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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
3
Thursday edition notes Marjorie Scheel of the Local Editor role as a member of the Iowa Press Association and the National Editorial Association. The brief honors her standing in regional journalism communities and professional affiliations.
Summit New Jersey photo shows Tony Galento during training for his heavyweight bout with Joe Louis at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday July 28. The image captures Galento in a moment of preparation ahead of the anticipated clash.
Fifteen members attended the regular monthly meeting at Gladys and Sadie Petersons. New member Marjorie Scheel was welcomed, and three additional invites were decided. McGregor chosen for next months annual picnic site. President Euelah Gunderson formed a committee of Gladys Peterson Hazel Johnson and Eliza Nelson to finish arrangements. Bridge prizes went to Hazel Johnson and Marjatie Scheel. Refreshments followed.
The old Clock tower in Venice Italy houses one of the world’s oldest clocks dating from 1498. Two black giants on its platform strike the hours daily about 24 times, totaling nearly 4,000,000 chimes over more than four centuries.
Iowa treasurer W. G. C. Bagley to close books on the largest May gasoline tax haul in state history. Through Saturday the total tax take for May reached about 1.74 million dollars, with an expected increase to near 1.742 million as books close. The May gain over last year totals around 475 thousand dollars, with a 290 thousand dollar rise over April 1939, and over the first five months in 1939 gasoline tax receipts exceed 1938 by roughly 820 thousand dollars, indicating about 253 million gallons purchased in Iowa. Previous peak months were July 1938 with about 1.524 million dollars.
A new itinerant merchants tax law took effect this week as the Public Safety Commission enforces it. Secretary of State Earl Miller notes many Missouri inquiries, and confusion about motor vehicle department jurisdiction. The Iowa State Safety Council's fate is debated, with funding likely channeled to a safety division rather than as a separate agency. Meanwhile Senator Clyde Herring criticizes Governor Wilson on aid to dependent children and his son’s removal from welfare service, drawing responses from Auditor Akers and the governor.
The Negro faction within the Republican Party claims discrimination in appointments and pay. They allege fewer post office jobs under Republicans than under Democrats and that black workers have had reduced pay while white workers’ pay remains unchanged.
The poem centers on Piera Plowman who dreams on the Malvern hills and envisions visions that expose social corruption, clergy dissoluteness, and sin’s allure. Traditionally attributed to William Langland, it mirrors popular discontent amid fourteenth century religious and political upheavals.
The terms lower case and upper case come from printers. In a type setter's case the small letters sat on a lower level than the capital letters. Hence small letters are called lower case and capital letters upper case.
Catherine de Medici, queen of Henry II, born 1519 and died 1589, supervised three of her four sons becoming kings of France. Francis II reigned 1559 to 1560, Charles IX from 1560 to 1574, and Henry III from 1574 to 1589.
Jack Palmer of Ethlyn Mo displayed the grand champion three quarter Shropshire lamb weighing 75 pounds at the Sixth Annual Vocational Agriculture Fat Lamb Show. It sold for 1.25 dollars per pound. Palmer also won the grand champion pen of three and the grand champion carrot. The event drew 1300 entries, the nation’s largest young lamb show.
Swiss visitors and botanists trek Mount Pilatus slopes to study among 500 wild flowers while recalling that the site was first approached in the sixteenth century when legends of Pilate’s ghost lingered at the summit.
Losses from weeds rival or exceed those from insects and plant diseases in the United States, causing substantial harm to crops and farm economics across the nation.
Vitamin A is linked to yellow foods. Sweet potato squash carrots egg yolks and butter are excellent sources of this vitamin.
A historic observation notes that Native Americans in the New World did not adopt the wheel before Europeans arrived, with the implication that wheel use was learned from white settlers.
The article outlines that producing one ounce of radium needs about 14,000 tons of ore and costs roughly $700,000. It highlights the extreme rarity and expense of radium production, noting the energy and processing required to extract trace quantities.
The Milwaukee area ad promotes Bolt developed color prints at 25 cents and color reprints for 3 cents. It invites readers to mail film to NATURAL COLOR PHOTO in Janesville Wisconsin for service and imagery in vivid natural color.
A short note explains tortoises are vegetarian and do not control garden insect pests by predation. It emphasizes plant based diet and garden harmony rather than pest suppression.
In Amsterdam a renowned distillery invites guests to sample liqueurs in a time honored ritual. The glass is filled to the brim and visitors bend forward to take the first sip without using their hands.
The text notes Anglo-Saxon poetry uses alliteration with initial sounds matching, not endings. It then states redwood trees in the Redwood Empire are estimated by U S Forest Service officials and scientists to be from $000 to 5,000 years old. Native redwoods in California are typically within 30 miles of the coast.
The record notes that traffic regulations were in force in England as early as the year 1835, indicating an early framework for road rules and vehicle conduct.
The passage discusses how traditional Chinese beliefs in the afterlife and the avenging power of a restless spirit have historically driven individuals to commit death by their own hand to ensure their ghost would return to punish the same foe.
The Pahaska Tepee on Lookout Mountain near Golden Colorado houses Buffalo Bill Cody's personal collection and displays. It overlooks Denver and honors his frontier legend with artifacts, a restaurant, and souvenir room managed by Cody's foster son Johnny Baker. Cody's fame began with a 1871 buffalo hunt for Grand Duke Alexis and he died in 1917. his spirit remains a western icon along the Rockies.
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