04 May 1939
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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
1
Obituary poetry and notices of respect from church and school societies priced at regular advertising rates. Admission is charged for some items, reflecting standard newspaper charges for such notices.
Mrs Charles Lindbergh and her two children landed in New York from England escorted ashore by 75 policemen reflecting the era of fame. The item notes the national debt at $40 036 687 964 75 and claims a per person share of $307 97. The brief ends with an advertisement line about want ads.
A Medford Wisconsin Star News style column notes spring brings optimism and renewed activity. Residents move from indoors to outdoors, with housecleaning and lawn care starting, while townsfolk like Geo Schrammpfer stay busy gardening and planning social events such as a fish fry. Local nicknames and everyday observations color the piece.
Mrs Ed Johnson and Helen Reinhart spent Thursday afternoon in the Willard Martin home. Mrs Henry Nyborg visited in the Immanuel Larson home Sunday. Eunice Landsgaard was absent from school last week due to illness. John Osmundson and Willard Martin were supper guests in the Clarence Peterson home Sunday evening. Belated school picnic at the Orion school taught by Florence Erickson drew a large crowd. Several families shared visits and dinners across Grand Meadow with Martin Erickson and Erickson households among the notable gatherings.
A bacteriophage is a bacteria destroying agent naturally present in the body. Bacteriophages inhabit the intestines and blood and may be living viruses or enzymes derived from bacteria themselves.
Wednesday afternoon mail carrier Hans Grether was in an accident near the William Haas place when a high speed by Dr Darnell caused the horse to shy and the harness to break leaving Grether badly bruised with a leg injury ensuring several days off. The Eastern Stars collect waste paper for a carload to fund a piano, while officials Gunderson Benson Rogers Wayman inspected North Oak land holdings. Aug Benson’s property rose with a new cement sidewalk last week. Ray DeSart will take a Des Moines civil service exam to bolster railroad clerk prospects. Ed Klingman’s family welcomed a son born Sunday May 9. Chas Huebner hosted a weekend visit from Herbert and George Falk. Mrs E Hunsberger returned from Dubuque where Cornelia Lehman underwent an appendectomy and is recovering well. R P Strauch left Echo for Chadwick then Champaign Illinois for state university exercises. Schori Benson lumber installs shingles on their west town shed.
Ohio State captured the mile relay at the Drake Relay meet fastest ever with a 3 minutes 14.1 seconds final lap surge to beat defending champs Iowa. Photo shows Robert Lewis finishing as the team hits the tape.
Children should play outside on warm days to gain Vitamin D, but not in public roadways. Iowa safety records show higher child roadway accidents in April, May, and June, so spring and summer games should be confined to safe playgrounds away from streets.
Tree climbing frogs in Af rita reportedly never descend to the earth, living among the branches.
The article highlights Point Conception lighthouse guarding the roughest Pacific coast, with Deaton light from France via Cape Horn in 1856. It weighs four tons, centers a bull’s-eye of 130,000 candlepower, flashes every 8.5 seconds, visible 22 miles, and fog signals 18 miles away. It also notes fencing stopped by World War I, shoe width coding by the Commerce Department, and the meaning of A through E widths for fit.
A brief list notes famous left handed men including Tiberius Michelangelo Sebastian del Piombo Flechier Nigra Buhl Raphael da Vite Leonardo da Vinci sketched rapidly with left hand. It highlights historical figures and their left handedness.
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