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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1934
Page
3
Clermont Enterprise is published every Thursday morning with Elizabeth Priest as local editor. The paper is a member of-state and national press associations and is mailed as second class matter from Clermont Iowa.
The Clermont bridge group gathered at Mrs L L Carr home on a Tuesday afternoon with Mrs D R Cottrell winning high score and Mrs H B Greenley second. Nearby, Thos Lien in Le Roy Minn celebrated a thirty fifth wedding anniversary with relatives from several towns attending and sharing lunch.
Brainard society items list visits, gatherings, and illnesses. Rev and Mrs G A Thomas travel to South Dakota to visit Stading family. Barn raising planned by J S Bartlett at Madge Wherry farm. Various locals attend calls, dinners, and visits with neighbors through the week. Chestley Boyer ill with flu under doctor care.
The article notes venom composition includes mucus debris carbon sulfur oxygen hydrogen nitrogen fats and salts but shows no poison on chemical analysis. Venom color varies by snake with the cobra white water moccasin orange Texan rattler like melted butter and fer de lance greenish.
A note states raindrops are too silent to record for film, with typical Faln sounds produced by machine and rain sounds often unusable in movielike productions.
Two enormous dials mounted on the Rif fel tower in Paris lack hands and instead display the time through a special lighting system, creating a novel method of time indication.
The botany collection at the University of California houses about 500000 specimens. Researchers note the expansive archive spans diverse plant species and supports ongoing studies in taxonomy ecology and conservation at the campus herbarium.
A European expert warns that individuals with red hair face heightened sun exposure risks. The advisory urges cautious sunbathing and protective measures to prevent sunburn or skin damage.
Berne Switzerland hosts about 100000 residents with a German speaking majority and Protestant heritage. The city sits in the nation’s central region and serves as an administrative hub amid Swiss culture and history.
A concise reflection on global tolerance and cooperation, citing the difficulty nations face in embracing shared responsibility. It emphasizes collective action over isolation and calls for sustained diplomacy to prevent recurring conflicts and human suffering.
Mrs Reier C Larson a Highland township pioneer died suddenly at her son Henry R Larson's home on Wednesday October 24 at age 92 years 7 months 11 days She helped build the community and church born in Norway April 18 1842 she came to Wisconsin at 12 and settled in Koskonong Dane County Later moving to Clayton County Highland township She was married to Reier C Larson who died August 12 1925 The funeral was held at Highland Lutheran church with Rev G Gunston officiating and interment in the church cemetery on Sunday October 28 Pallbearers were six grandsons.
A solitary wasp digs a ground burrow then stores food for its offspring. It searches for a caterpillar, drags it back to the nest, and deposits it with an egg in the same location.
Andrew Reinhart and Helen visited Selmer Holm's home on Sunday Betty Holm joined them for a visit Numerous locals traveled to Le Roy Minnesota for Thos Lien 36th wedding anniversary celebration Esten Landsgard Eunice guests of Arthur Olson family at Sunday afternoon gatherings Alton Skien Anton Skien and other families shared time at Oscar Lien home Hartland visitor Mrs Alfred Madsen weekends at Nels Lyngaas home Other visits included the Johnson and Landsgard households Henry Larson Darlene Olson at Gerald Pixler home West Union and more housekeeping at Martin Amundson home Lion family hosted Sunday supper Gust Olson Alphie Thorson and families Even Lion home Mr Gerhard Halverson left for Chicago Century of Progress Clarence Olson Quenton Ole Thorson Almer Larson family at Ole Blockhus home West Union Arthur Olson and Mrs Robert Wharram at West Union Monday World’s Fair trip for Martin Amundson Melvin Olson and Gilbert Buraas families hosted birthday for Mrs Buraas Arnold Larson at Arthur S Olson home honeymoon couples at Iowa City Oscar Baker and Lesley’s names appear in fragment.
Lie and companions attended dinner guests Sunday at the Ben Erickson home. Martin Halverson spent Sunday evening at the Esten Landsgard home.
The article outlines main U S trade lanes from New York to British, French and German ports and from Galveston and New Orleans to European ports. It notes cotton as a principal good, rail movement to Canada, and freight from San Francisco to the Orient, plus heavy coastwise shipping and traffic via the Panama Canal.
Tasn't enough to do yoh beat says Uncle Eben. He insists you must show sense in choosing what you get busy about and avoid wasted effort.
Ornithologists regard the American flamingo as a connecting link between herons and ducks. It shares long legs with herons and has webbed feet and a duck bill, combining features from both groups.
Residents described as SI nations include United States Mairnd Spain Germany Austria Belgium Switzerland Turkey Greece Russia and Hungary in Inhalette-en-Gatinala France with local residents identified as nationals.
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