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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1929
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Chas Greenley and son Robert were Elgin visitors Tuesday evening. Mrs Mary Goetz left for Delwe Thursday for a few days visit with her friend Mrs Tom Cornell.
Mrs Mabel Gruver and her family moved Saturday into their own home in the southwest part of town.
Amber was little used by Indians except Eskimos of Alaska who made ornaments from it. They obtained amber from alluvium of the Yokon delta as fossilized vegetable matter and related ecological movements across the American continent.
The essay notes the flesh of English sparrows is palatable. It observes their small bodies and suggests that fathers or perhaps fathers make up for their size. It states sparrows have been served for centuries in the Old World.
A quirky local note describes a mock home surgery scene where a ferret is used to illustrate improvised medical learning. The fragment hints at community humor about clever but impractical methods and a cheeky reference to medical training.
Harry W. Baldwin, 68, of Manson Washington, died in a Wenatchee hospital after a serious operation. Funeral services were held at Jones and Jones mortuary with Masonic order in charge. Born in 1861 near Lime Springs Iowa he moved with family to Elgin Iowa, married Belle McMillan in 1885, worked for railroads before moving to Washington in 1904 where he resided, owned an orchard in Manson, and left a widow and sister Melissa Kimball of Elkader Iowa.
An eastern visitor praised the charming scenery around Los Angeles and joked about the differences between theater viewing and observing upcoming shows. He remarked on the fur pieces and quipped about Bach home as part of his humorous tour.
The tropical wood greenheart is described as extremely heavy and strong, remaining denser than water even when air-dried. It is cited for applications requiring heavy, hard, tough timber.
A Farm and Fireside item laments the domestic grind and moral ironies of modern life. The brief piece uses rustic imagery to discuss daily tasks and the desire for sharper tools and clearer purpose in ordinary work.
Discovery of sixth century BCE cuneiform inscriptions north of Fes suggests Assyrian or Median influence in Morocco. Captain Odinot reports galleries with tablets similar to Mesopotamian records, implying Berbers may not be original inhabitants and Moors descend from ancient empires.
In biophysics, sunlight is linked to tissue specialization and nervous stability. Blaser predicts indoor light from modern bulbs will influence human complexion and mental steadiness, foreseeing a brown skinned, emotionally stable race, per Morrie Fishbein in the Yale Review.
Benny Crawford of Kingston North Carolina claims four baby alligators hatched from eggs laid by a hen on a farm near Kingston. He found an alligator nest in Pamlico County weeks ago and placed eggs with chicken eggs under the hen. The chicken eggs failed to hatch while the tiny alligators hatched and stayed with the hen.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a taunting confrontation with threats to thrash a man. The lines mix insistence on naming the opponent and fear of consequences, suggesting a coerced confrontation or intimidation scene.
A humorous exchange reveals a garage scene where a mechanic explains the front of a car holds a vacuum device. The owner quips about dust and a neighbor, while a misheard line leads to a jab about family relations and mistaken identities.
An autumn afternoon at an East Alda drug store features two women and Mrs Jones's child. The dialogue centers on minister's wives with Mrs Sith and Mrs Jones debating suitability, the child weighing in that ministers are not supposed to pick the pretty ones.
Henry W Savage at a Harvard club dinner praised Kipling for cruel humor and recounted a grim joke about a condemned murderer. The teller’s brother misreads the day, reacting with comic chaos as the week begins.
A patchwork of quips on wealth, self reliance, meekness, religion, and aging. The text lampoons modern manners, notes the value of actions over words, and hints at social rankings, pride, and future heirs, ending with a wry, provocative remark on birthrates and power.
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