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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1936
Page
4
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The Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders, stood on a 400 foot island tower with two constant wood fires. It evolved from candles to whale oil, kerosene, acetylene gas, and finally electricity for warning signals.
The piece renames the Brit ish Isles region called Tropical England as Seilonians avoid islander labels and rocks, noting the cliffs yield gardens of luxuriant beauty beyond the English mainland, despite miner activity.
Pine beetle damage in southern states averages about 1 million dollars annually, with farms and forests facing ongoing losses from the pest. Authorities warn of spread and urge monitoring and control efforts.
A collection of wry maxims on belief, greatness, luck, temper, birthdays, storytelling, family heads, courage, provocation, happiness, and expectations. The tone blends aphorism and social observation, with varied musings on human nature and governance.
Investigation into trace elements shows cobalt reversal of a fatal sheep ailment in Australia. Deficient soil lacked phosphorus and other minerals. cobalt administration, one milligram per sheep, produced rapid improvement in blood, appetite, weight, and vitality within three days.
Thousands work at night as millions of Americans join the off hours economy. In New York City about 500,000 persons, or 15 percent of the workforce, hold night jobs in power plants, offices, police and fire, hotels, hospitals, theaters, and many other sectors.
A quarter million fish trapped by a rapid Mississippi drop were rescued by U S Bureau of Fisheries crews from a pond under half an acre near Marquette. Many fingerlings and bass two to three pounds were moved to the river to save them from drying backwaters. Most fish were released into the river in tubs, preserving a large portion of the catch.
John Tunicliff Jr of Guttenberg was credited with saving two people from drowning near DeWitt during a Guttenberg Boy Scout picnic. Ed Moyna and Monica Pfiffner, both Guttenberg residents, were rescued after Pfiffner could not swim and Moyna was pulled under while attempting to save her. The youth reached the scene and brought them to shore.
A local editorial urges passing an ordinance to ban begging in Elgin citing merchants who suffer daily from dissipation. It argues beggars could earn a meal honestly and notes towns with strict rules reduce this nuisance, suggesting action to curb panhandling.
Beginning August 1 the star route schedule changes with southbound mail at 7:00 am then 4:45 pm and northbound at 10:15 am and 6:00 pm The southbound 4:45 pm run replaces the 3:15 pm slot due to the carrier’s movement to Fayette in the afternoon.
Mrs N W Evans and Kenneth and Louise and Gus Boyer visited relatives in Elkader Wednesday. The Capper house, rented by the Allen Habeger family, gains a new roof. C M Green and Leo Grether went to Detroit last Tuesday returning Friday with Green's new car. Mrs H B Steele traveled to Decorah to visit sister Mrs Floyd Harvey. Mr and Mrs Arthur Herrling and Geraldine Schori returned from a fishing trip at Trade Lake Wisconsin. Mary and Bessie Jennings of Wadena visit Evelyn and Phyllis Roberts. The Hader family moved to Pete Engen farm. Lloyd Swartley came from Town City to fetch his wife visiting her parents the Grethers. Erma Grether returned to Iowa City with them. Two hundred fifteen visitors stayed at Villa Louis Prairie du Chien as it was remodeled by the Dousman heirs and city. Elkader school board let a roof contract to J L Schneider & Son. Messinger Wrecking Co. of Cedar Rapids won wrecking bid for old high school. A new high school contract may be let around August 15. Nelson Conner from Anderson Ind attended his father’s funeral and remains to handle business matters. he runs his own shop.
The Luther college band toured Norway, performing for King Haakon at Trondheim after a first Oslo concert on July 14. The king stayed for the entire program, then the band continued southward, while other notes mention stock buyers Ern Schori Dan Burke and Patsy Minihan, and cattle deals amid drought-driven western shipments.
A concise urging to use want ads to boost selling success. The line suggests simple, effective promotion through classified placement. Readers are nudged toward quick, accessible sales results via a traditional method.
A humor piece presents a lawyer's quip about bigamy with a deadpan twist. A man proposes to leave his estate to his wife on the condition she remarries within a year to ensure someone grieves. The joke hinges on a dry calculation of sympathy and ownership.
A reader laments hypocritical parenting and cites alarming child injury stats from auto accidents. Thousands of young children under four and youths up to fourteen suffer fatalities or injuries yearly, underscoring the need for consistent safe habits among adults and parents.
A Collier’s Weekly observation notes that giant steel girders are not perfectly incompressible and under heavy loads can shrink and crack stone. Authors say modern design accounts for as much as six inches of compression in the Empire State Building due to this effect.
In the Tiergarten Berlin a remnant of the Hohenzollern domain lines the Siege salle now nicknamed Avenue of Dolls by locals. Berlin teachers bring classes there to learn history despite the area being an unusual relic of imperial grandeur and the Kaiser era.
A Popular Science Monthly note announces an illuminated police badge designed for railroad police on duty in yards at night. Backed by a flash light cell, a bulb lights when the user presses a switch to aid quick identification.
Pasalog Show Magazine reports a striking incident where a motorist stopped to let a policeman cross the street. The officer fainted after the vehicle halted, prompting questions about the sequence and cause of events.
A playful feature in Tit-Bita Magazine notes humorous lines about building muscles. It references boiler factory work and flirtatious banter between characters, reflecting light gossip tone and period entertainment.
England recently distributed 16,000,000 copies of the highway code. Six thousand on a hundred fifty miles of paper half a yard wide were used in printing the vast edition.
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