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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1930
Page
3
At a family table chat a Briggs child asks about dieting as Mrs. Briggs explains dieting means eating less than the body needs and warns against skipping meals, while noting that growing children require nourishment. The discussion shifts to reducing diets discussed by Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Martin with doctor guidance implied.
Lorraine B Gutz reads a proposed Harris Harris Harris diet from the Dairy Council. Dot questions food choices while Grandmother Briggs jokes about dieting enthusiasm. The plan features breakfast citrus fruit eggs buttered toast milk. dinner lean meat or fish eggs cheese two vegetables crackers fruit and milk. supper soup egg or cheese two vegetables crackers dessert and milk.
Mx Richard Erickson and Mrs. Erickson of Wadena dined with the E S Hong family. Clermont visitors included G Kurth and H E Landsgard households. Loftsgards and families visited Torkel Reierson’s in Wagner township while others called on Elkader and Clermont residents. School officials met in Marion township with Supt. Meyer present. Haying aid, health notes, and Sunday visits tie together a busy regional social scene.
Reports from Armenia describe a strange stone found near Artig that can be cut and painted, touted as a building material called dufa. The discovery, linked to Mount Aragat lava, suggests vast deposits and interest from European scientists and Soviet planners to showcase the stone in major cities. Local social notes follow with visits and travels of residents and families to Iowa, California, Denver, and Duncombe.
Prof Frank Seavey of Tufta College explains seasonal hair cycles before returning to Maine summer cottage. He typically lets growth occur after a cut in early September, then another trim at fall return. The barber quips that two or three extra days would make him look like a professor.
Merrily McC Rossiter reports on English business steadiness amid hardship and a sharp English quip about orders. A groundbreaking road test opens between Haugestal and Eldsfjord Norway with a demanding one way system, mountain grades and tunnels to evaluate heavy driving skill aboard multiaxists.
In Geneva New York a party of local pheasant hunters after a fruitless day sat in a clubroom lamenting luck when a large cock pheasant crashed through a window, fluttered in briefly, then fled outside with none reacting.
A hungry kitten triggered a police turnout at a Philadelphia bitter and egg store after hours. Charles Rosenblum heard mysterious sounds, officers drew pistols and found a stray cat seeking a meal. The owner offered cream, while police withdrew.
Fort Wayne News Sentinel quotes a reader noting that tough shortages of chile and tortillas, instead of cakes and sausage and coffees, could spark more revolutions in Mexico. The remark reflects daily hardship and political tension in the region.
A fragmentary exchange shows Jackie missing school to participate in a passing show. The line implies concern from a teacher and Jackie’s insistence on a forgotten obligation. No other context or details are provided in the readable text.
A July 8 letter from Hot Springs New Mexico reports the Sutters moved from Albuquerque and describe the town as a health resort with bath houses apartments and tourist camps. They note high prices due to trucking in supplies, rising growth, and many rheumatic cases while mentioning nearby towns and weather conditions including hot temperatures and dust storms.
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