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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
2
A long rattling column notes Ethel Towne Holmes of Des Moines and Iowa Commission for the Blind leaders visiting the Towa school for the blind at Vinton. It lists numerous family gatherings, bridge club prizes, a Frey family reunion at Pike’s Peak, and a July 7 birth at Oelwein hospital.
County line news lists gatherings and visits as residents and relatives from Minneapolis Seattle Chicago and local towns join picnics church events and hospital trips. Families named include Helgerson Bursett Blockhus Larson Hanson Gilbertson Amundson Gunderson Nelson and Swenson with visits to Decorah Elgin and Clermont areas.
Mrs Jake Kurth spends week at Paul Bossard home near Eskader. Allard Nyborg rents West Union D X oil station, took possession last week. Mr and Mrs Henry T Olson spent Friday at New Hampton. Henry Mark buys a new Chrysler last week. Fourth of July reunion and picnic at Joe Baker home in Gunder. Loftsgard family visited Mrs S Sonsie at St Olaf Sunday. Loftsgard injures car near Dubuque. Chas Odegard spends night at John Smith home. Silmer Petersen from Decorah area stayed Saturday at Helhim home near parish school. Marion church Reverson Lilian dra Kurth aid society at Scanler home.
Parents of five to seven year olds report common questions about wind rain and growth. The piece notes children seek understanding while adults face limits in knowledge and risk quashing inquiry with slogans like You are too little to understand. It urges honest exploration and keeping a child’s inquisitive spirit alive.
Pupils from Penbury Grove School in England arrive in Montreal as refugees from the Blitz, with the principal and more students en route. They will continue studies in Canada for the duration of the war, under photo service caption.
Plattsburg New York shows Winthrop Rockefeller, 28, son of John D. Rockefeller Jr., among business and professional men training for national defense. For thirty days rookies from mechanics to millionaires are drilled as infantry. His role waiting on tables underscores his prompt 6 am camp reporting.
In Mexico, General Juan Andreu Almazan, an independent candidate, stands center with a carnation as 3,000,000 voters cast ballots amid rioting. The election pits Almazen against General Manuel Avila Camacho to succeed President Lazaro Cárdenas. Ballots to be counted Thursday, July 1.
In Berlin crowds cheered Adolf Hitler and his entourage as their automobile procession returned to the Chancellery after an eight week absence at the head of armies that overran the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg and France. The photo from Berlin to New York was censored.
Thousands visit the graves of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane in Boot Hill Cemetery above Deadwood Gulch Deadwood South Dakota each year drawing tourists and history enthusiasts alike.
An unofficial umpire attended a tennis match at the Lake Erie college courts in Painesville Ohio. The umpire was a half grown doe seen studying players' strokes from an adjoining hockey field illustrating a quirky animal presence at the event.
Farmers hail Alf Teege of Puddledock for a record oat harvest. His Tartarian oats averaged four tons per acre, with stalks rising over six feet.
A travel bureau reports a 1000 mile car trip costs about two and one fifth cents per mile if speed stays under 45 mph. At 55 mph the cost rises to three and three tenths cents. Figures cover gas oil tires and maintenance.
A New York department store received approval for a mail order method via newspaper ad. The ad included a postage prepaid label readers could clip and paste on an ordinary envelope to mail orders.
Tourists visiting Hamilton near Glasgow seek sites tied to Sir Harry Lander who worked as a pit-boy in a local mine. The region is celebrated as a beloved Scottish landmark, comparable to Sir Walter Scott in fame.
A turbine operates with steam temperatures that rise to a level hot enough to burp wood and then drop to a cooler level within a second, resulting in a temperature unsuitable for a comfortable bath.
A recent census states France leads with 761 castles, majority in the Touraine district. The report notes France surpasses other nations in number of castles, highlighting Europe's medieval heritage and regional concentrations.
The date palm was brought to America by early Spanish missionaries, introducing a resilient crop to new lands. This historic note highlights the plant's roots in mission era agriculture and its enduring presence in the American landscape.
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