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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1938
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise from Clermont Iowa emphasizes weekly Thursday publication with Elizabeth Priest as local editor and membership in state and national editorial associations. The notice confirms second class mail matter status at Fayette County post office.
Fred Biermann summarizes a visit with Dr JC Chang and Miss Hilda Yen, optimistic about China's ability to resist. They state China can endure further losses, noting Germany funds most Chinese transitions, the US provides little, and Japan’s invasion has united Chinese people willing to sacrifice for independence.
The House passed a supplemental relief appropriation of 250 million dollars by a 353 to 23 vote on February 16 to extend aid through June 30, 1938. The total relief appropriation for the year thus rises from 1.5 billion to 1.75 billion.
The letter notes a 260 million relief bill vote with both Democratic and Republican support, cites absent lawmakers, and argues relief work is imperfect yet essential. It discusses WPA labor, citizen relief restrictions, and Rural Electrification aiding Iowa farms, plus a biographical anecdote about Joseph Daniels and his pacifist stance.
The Cadiz area in southwestern Spain and Portugal is noted as a leading cork producing region. Bark from cork oaks is harvested every nine years and carried through the old city to docks beside the harbor.
Investigators find that common salt in perspiration of frequent readers' hands helps preserve leather bindings. The study notes that bindings in heavily used volumes last longer than those in rarely handled books.
A brief health note urges prompt care at first sign of a cold and outlines practical steps. Emphasizes rest, fluids, nutrition, kidney and bowel health, rubber footwear, and avoiding sick contacts to strengthen body defenses against illness.
The quotation extols The Reader's Digest as a modern source for current ideas presented in concise articles. George Ade and others are cited as endorsing the publication for its compact, accessible format.
A compact reflection on daily life quoting Thomas Fuller. The passage contrasts morning energy with rest and warns against overindulgence, noting that sleep itself can be a recreation and suggesting restraint before adding anything extra to a plan or meal.
Public health lies at the foundation of human welfare. Conservation and protection of health are essential to enable any other welfare efforts to succeed, as emphasized by Calvin Coolidge.
The origin traces the Hebrew label to Abraham, from a word meaning to cross over, linked to his crossing of the Euphrates River. This designation then passed to his descendants and became a lasting identifier.
Second sight story follows Arthur Lehde of Beaucoup Illinois who, blinded in an auto accident, trained his family bird dog to be his eyes. Last week the pair entered the University of Illinois where Lehde will study journalism with the dog reading him the news via the trained animal.
The world's oldest monastery is S J Anthony's near the Red Sea about 200 miles south of Suez. Founded in the fourth century, it is maintained by the Egyptian Coptic church and regarded as the world's oldest Christian church.
The short tailed shrew is described as the smallest fur bearing mammal in North America, measuring just two and a quarter inches from nose to tail. The text also notes Atlanta’s early names, from Terminus in 1836 to Marthanville in 1843 and Atlanta in 1847.
A collage of brief notes notes on foods mingling cultures claims macaroni and spaghetti originated in China and spread to Europe via German merchants. Italian secrecy around production lasted over a century. Also noted are early 17th century explosive use in mines, India's forest area, Yugoslav wedding feasts, and the habit of tsetse flies thriving in 85 degrees Fahrenheit heat.
A reflective note argues that true satisfaction comes when a man sees his reasoning align with widespread precedent and endure the strongest opposition, suggesting enduring consensus in ideas.
The parsnip is identified as an Asiatic root crop first planted in Virginia in 1609 and later in Massachusetts in 1624, outlining early colonial agricultural adoption and regional spread.
Echo Exclusive Photo News Service reports Gunther Gustave Rumrich, ex US Army sergeant and alleged deserter, and Johanna Hoffman of Dresden, a hairdresser aboard the liner Europa, were arrested in a suspected scheme to sell military secrets, as announced by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI.
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