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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
3
The Clermont Enterprise of Clermont Iowa notes it is published every Thursday morning with Mrs. H B Greenley as local editor. It cites membership in state and national press associations and postal status as a second class mail matter.
Spring reading for women readers describes methods to thwart moth damage on woolens. Iowa State College home economists advise cleaning airing and sealing garments in mothproof bags, using proper cedar chests, and keeping wardrobes light and ventilated to prevent moth infestations. Avoid costly remedies like tobacco extracts.
The piece warns that common repellents like cayenne pepper allspice salt borax and red cedar leaves fail against moths. It promotes napthalene crystals as an effective preventive, noting moths avoid them but that boxes and trunks may not be perfectly sealed. The crystals are inexpensive and widely available.
The Telegraph-Herald urges travelers to explore nearby Midwest vacation spots rather than abroad. It highlights Wisconsin and Minnesota lakes and resorts, ice caves at Decorah, Monastery near Dutbuque, Devil's Backbone near Strawberry Point, and trips along the Mississippi, promoting state and regional tourism.
Oak Grove neighbors share visits across Elgin Fayette Illyria and Davenport. guests include Keiser Falk Benson Holm Bennett Thoman Leuchtenmacher and various Gilson and Kerr households. a Capitol moonlight excursion from Prairie du Chien to McGregor on June 7 led by Captain Roy Streckfus promises a big crowd. a quip notes wives dieting for happiness.
A poem recalling a blacksmith's daughter who watched her father shape steel as a child and now understands his strong influence as she grows. The verse links his turning of steel to shaping her heart, with themes of faith and idealization.
A reader asks why cream costs more than milk and receives a playful reply about cow sits. A second note wonders why London police wear chin straps, answered jokingly about resting a lawn. Additional letters joke about a horse’s class and a newspaper boy, with brief advice on clothing options for a day off.
A self-supporting Japanese community thrives near Terminal Island in Los Angeles harbor. Fish Harbor village houses 4,000 to 8,000 residents, with a public school since 1917 educating 460 Japanese children and five Russian pupils. Americans teach but Japanese is spoken at home, and Americans are not welcomed locally. The village, largely tuna fishermen and shopkeepers, cherishes Japanese customs, diet, and festivals, with elders resolving minor disputes and no police or courts. The annual visit of Japanese warships draws about 20,000 visitors from nearby communities for feasting and festivals.
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