16 Mar 1939
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
1
A fragment from an Elgin Iowa post office notice indicates second class mail matter handling in Fayette County. The readable line confirms the designation and location without further details.
The word beccafices literally means fig picker and refers to a small sparrowlike bird in Cyprus. They arrive from Syria in large flocks to gorge on figs and become so fat they can barely fly. The plump birds are spiced and pickled using a Crusader recipe, bones softened, and the entire bird eaten.
The article states that paint formulas foundational to manufacturing were developed by Leonardo da Vinci and his successors who sought improvements over Renaissance paints. It notes a lineage of inventors seeking better pigment mixes and binders to enhance durability and color.
A Danish explorer in Greenland around 1359 reports Eskimos massacred Norsemen. The account notes a violent clash amid early Arctic contact, with unclear follow up and limited corroboration in surviving sources.
In Prague a confrontation erupts between Nazi and Czech groups during a demonstration for Slovakian independence. A man on the right is helped to a platform amid the unrest at the Slovak party headquarters.
Mrs Bertha Solberg becomes the South Dakota sheriff after her husband’s death. Mrs Hughes reports, aboard the Mooltan and Niagara, a 1938 Pacific voyage from Bombay to Sydney via Colombo Fremantle and Adelaide. She describes Australia’s climate, Wool industry, cities like Perth and Melbourne, and a rough seas crossing to New Zealand with reflections on travel and culture.
A fragmented notice notes lobsters possess blunt teeth in the stomach for shell crushing and references a Peruvian gift described as the most valuable to global agriculture. The text is incomplete but highlights unusual crustacean anatomy and a noted agricultural gift.
A brother-in-law is defined as the brother of one's husband or wife or the husband of one's sister. In popular usage the term also refers to a wife's sister's husband.
On Wednesday March 24 1909 Lena M Krueger married Alfred H Wenger at the Krueger residence with Rev J G Draewel officiating witnessed by relatives and close friends. The period news item also notes local travel trips school vacations farm meetings and small town incidents.
According to an old custom, a Scottish bride is carried across the threshold to her new home and greeted by the groom’s mother who breaks a currant bun over her head. A misdirected throw is deemed unlucky.
The tall pointed witch hat, once the height of fashion in Queen Elizabeth’s days, was copied by peasant women as fine ladies abandoned it and likely worn by country matrons during the Seventeenth century witch burnings. The style persisted among Welch country women.
The National Consumers Tax commission states that taxes affect renters as well as owners. It notes that taxes take ten dollars from every forty dollars of rent, impacting families in Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland, historically tied to the O Kane clan.
The early miners used a hammerstone or maul as a key tool. These mauls were egg shaped boulders, weighing up to over 40 pounds. Most mauls featured a groove likely for attaching handles or thongs.
A study reveals 112 hidden taxes embedded in shoe prices, totaling about the value of the soles and heels. The survey highlights how multiple levies inflate cost for consumers and affect affordability across brands and styles.
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