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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1933
Page
4
Notice from Hans Keiser in Elgin Iowa announces a stammer music course for piano violin and vocal starting June 8. Encourages parents to enroll children for a practical thorough program with terms and price mentioned. Also lists office supply prices at Echo Office Elgin including typewriter pads paper and index cards.
A fragmentary quotation reflects Montaigne on wisdom and pride, comparing ears of corn that rise when immature and droop when mature. The passage critiques those who claim knowledge after exhaustive testing, suggesting they recognize their own limits and natural condition.
In Walesa's Dolgedy district farmers report heavy losses from fox raids. A hunt on Tal-y-llyp Pass saw a fox and vixen shot, a farmer lowered to a lair mouth, and terriers kill seven cubs. The lair held carcasses of 40 lambs.
In the earliest days of importation from Turkey into England these carpets were deemed too precious for flooring and were small in size, thus primarily used as table covers rather than floor coverings.
A Manitoba lumber dealer tells of a circular credit ruse where a farmer, a butcher, and a hotel settle debts through trade. The butcher furnishes meat for two five dollar meal tickets, the hotel pays for meals, the farmer repays lumber, and the dealer covers his board, all without actual cash changing hands.
Plans envision the Yasel lake area as a vast fresh water reservoir to boost summer irrigation for Holland dairymen. The Zulder Zee will be separated from the North Sea by dykes, allowing two thirds of the lake to be drained for a future million more dairy cows and a massive rise in cheese output.
Estimates show a saving of one third in production cost by using smaller size paper money. One third less costly and distinctive paper, reduced ink use, and shipping weight cut by a third. Printing efficiency rises with a 50 percent saving in the process. Notes printed on large sheets then cut. old bills printed sheet by sheet, new size twelve to a sheet. Life of smaller notes may improve with less folding and creasing, though details remain desired.
The Duke of York, a student of sociology and welfare work, recreates a room at 143 Piccadilly to suit his needs. A plain furnished third floor room houses a large office desk, steel filing cabinets, and extending bookshelves filled with industrial welfare and sociological works. A bay window area holds a work bench with a small lathe used for making wireless sets and small mechanical models.
Prof A B Heath of Swansea voices support for teaching lovemaking at a social hygiene council summer school. He likens sexual education to learning violin, urging esthetic appeals for youth rather than purely moral arguments to foster healthier attitudes and practices.
Mrs. Robert O. McCabe of Miller River Washington relates a family anecdote about an apple tree bearing one apple. Her son Bobby was warned he would be spanked if he pulled it, but he ended up eating only the core after discovery.
Fragmentary Brooklyn Eagle item notes a proposed marriage idea involving Reggy and Ferdy with a playful exchange about proposing to a woman tonight. The readable phrases suggest gossip or social chatter rather than a formal event.
The Canadian newspaper item notes a lighthearted scene at a race event with a wife expressing gloom while urging her husband to back one more wager, promising it will pay off, as reported by the Vancouver Province.
An estimated one million people in the United States have speech disorders, with about six hundred thousand being school children who stammer or stutter. The figures reflect concern over communication impairments and the impact on education and daily life.
A distressed spouse laments lack of gifts from her husband since marriage, signaling ongoing strain in their relationship and prompting concern from those nearby. The fragment hints at personal marital tension and unmet expectations.
The classes from Elgin High School share a long history from 1888 to 1983. Praises and records recount principal leadership, course growth, graduating classes, and notable alumni deaths, with note of 43 years of graduates and a 1983 class numbering 489.
The letter discusses a labor oriented bill likely to pass the senate and spur road work and other employment projects. The writer jokes about fashion and rocking chairs, lamenting an uncomfortable apartment and expressing desire for a comfortable home chair soon.
Question about how to obtain the free pony at Falb's Meat Market, advertised to be given away on June 29, and references includes mentions of Ady at 41¢, Mrs. C. B. Schori and children returning Tuesday from Fayette where they attended commencement exercises at USA, and visits from Loraine, Gertrude, and Ruth Carpenter, with notes on recent arrivals from Florida for the summer in Fayette and the comment on the knack for knowing where to find out what one does not know.
In Caerleon Wales archaeologists reveal ancient oyster bar remains with a thriving town effort. The site shows 40 to 50 room houses and numerous shops. A shop area yields oyster shells and five large numbers of snopsned bivalves indicating commercial activity.
A fragment notes tension surrounding guards and enforcers, with phrases suggesting resentments and challenges to authority. The text hints at disputed authority and potential unrest, but lacks clear names, dates, or locations to specify.
Modern ships rely on extensive wiring for telephones lights signaling and power. In Britain an estimated 175 miles of cables are installed with over 200 miles of electric wire on vessels.
The article notes at least twelve metals heavier than lead, ten of which are more valuable than gold. It names palladium, platinum, iridium, mercury, astatine, rhodium, rubidium, rathenium, tantalum, tellurium, tungsten, and uranium as examples, describing their heavy weight relative to lead.
A fragment argues over whether water should be defined as food. If food means nourishment, water is not food. if it means a life sustaining element, water becomes essential. The text debates definitional boundaries and the role of water in sustaining life.
A rare and unusual accident in Clarendon Virginia results in the death of 1,800 birds when a single bolt of electricity strikes a line near an electric light wire. The event creates a puzzling scene with many birds felled along the wire. Officials investigate the cause while locals report a cloud of birds appearing moments before the strike.
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