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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1929
Page
8
Mrs. Frank Capper and Mrs. H W Falk visited Decorah on Wednesday. Heavy winter snows strained state finances, with the highway commission spending over 200000 to keep routes open, about 150000 above normal. A schoolgirl’s anatomy composition humorously misstates body parts and vowels.
The article offers practical guidance for farmers including soil fertility through trees, avoiding soil loss after fires, managing rabbits for parasite control, and feeding milking ewes after lambing. It covers poultry yard size per bird, grass maintenance, and equipment for work animals, plus fly prevention with manure pits, conical traps, and clean stalls.
The passage extols a humble quiet man who does his share without fanfare. He avoids public displays, speaks little, assists neighbors discreetly, and contributes modestly to town needs, preferring action over rhetoric, and will be missed when he is gone.
The Observer comments on the tragedy of a bank’s collapse caused by dishonest officials and likens it to predators feasting on its remains. An advertisement urges paint supplies from City Drug Store and offers a 480 acre Iowa farm with favorable terms, owner John A. Risk, Box 67, Fargo ND.
A European researcher notes many so called modern inventions appeared long ago. Pneumatic tires dated to 1845, fountain pens to 1809, roller skates in 1825, roll top desks 1772, safety razors 1762, loudspeakers 1671, diving bells 1664, periscopes 1702, and claim by Chinese of bamboo phonograph precedents.
Norbert Quinn recalls a humorous chat with friends about dreams and aims. Christopher Morley speaks of fantasy artistry while William saves for an airplane, confessing a mischievous wish to drop bricks over Bobby Willet's yard as a bold, risky stunt.
Path a method showing squares by summing consecutive odd numbers equal to the number of units in the target. Start at one and add the first n odd numbers to obtain n squared, demonstrated for 6 7 and 10.
An ancient astronomical observatory unearthed near Ruetzow Germany is believed to date from 1181 BC or 12th century GC. The circular stone structures likely served to observe the sun’s annual path and act as a calendar.
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