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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1932
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise outlines the International series lesson for Sunday July 24. Topic centers on Israel's deliverance from Egyptian slavery with Exodus 14:10-16 21 22 and Leading Thoughts recount the plagues hardship Moses faced and the Israelites complaining after bondage as they approached the Red Sea.
Local residents list Sunday visits and travel. Susanna Priest of West Union. W R Biske’s trip to Des Moines as a republican delegate. Christiansons visit Sanders in Postville. Mrs Roggensack from Wak on at Hendersons’ home. ministers Dube and Gonnoughton return from Fairfax and Burke. Grimes visit West Union. Cahalan trip to Wisconsin. Mrs Fay assists at farm. Crowe hosts and Biermann attends Oelwein gathering. Greenley hosts a six course lawn dinner with Carr Brandt Lubke Blake. Rosebud orchestra entertained at Crowe home. Kosta and five musicians from South Dakota join them.
Florance Rhepher returns to Clermont from near St Olaf. Local residents join Dr. Carr in Waterloo for Cedar Valley doctors meeting. Osian visitors John Powers and family share time with Clermont friends. Widespread canning demonstration in Fayette showcases Ames techniques, four hour from garden to finished product. Community washing marks town water mains flush. Everett Bank affairs noted. Marvin Johnson’s plane crash ends in total wreck with both occupants surviving.
The Union Sunday school holds an ice cream and cake social on the Larrabee lot north of the drug store Thursday afternoon and evening. Several local residents, including Bett Dr. and Mrs. I. C. Jerdee, were noted in town events and travel plans, with others from Ossian and Clermont attending parish dinners and Rainbow Girls gatherings.
In a playful exchange, Abie jokes that he cannot learn golf, fears starting late, and imagines shouting fore followed by a humorous miscue about a three ninety sight, reflecting lighthearted sports humor.
The report notes a man-of-war or privateer from Flushing sailed up the James River to Jamestown Virginia and landed enslaved people. Authorities say the colonial government bought them for food and supplies and sold them to private settlers. Purchasers’ names are not recorded.
A magic square 80 form has equal sums across all rows columns and both diagonals, known for centuries. In China and India such squares have long been worn as amulets or talismans engraved in metal or stone.
It has been said a long time ago that books have their fate. They share with humankind the great incertitude of ignominy or glory, of severe justice and senseless perfection, of calumny and misunderstanding, and the shame of undeserved success. —T Joseph Conrad.
Luxembourg is a small yet appealing European grand duchy. Its area is about 990 square miles, roughly four-fifths the size of Rhode Island. The text references its appeal and geographic proximity within Europe.
A brief maxim notes that once you step into a stream another set of waters flows on, making each moment unique as time passes. The idea emphasizes change and irreversibility in life.
County officials traced a trail of carpet tacks from the L B Cooley residence toward Rock Island crossing on No 56. Investigators ruled out deliberate malice and suspect a southeast of town source, with a box spilling tacks and a grader later embedding them in the roadway. Local boys reported seeing loose tacks Wednesday, damage beginning Friday.
A historical reflection compares Columbus’s era to modern driving. It warns that today’s amateur drivers kill more people yearly than seafarers did in Columbus’s time, urging careful, responsible driving to avoid becoming victims or culprits on the road.
The text notes that Modern German descends from West Germanic dialects and blends features from Middle High German dialects in Thuringia Silesia and Franconia with Upper German varieties spoken in Bavaria and Austria. It contrasts finiecta elements with Bavarian Austrian influence to illustrate its mixed heritage.
A partial line references a group near 125 people on a square mile and compares it to a higher ratio in the United States, suggesting a density remark. The text is incomplete but implies a population density comparison.
The text indicates that attempts to become farmers were discouraged and even legislated against, reflecting regulatory resistance to craft trading shifts and agricultural pursuit.
A Danbury News line laments despair among men described as “West Sore men,” noting they gamble with little to live for and lack meaningful attachments or prospects. The fragment suggests social or economic hardship influencing risky behavior.
A reflective piece urges constant alertness on the road and shared responsibility. It warns drivers to anticipate others actions, to yield when needed, and to analyze habits to reduce accidents. The column cites a rough frequency of one accident every 16.2 years for the average driver and promises further study-based tips in future updates.
A group of county surveyors started laying out a grade for the Volga City to primary 56 road through Highland township. They began near the schoolhouse in Volga City with work to commence soon and plans to gravel or crush rock the road next year, per Volga City News.
The Navel observatory states there is no limit to how far Earth's gravity reaches, only that its strength decreases with the square of distance from Earth's center. At lunar distances it is about 21-9800 times weaker than at Earth’s surface.
The Smithsonian Institution states genuine amethyst loses its color when heated and cannot be restored. The article discusses the heat treatment effect on amethyst gems and concludes color cannot be recovered.
An incoherent excerpt depicts movie celebrities at a Los Angeles tea party discussing a woman who killed a man long ago. A recurring theme contrasts the fates of the rich and the poor, implying a fatal leap from a building for the rich and a grim appetite for danger.
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