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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1923
Page
4
A long local notices page lists Arthur Yearous on the sick list with measles. Numerous social visits fill the week with relatives friends and neighbors in Elgin Decor and surrounding areas. Names include Hunsberger Hanson Wenger Frieden Klingman Chapman Rothlisberger and many others as gatherings picnics and Sunday visits are described.
Charlie Wheeler rode as a passenger for Postville on Monday. Mrs. George Boyle Jr spent Sunday at the Prank Lyons home. George Tripp mowed the Pleasant Grove cemetery last week. Mrs. George Tripp visited the DB tt Craft home Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Boyer were guests Sunday at Herman Boyer’s home. Mrs. Melvin Boyer hosted the Ladles Art Society on Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. G Graham of Fayette visited the Georke Stansberry home Sunday. Miss Thelma Lyon visiting L. Granger home near Weal Une jon this week. Dry weather last week damaged-area gardens. Mr. and Mrs. George Howard moved from Dr. Kins farm to Lewie Appleman’s Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wale Hehard moved to Tr Th.
A sweeping survey traces the pawnbroker sign of three golden balls to medieval Lombard finance and St. Nicholas lore, then shifts to a reminiscence of cheap books and the golden age of reading. It also details Hawaiian funeral rites where chiefs die, and elaborate rites lead to head-shaving, tongue tattooing, and even live burial of retainers.
Inventions from Hughes to rochelle salt crystals enable tiny noises to be heard. Mrs Russell and Mr Cotten reported hearing a spider walking via pressure-induced electric currents and microphones, suggesting the potential to magnify inaudible sounds.
A fragment lists misuse pitfalls such as decider versus decisive and mistaken pairs like each other versus one another. It warns against vague terms and vulgarisms while stressing precise sense relations and proper distinctions among common words.
A tale from 1836 Cork explains the term porterhouse steak. The popular Two Pot House offered potatoes bread butter and two pots of porter for a shilling, while a traveler brought his own steak to be cooked there. The nickname porterhouse steak thus emerged from this meal habit and practice.
Researcher Stefan Kopec at a Polish government institute grafted simple eyes from caterpillars onto their abdomens and swapped wings between male and female caterpillars. The mature eyes developed normally despite no nervous connection, and the wing grafts retained the donor sex color traits.
The fragmentary text appears to be a garbled personal note or transcription. It includes a quoted mother speech with unclear names or places, lacking discernible events, dates, or organizations for a coherent news item. Further readable content is needed to form a proper summary.
A playful compilation presents love from multiple viewpoints including the Married Man, The Bachelor, The Debutante, The Old Maid, The Cynic, The Married Woman, The Chorus Girl, The Average Young Man, and The World. Each persona offers sharp, humorous takes on romance and its temptations, rewards, and risks.
A shepherd’s collie found a two and a half year old boy who had been lost for four days on the Solway border near Kerrhead. The child, taken by his mother to peat cutting, vanished while she worked. After three days of searching, the collie led the shepherd to the boy sleeping among rushes, ending the disappearance.
The Pinyon jay populations in Rocky Mountain states rove in large flocks between nesting seasons and damage grain crops. USDA experiments in west central Colorado show effective control with a simple poison formula, distributed to guide farmers. Wheat harvest reduces success of these measures, as birds access abundant food in large fields.
A visitor recalls a sudden sharp call to a two year old child at Jer little ly while in a sewing room. Moments later the ceiling of the room collapsed as the child moved to the speaker's side, shocking all present and leaving the room in a state of upheaval.
Historical inn at Coin Brook Buckinghamshire is linked to 60 murders by a landlord and wife. A Blue Room upstairs hid a hinged trap into a boiling vat where wealthy guests were killed. The last victim, Thomas Cole of Reading, died after several near escapes and illness, his body later found in a brook.
A report from Postville, Tow a, details a physician named Ay Kingh Noprapathic and a notable local matter drawing community attention. The piece notes professional role and town context, with emphasis on community impact and forthcoming actions.
The article notes the first fire engine in America reached Boston on January 27, 1079. It describes the device as hand drawn and crude, with limited early progress in firefighting apparatus until the nineteenth century. It mentions ancient fire devices credited to Cresibine in 280 B C and an Alexandrian invention using a two-cylinder mechanism and reciprocating beam to pulse water jets.
Salt sparks fear and tradition across ages with beliefs that spilling salt signals bad luck. The note explains how salt binds hospitality, friendship, and even insults when refused, and how one may avert misfortune by tossing a pinch over the left shoulder.
A historical note contrasts famed writers with dull conversational powers. Descartes Lea Fontaing Buffon Marmontel are cited as examples of brilliant minds who were tedious in social interaction, with a friend remarking Marmontel’s dullness and need for tales to ease weariness.
The note compares rail networks, stating the United States has about 250000 miles of railroad while Australia has around 26000 miles, highlighting a large gap in coverage between the two nations.
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