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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
3
A reader asked if all drivers are bad. The writer notes about 25 percent cause most accidents, while 75 percent have none. Good drivers must stay alert since the 25 percent’s risk can spread, and bad drivers should change habits now. It ends with a reminder to drive carefully.
The text cites that no Cardinal has migrated more than a dozen miles from its birthplace and mentions a 1970 milestone when Ireland established a women's championship in tennis, highlighting a historical sports context and a geographic note.
The Hooker Oak near Chico is California's largest oak with a height of 110 feet and a circumference of 28 feet. Its diameter measures 9 feet and its branch spread reaches 150 feet, enough shade for 7,000 people at noon.
The Sage Grouse was discovered by Lewis and Clark above the Missouri River headwaters on the plains of Columbia. They named it cock of the plains and gave the first written account, according to American Wildlife Institute.
Capitol brief reports the Iowa State Safety Council will host a Jubilee dinner in Des Moines on June 5 after securing about 21 000 in annual funding for two years. The event officially receives a plaque from the National Safety Council honoring Iowa for the region’s best all around safety program in 1938.
A state house press member verified the capitol dome is covered in real gold leaf. It costs about $16,000 to replace every 25 years and requires four skilled workers four months to complete the covering. The last gold leaf was applied in 1527.
Records from Federal Weatherman Charles D. Reed contend town droughts were misnamed as the main crop killer. The documents show that extreme heat and hot winds, not lack of moisture, cause greater damage when they strike at critical times.
Ex governor Kraschel visited President Roosevelt and urged that Iowa voters back a candidate aligned with his views for 1940. The scene sparked Republican unease and Democratic amusement over party funding from state employees, amid shifting rules and new departments.
The 1939 Luther League convention of the Decorah Circuit gathers delegates from 43 congregations at East Clermont Lutheran church. Events run Saturday and Sunday June 10 and 11 with papers, Communion at 9, Festive service at 10:30 led by Rev. Oscar Mikelson, and a mass choral union Sunday afternoon.
A brief note explains that game preserves were established by the early Norman kings of England and that people are free to voluntarily contribute if they wish.
Candy canes originated in glass forms carried by people in the Middle Ages, believed to ward off witches by drawing attention to the candles first, then deflecting harm. The tradition links to protective charms and festive symbolism, surviving in modern holiday lore though the details vary by source.
In the Norman French village of Vaucelles the Fifteenth-century church choir named its patron saints democratically with statues to Monsieur Saint Paul Monsieur Saint Pierre Madame Sainte Anne and others.
Cartier visited Hochelaga on Montreal island in 1535 and named a height Mount Royal when Champlain later used the designation in 1611. Maisonneuve adopted the name upon founding the city, with the mountain’s enduring landmark status. The passage notes redwoods and firs aged 4,000 to 5,000 years in the West.
A Tulsa woman divorced to avoid losing her WPA position ends up jobless. The piece notes that happiness comes from within, cites Cardinal Newman, and quips about Jenny Lind and old-time smoking and cosmetics.
A Portland Oregonian item notes a man asserting he invented a game resembling golf. The piece reflects on long acquaintance with the game and hints at the speaker’s ongoing pride and public interest. It also mentions sending a son to college far away and the nuisance of hiding neckties, the car, and the goldfish each weekend.
The column blends oddities from various towns including a man seeking citizenship for a fishing license. It features a walking scrapbook of 12000 newspaper clippings about a Townsend Plan convention in Indianapolis, a dress made from clippings by Jane Weir for Kitty O Dell, highway patrols distributing 300000 warning cards, a court joke about Rees Geon, and a Vermont Standard note from Harold and Myrtle Potwin offering hay and wood for sale with waiting service options.
In Evanston a basement laboratory explosion at the Ellingwood home killed two boys and left a third severely injured. A basement wall and dining room floor were torn apart and all house windows shattered by the blast.
A study notes that some unpainted bricks can absorb ten to zero percent of their weight in water, indicating varying moisture uptake among brick types.
A short reflection argues that true reason always supports and strengthens the noblest feelings, promoting virtue and community good. It asserts that clear reasoning aligns actions with ethical ideals and aids personal growth.
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