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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1938
Page
4
As warm weather nears, city urges stricter bicycle safety with a planned program. Enforce ordinances and promote hand signals, curbside riding, front white light and rear reflectors, two hands on handlebars, no passengers, and full traffic law obedience.
Karl Meinhard West Union patrol chief told Rotary that adding police did not reduce crashes as expected. He outlined eight safe driving rules and urged cooperation over enforcement to curb highway accidents. He noted drivers often go unlicensed revocations without court records.
The term checkmate traces to the Persian shah mata meaning the king is dead, signaling the game end. This etymology links chess to ancient languages and royal culture, illustrating how a simple phrase determined victory in a strategy pastime.
Iowa dairymen face a seven million dollar annual loss from mastitis while germination remains above average and seed treatment is urged. Nighttime auto deaths rise since 1930, cyclists plan garden plantings for early yields, and grasshopper control money boosts Iowa’s prospects. Hybrid corn aims to expand early plantings and withstand cold, with corn price bets tied to government quotas and loans. Canker worm warning prompts tree protection. Sumner teachers soon receive contracts amid Sunday school contract humor.
A poetry note argues that the belief birds sleep with heads tucked under wings is a misconception. The piece examines common legends about avian resting poses and clarifies public misunderstanding.
Farm Bureau News Letter notes Fayette county hog raisers should attend a vaccination school in the Court House assembly room on Wednesday April 6 at 9 00 a m Dr K W Stouder Extension Veterinarian will lead the program. Earl and Walter Rothlisberger will adopt contour strip cropping on about 100 acres this year to reduce soil and water losses their practice includes erosion reducing crop rotations and 84 foot wide strips demonstrated by Floyd Parks district soil conservation agent. Kenneth Kerr of Clermont will demonstrate strip cropping on about 80 acres.
Officials accelerate calculation of individual corn acreage and soil depleting crop allotments in Fayette county. Mailings to farmers will begin as soon as figures are ready amid spring fieldwork. Achievement Day set for May 13 at Upper Town Gymnasium with a countywide exhibit on Child Development and Family Relationships by 15 townships.
Observation notes that owls lay eggs at intervals with many days passing between each egg. The full clutch is completed after a sequence of separated laying periods, indicating a steady but staggered reproductive pattern.
Inventors reap fortunes from their devices with high earnings. The roller skate reportedly earned over $1,000,000, rubber tips for pencils around $100,000 yearly, and a baby carriage by a female inventor yielded about $50,600 annually.
A fragment argues that Japan cannot claim a religious heritage without incorporating emperor worship and patriotism as essential religious elements, framing imperial reverence as a core belief.
Bill De Correvont, famed Chicago prep football star, begins golf training under Mel Smith at French Lick Springs Indiana. He enters the seventh annual Midwest Amateur Golf Tournament set for April 1 to 3. Also, Tommy Farr the British heavyweight champion and Eileen Wenzel confirm engagement while traveling to Hollywood, planning marriage within two months.
A brief item notes a woman marries a man hoping for wealth and a prosperous future but ends up with a large brood of children. The ailing economic hope and family outcome are briefly sketched in terse terms.
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