and those seeking to buy locate sellers. The tip suggests a small, effective listing can connect local markets, speed transactions, and save effort.
Collier's Weekly notes thousands yearly visit famed tombs including Shakespeare’s Juliet in Verona and Adam in Arabia as well as legends of a Devil tomb in Kirkcaldy Scotland.
The drum has long been used in many cultures since ancient times. Thebes excavations reveal an Egyptian drum and early sculptures depict drums in martial rites.
An archival note recalls England's bells that marked harvest and field work and summoned the court, along with the curfew bell, reflecting a regime of time telling through sound in rural and urban life.
Bayreuth Germany grew from a 2000 resident village to a 40000 population music center. Streets honor major operas and the town’s fame centers on Wagnerian heritage and performances.
In Spring Valley Minnesota Bennie Skaarberg 24 a grocery clerk built a homebuilt plane for eight months. After parts scattered for over a mile a wing collapsed causing the craft to pancake near Spring Valley. The student pilot was buried head down in the earth and killed instantly. The plane was powered by a rebuilt Model A Ford engine and the ship was demolished.
Spring and summer rains converted Oklahoma ranges to lush pastures. Hundreds of thousands of cattle move east to Osage and Ozark hills to finish the season. 4-H club members attend the College of Agriculture tour at the University of Winds learning hoof trimming and animal care across horse, swine, beef cattle, dairy cattle, poultry and sheep barns.
Washington DC Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York dies from complications of exhaustion in his hotel apartment. Serving his third term, he had sixteen years in the Senate and nearly collapsed during the last hectic session. The death is confirmed by attending physicians. The photograph shows Copeland with his wife at a recent social function.
Four surviving members of Carthage College’s 1888 graduating class returned for a fiftieth anniversary reunion this month. President E F Batholomew of Rock Island also attended. The photo includes Rev H M Bannen of Trinity Lutheran Rockford Rey J A Miller of Eyaston Dr Bartholomew Dr A F Ernst of Omaha and Dr Frederick W Hawley president emeritus of Park College Parkville Missouri.
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