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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
3
Notice prohibits trespassing or hunting on the Larrabee property including Daniels land and Warner farm. Local editor Marjorie Scheel, Iowa Press Association member, Iowa National Editorial Association member, issues the advisory.
Ossian resident Mrs Nina Simerson visited her daughter Mrs Nels Gilbert. West Union couples Mr and Mrs Carl Schori and Mr and Mrs Merle Moen spent the weekend at Clear Lake. Mrs Roy Meyer returned from Oelwein after visiting Arthur Eller. Locals attended a St Lucas Decorah baseball game in St Lucas. Several spent Thursday in La Crosse Wisconsin and a fishing trip was planned to Brainard Minnesota. Sixty people attended a Union Sunday school picnic at the city park Friday evening.
The article notes that bathing before dinner is a Japanese custom and many hotels provide elaborate communal baths with decorated rooms. Features include gated tiles fountains and aquaria set into walls and ceilings, creating a lavish bathing environment.
A rocking style proving box used in the shipboard bakery functions to raise dough. It resembles a rocker and holds bun pans on several shelves. Typical dimensions are about 24 inches wide, 33 inches deep, and 69 inches high.
Dewey and Alf Landon face similar faults in handling national affairs but differ in selling the public. The main issue in 1940 would be New Deal versus Anti New Deal regardless of nominee. Roosevelt likely seeks a third term, potentially hurting the Democratic Party more than Theodore Roosevelt did to the Republicans.
A column blends a political joke about the spoils system with a fictional installment of Agnes Paulson’s Beginning With Song. It follows a young woman who, despite setbacks and a death in the family, finds purpose by securing a rental and then earning a living by selling lunches to construction workers with help from Michael and Mary Stevenson.
The first successful iron ore furnace in the American colonies rose at Saugus Center near Lynn Massachusetts in 1642, as noted by Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. An earlier Virginia forge from 1619 was destroyed by Indians in 1622, and Pennsylvania iron production gained momentum under William Penn who owned several ironworks in Sussex England.
A Col ler's Weekly report claims medieval tricksters sold thousands of empty reliquary boxes claiming to hold holy artifacts. The item notes popular myths including Anger of the Holy Ghost, rays from Bethlehem’s Star, and bells from Solomon's Temple.
A group photo captured at Union Station shows King George VI and Queen Elizabeth posing with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and General Edwin Watson along with Mrs. Roosevelt. The image captures a historic midweek arrival and reception.
The British used camouflage in Louisiana during the 1815 Chalmette battle. As they withdrew, they left stuffed figures to resemble musketeers to mislead the pursuing forces.
A fragment notes that oil refined near Kirkuk Mosul area followed ancient Mesopotamian methods and equipment used by Arab ancestors over two thousand years ago, highlighting continuity of technique through time.
A tapir is a large thick skinned mammal with a nose extended into a short trunk. It resembles both a pig and an elephant in appearance and features a trunk-like snout.
The honey served with breakfast rolls and coffee in Czechoslovakia has a distinct scent from lime trees. Czech bees collect material that gives this unique fragrance to the honey, tying flavor to regional flora.
Planning a picnic lunch with outdoor friendly dishes and a tested Elysian Meat Loaf recipe. Details include buttered rolls, Arden salad, relishes, ice cream, crispy butter cookies with fruit spread, and side ideas.
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