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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1936
Page
3
Hospitality makes popularity guiding hotel policy and history. Personal contact and human friendliness ensure service at every level. Managers and staff attend to even small requests, shaping guest memory beyond room elegance or price.
A collection of brief items notes a thinker argues high aims yield high results, farmers face insect losses greater than schooling costs for children, and a gasoline alcohol blend could impact plant building needs and employment. Old Man River drew many visitors for a holiday period as fishing parties returned with bass, bullheads, and sunfish, though catches were down from last week.
The American navy arose in 1775 after Boston’s siege cut British supply lines. Rhode Island and Connecticut manned small vessels, later supported by Congress, which formed a naval committee led by John Adams. These craft captured prizes and supplied the colonial army with essential war material.
Charing Cross formed from Saxon term charrynge meaning turning. Edward I built the final of thirteen crosses in 1291 to honor Eleanor’s funeral route from Grantham to Westminster. The cross was removed in 1647, and a modern memorial stands in Charing Cross station yard. Eleanor journeyed with Edward I to the Holy Land and reportedly sucked poison from a wound inflicted on her husband by a Moor.
In 1713 Britain offered 50000 75000 and 100000 for methods to determine longitude at sea within 60 40 and 30 minutes. The problem seemed unsolvable until John Harrison built the first successful chronometer in 1735 earning the 100000 prize. Today standard time isfound at sea to 1/100th second from wireless signals.
Catherine the Empress of Russia admired Voltaire and sent a leather livory box she crafted. Voltaire replied by teaching knitting and began a pair of stockings for her, but stopped midway and sent the unfinished work as a token of his effort.
Miss Helen Wilhelm of Joliet, age nineteen, born without arms, masters piano with her nose and chin. She also types on a typewriter using a pencil held in her mouth, turning to alternate body parts for tasks normally done by hands.
The Bed Telephone company reports annual needs totaling 8.5 million pencils 77 million pins 66 million paper clips 92 million pounds of paper 320 million paper towels 1,214 thousand poles and 6.8 million pounds of brass for their operations.
A first account describes how Indians of southern California used certain plants for wild tobacco. A few morning inhalations produce quick dizziness, rendering the smoker unable to stand for a moment, after which they do not touch tobacco again for the rest of the day.
The term durbar means a royal court where state decisions occur. The vice regal authorities and governors of India held durbars. Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress at a grand Delhi durbar in 1877.
Ramie, a strong vegetable fiber, has been used by the Chinese for centuries. Although known since prehistoric times, ramie has not found commercial production due to crude and costly fiber extraction methods.
A historical note explains cutting meat into two inch squares and layering with onion between pieces. The skewers are prepared on a stick about a thumb thick and broiled over outdoor embers. Another name referenced is pirate steaks.
Members of the constitutional convention gathered in Columbia Ohio in May 1850 were compelled to adjourn due to a cholera epidemic sweeping that region of the state.
The chapbook class was sold by itinerant agents or shopmen in Europe and America. Prices in England were often a penny. Chapbooks were typically anonymous and undated, with texts aimed at readers who buy tabloid newspapers.
A reflective essay extols beauty as a catalyst for noble living, urging painters, poets, and architects to imitate, sing, and build grand works. Beauty inspires orderly, magnificent achievement and raises the intellect toward better pursuits.
An article notes the ling lays over 26,000,000 eggs during spawning, while herring averages about 86,000. Turbot follows with over 9,000,000 eggs and cod averages fewer than that.
A Nile region profile describes Nile perch catches weighing up to 200 pounds and tiger fish up to 15 pounds near Albarn, about 1 600 miles upriver from the ocean. The tiger fish is noted for fierce tenacity as a game species.
The saying notes that sharing troubles with a friend causes the burden to grow as each person adds their own thoughts, effectively doubling the mental load when confidants pass along concerns.
An early historical note credits the folding fan to Japan in the seventh century, attributed to Japanese inventors. The claim highlights ancient craftsmanship and the spread of portable cooling devices across East Asia during that era.
The Needlework Guild of America began in 1885 when Philadelphia women formed a group to handcraft garments for needy families. Its pattern came from England where Lady Wolverton of Dorsetshire introduced it in 1882. All clothing distributed by members must be new.
Products of the Gilbert Islands include Pandanus fruit and coconuts as the principal crops of the extensive archipelago belonging to Great Britain in the midwestern Pacific Ocean. Phosphate copra and shark fins are exported.
The term vaudeville is traced to the French Vau de Vire a locality in Normandy where popular humorous songs were written. The note cites the fifteenth century as the period of origin and connects the name to the light entertainment genre.
Columbus introduced the hammock and its name after learning the design from American Indians. The note credits the early cultural exchange and the spread of a simple rope-and-weave bed across landscapes of exploration.
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